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'''Elizabethan clothing''' refers to the distinctive clothing during the reign of [[Elizabeth I]]. |
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Elizabeth loved [[gemstone|jewelled]] clothes and left over 2,000 decorated dresses hanging in her wardrobe when she died. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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]]. |
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==The Ruff== |
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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. |
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== See also:== |
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* http://costume.dm.net/ |
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[[category:clothing]] |
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Revision as of 13:10, 7 May 2006
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