Anglo-Saxon clothing

Clothing Styles by Time Period

Pre-Period

• 400-600: How to Make an Early (Pagan) Anglo-Saxon Costume [Patterns and Descriptions for a complete outfit]
• 400-600: Anglian Information Page: 5th-6th Century women's dress [Patterns and Description]
• 400-900: Clothing and Appearance of the Pagan Anglo-Saxons by Angelcynn

601-700

• 400-900: Clothing and Appearance of the Pagan Anglo-Saxons by Angelcynn

701-800

• 400-900: Clothing and Appearance of the Pagan Anglo-Saxons by Angelcynn

801-900

• 400-900: Clothing and Appearance of the Pagan Anglo-Saxons by Angelcynn

901-1000

• 995-1066: Historic Life: 11th Century Anglo-Saxon and Norman Clothing
• 900-1066: How to Make a Late Anglo-Saxon Costume [Patterns and Descriptions for a complete outfit]

1001-1066

• 1000-1066: Anglo-Saxon Women's Clothing for the 11th century
• 995-1066: Historic Life: 11th Century Anglo-Saxon and Norman Clothing
• 900-1066: How to Make a Late Anglo-Saxon Costume [Patterns and Descriptions for a complete outfit]

General or Indeterminate

• Anglo-Saxon Cloaks
• Atlantian A&S Links: Anglo-Saxon Clothing

Pre and Post History

Many of the clothing styles from the early Saxons would also have been worn by Anglo-Saxons, though the styles may have shifted over time. Saxon clothing

Many Anglo-Saxon nobility fled to Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia after the Norman conquest of England. Anglo-Saxon soldiers appear to have joined with the Byzantine Empire as mercenaries. Clothing styles from this point in England were considered Norman.

References

• British Costume: A Complete History of the Dress of the Inhabitants of the British Islands (1849) by James Robinson Planché
• History of British costume (1834) by James Robinson Planché
• A History of English Dress from the Saxon period to the present day, Vol 1 (1893) by Georgiana Hill