All women wore these layers of under clothes:
- Smock or shift, also calleda chemise made of linen
- Stockings or hose
- Corset or bodice
- Farthingale- a hooped shirt
- A Roll or Rowle
- Stomacher
- Petticoat
- Kirtle
- Forepart
- Partlet
And these layers of Over Clothes:
- Gown
- Separate sleeves
- Ruff
- Cloak
- Shoes
- Hat
Men were about the same way they had many layers of clothing. Not quite as many layers, but there is more layers than we wear today.
Men wore these under clothes:
- Shirt
- Stockings or hose
- Codpiece
- Corset
And they wore these over clothes:
- Doublet
- Separate sleeves
- Breeches
- Belt
- Ruff
- Cloak
- Shoes
- Hat
Men did not wear as many layers as women, but they did wear there share. Men wore more outer clothes then they did under clothes, as to women who wore more outer clothes then under clothes.
The people of this time, were required to wear this style of clothing. It was a law. They could not pick a chose the clothes they liked best.
I just stumbled across this and found you have misinterpeted Elizabethan dress. If you have never worn one how can you talk about it as if the people hated their clothing? so many layers? you have too many listed. You do not wear the same layers for a bridal gown that you do for every day at home, but you have compared them thusly.
ReplyDeleteSmock or shift,(your underwear)
Stockings or hose (your socks)
Corset or bodice (your bra)
Farthingale- a hooped shirt (no comparison Made skirts easier to move in)
A Roll or Rowle (never one found in wordrobe accounts or any serviving time. This is a theatrical invention instead of padding the pleats and using correct fabric)
Stomacher( this is not an under garmet and was worn decorativaly on the outer dress after 1585)
Petticoat (your slip)
Kirtle (this was your basic under gown worn at home with no frills or fuss. It was also your "corset" and i use the word loosly because corsets wern't standered until 75 years later, but it mostly suported your bust)
Forepart (decorative and not worn every day was also incorporated into your kirtle or peticoat)
Partlet (a dicky or under shirt under your jacket)
And these layers of Over Clothes:
Gown (your skirt and top)
Separate sleeves (you don't layer your shirts?)
Ruff (ok these are just silly but hey why do guys wear pants sagging to their knees nowdays?)
Cloak (you don't wear your Jacket all the time and when you want it you are glad to have the extra layer)
Shoes (shoes are shoes)
Hat (hats were standered until 1960's and they are comming back in now and are still standered among the eliete)
So truthfuly they wear almost the same amout of layers we do. And remember there was no central heating and it's also the period geoligists call the little iceage for a reason. People wore layers because it kept them warm. They wore wool because it keept the cool in summer (more so that any sheer thin polyester shirt can do now days) and when very warm they took off layers like we do now. You can't look at pics and derive that every one wore that all the time. You wear your best to weddings and for portraits no matter the heat so did they. You have outfits you wouldn't want to be seen out of the house in and so did they. Very few (just like now) were wealthy enough to dress in the hight of fashion. Passing along eronious information as fact is where misconceptions stem from. Those of us who do the research work hard to combat these errors. Ohh and children were dresses like their parents in wardrobe until the 1900's and boys in skirts was because of potty trining! there was no elastic pull down pants and disposable diapers. Most children wore smock, peticoat and kirtle and sleeves if it was cold. and in many pics of children the aprons and bibs. kids have always been messy. Stephanie
thanks that was savage
DeleteUnderwear waz made of wool. And they had buttons but no holes to push tuen into. Löl u used a ribbon on string and laced yo ure shirt same wit ure sleeves
ReplyDeleteI learn some new stuff from it too, thanks for sharing your information. womens distressed pants
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