About
Medieval Women's Clothes
These
 pages
look at information about medieval women's
clothing.
They cover what buying options
were available and to whom, custom made clothing, the way clothes
were cleaned and stored, what the clothes were called, a look
at interpreting costume when depicted in historical art and the
laws made by royalty which governed what the rest of the population
could and couldn't wear, down to the fabric and furs which could
and couldn't be used and by whom. These laws were known as Sumptuary
Laws.
The pages which look at aspects
of women's clothing generally are as follows:
acquiring
clothes
Clothes for the classes: Peasant, Working Class, Merchant Class
and Noblewomen. New or secondhand? Custom made or off the rack?
clothes
from historical art
Interpreting contemporary artworks to make medieval clothes
today.
sumptuary
laws
Clothing regulations for different classes.
glossary
of clothing names
What's that clothing or accessory called?
clothing
care
Care, storage and laundering techniques of medieval clothes.
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© Rosalie Gilbert
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