https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=82.198.250.4 2026-05-25T06:16:58Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.39.3 https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Elizabethan_clothing&diff=14829 2006-03-02T12:30:35Z

<p>82.198.250.4: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Elizabethan clothing''' refers to the distinctive clothing during the reign of [[Elizabeth I]].<br /> <br /> Elizabeth I loved to &quot;do it!&quot;clothes were said to have never been worn.left over 2,000 decorated dresses hanging in her wardrobe when she died. <br /> <br /> Most ordinary people wore clothes similar to those of the rich and fashionable people but they were simpler and made from cheap materials like [[wool]] or [[linen]]. Children were usually dressed in smaller versions of their parents' clothes. <br /> <br /> Rich Elizabethan women wore a lot of clothes each day. They wore a thick [[petticoat]]. Over this went a [[bodice]] and a [[skirt]]. The skirt washeld up by [[hoop]]s and [[padding|padded]] at the hips. An outer bodice and skirt went over this and on top of that there was a gown, which went down to the floor.<br /> <br /> Rich men wore a [[linen]] [[shirt]] and a tight-fitting [[jacket]] called a [[doublet]]. Over there was another jacket which came out over the hips. They wore [[stockings]] and padded [[breeches]] instead of trousers. Most wore a [[velvet]] or [[fur]] [[hat]].<br /> <br /> ==The Ruff==<br /> <br /> The most distinctive element of Elizabethan clothing is the [[ruff]]. Ruffs were worn around the neck or wrists and generally became larger later in the Elizabethan era.<br /> <br /> == See also:==<br /> * http://costume.dm.net/<br /> <br /> [[category:clothing]]</div>

82.198.250.4