Elizabethan Era Clothing

Overall, clothing plays a huge role in the lives of those in the Elizabethan era regardless of age, social status, wealth or gender. It’s integrated into almost every part of society including the theater. Learning about clothing styles and the rules surrounding them in shakespeare’s day are as intriguing and significant as learning about his writing and it can help us understand it and value it

Imagine it was 1860 and the latest outfit just came out! Now I know it probably would not matter to you now if just one outfit came out cause millions of new clothes came out everyday but back then even if they came out with a new fabric pattern it was huge. Yes it was the Victorian era. Women's fashion in the 1800s saw the biggest change(Lucid Crew). From the hats to the shoes, from their sports wear to house wear. Or even if you have ever wonder where we got this idea, although some people may not have but we stole it from others, yes we may have improved on it but those people had it all figured out before we did. It took that history and made it help form the clothes today. Everyone owes thanks to those people. Then, black was the new black, Luxe labels came, there was name calling and fashion was flourishing. These modern day obsessions with black and big name labels are nothing new. People should not think that they started these trends but think way back then (Lucid Crew). Women’s fashion in the 1800’s saw the biggest change because of it’s great development in it’s dressage timeline. The reason why this fashion timeline developed so much was because of all the new ideas of machines, fabrics, colors, and the people that created all of this that changed history. Every year there was something

The appearance of the Kings in Medieval Times was influenced by the styles of the Romans. The fashion was very flagrant. There are many different styles that are very different from the styles we have today. The Kings wore very expensive clothing, a lot of jewelry, and very expensive stones. They also wore a lot of gold and silver. For the wealthy like the Kings, living during the medieval time period most likely wasn’t so bad.

The upper class and the royal family were allowed to wear clothes of different type of expensive and rare materials, such as fur, velvet, silk, and lace. (Fashion and Classes5) However, there were department even in upper class, the person has higher position, the more privileges they had when it's their wardrobe. (Fashion and Classes6) For example, only Elizabeth and her relatives could wore clothes that decorated with gold or gold gift as embellishment.

Clothing wasn’t just an insignificant thing in the Elizabethan era. The clothing and Fashion in the Elizabethan era was “unique.” Women Wore gowns, hats, corsets, underwear(I really hope so), collars, ruffs and shoes. While men wore doublets, breeches, underwear(again, I really hope so), collars, ruffs hats and shoes. The subjects range from the type of clothing regarded as Upper Class Fashion - rich materials and elegant styles to clothes worn by the lower class using basic materials. Each item of Elizabethan clothing has been designed. There were laws for wearing clothes! These laws were called “statutes of Apparel” and was enforced by the Queen herself in Greenwich on June 1574. It was to maintain social structure as well as keep a firm

In the Victorian Era, clothes showed social rank, wealth, stability and style. The rich wore really expensive clothes. The women always wore big, puffy, shiny dresses. The men wore suits and ties with a vest and dress pants and black or brown leather dress shoes. If you didn’t have nice clothes, you were considered useless or

Elizabethan men were not allowed to wear whatever they wanted their clothes were dictated by their rank, status or position and this was enforced by English law this law was called the Sumptuary Laws

The way women signified fashion and beauty in the eighteenth century was much different than women do today. They had a much more dramatic and over the top outlook on everything back the, especially style. Some would say it was pretty and some would say it was not so pleasing to the eye. No matter what fashion designers and stylists decided to look at it, it was important and unique to it’s time period. The 1700’s style was amazing and extremely different in all the best ways possible in matters of history.

Fashion is a way to express yourself and your culture. It is always changing and after tragic events or other shifts in history it can change drastically. Fashion in the 1910’s was all about women having the “s” figure where they would have a larger bust, a very small waist, and a larger bottom. World War I came late in the 1910’s which changed fashion to what it became in the 1920’s. Fashion also changed as a result of World War II, in the 1950’s fashion was all about using excess because of the aftermath of WWII.

Low class like the working-class women doesn't changed their fashion. Their clothing are very simple, just a simple skirt and bodice with an apron and that's all. (Elgin, Kathy, page 34) Fashion during the Elizabethan Era were really different for all the 3 classes. Not every classes have to have fancy clothing and fashion. Low class like women wore their clothes very simple that they didn't care if it will or will not stand out like the upper class. Their fashion of clothing was just ordinary like any other low class people. Servants doesn't have an everyday clothing; their clothing was their each year's salary. They are given one new set of clothing each years that could be a plain gown or doublet and breeches. (Elgin, Kathy, page 38) Low class people like the servants doesn't have that much fashion. Their clothing and style of fashion wasn't attracted and impressive like the middle and upper class. Their fashion was dull, plain, and ordinary; nothing special about their clothing that will stand out. During that time, blue was a colored wore by lower class people like the servants that no one from the upper class would wear blue. (Elgin, Kathy, page 38) Blue was a color wore by many low class people during the Elizabethan Era. The color blue resemble the poor and not the rich people. Wearing blue for the rich people will make other classes think that they're from the low

These included that wives of trades men were not permitted to wear veils other than ones made from thread and were also not allowed to wear furs that where not lamb, rabbit, cat or fox. Many of these rules where based around the type of cloth that could be worn as the cloth worn very important to medieval people. Through the medieval time period the fashion was constantly changing and people at the time were expected to keep up with it, however the general fashion was, for poor peasant women, a dress made of linen or rough wool reaching below the wearer’s knees and was fastened with a belt, often made of linen along with a pair of boots and, for a noble woman, many layers of clothing starting with the underclothes, consisting of breeches, chemise and hose, followed by an underskirt, made of pale linen or silk, a long gown with wide sleeves, made out of expensive and embroidered martials. Over the gown a long tunic was worn which was then covered with a floor length mantle, trimmed with fur. A noble woman would also wear soft cloth shoes that could be covered with outdoor leather or wooden ones. Headdresses were also worn and changed with the fashion becoming larger, taller and more prominent as time

What are clothes? Who makes them? Why are they being worn? As new generations are coming into the world they want to know these types of answers. There was no such thing of Google and Internet Explore during the Renaissance, these people had to find out the hard way of who made clothing and how it started progressing over the years. There are people out there getting paid to create such a valuable piece of clothing and probably never even thought of fashion being one of their careers. Some people like clothing because it may bring out their interpersonality and the way that they may express themselves every day for each week. Clothing and fashion trends has been around for many and many of centuries. It is amazing

The Elizabethan era was a time period centered around the life of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign (1558-1603). This period in time is considered the peak of English history and is the beginning of when people began to think and believe differently. That brought along changes in the way people dressed. How people, particularly rich ones, dressed was just another way for them to express themselves. Social classes are also very much prominent in the era. These social classes influenced the fashion of the Elizabethan era. This is shown in men’s and women’s clothes, shoes, hats, and accessories in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. (Whitmore, Deanne)

The Elizabethan era was an extraordinarily fashion era for both man and women, a time when everything was changing from the fifteenth century simple dress to extravagant and dramatic styles which we call Elizabethan fashion. At that time, new styles, modern yet unique fabrics, charm colors, sharp design and glamor silhouette were evolving. Every layer and piece of Elizabethan outfit was equally important, from the fancy dress to the smallest details. Definitely, the Elizabethan era was the time of beauty and fascination. In fact, during the Elizabethan time clothing reflects mood, values and the person’s statue in the society. So fashion at that time was the primary indicator of one’s social statue and the differences in styling between upper class and lower class were noticeable and very easy distinguished, in terms of fabric, colors, and design.

Fashion frequently reflects and reinforces broader political and social trends. This was as true, if not more so, during the political upheaval of the French Revolution as it is today. Popular fashions shifted along with the series of changes in controlling governments and the constitutions they produced. The rise of consumerism during the Old Regime in France created a fashion culture and by the late 18th century, a focus on fashion was no longer a privilege of elites. Some historians, such as Aileen Ribeiro and Jennifer M. Jones, who have written about fashion in the French Revolution, have argued that Revolutionary legislators granted women freedom in fashion largely as a substitute for genuine political power in the emerging public sphere.