Medieval Fashion
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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MEDIEVAL FASHION
IRELAND BLIM 6TH GRADE
Kings Fashion
King Louis IX of France (1214-1270) he wore a camel's-hair coat, a surcoat of linsey-woolsey without sleeves, a black silk cloak without a hood, and lastly a hat trimmed with peacocks' feathers
Their is another description of the Kings' fashion
Louis IX has his hair short, wearing a red velvet cap, a tunic, and over this a cloak opened at the chest, and it has long sleeves, which have a slit up the sleeves for the arms to go through the cloak or the surcoat is trimmed with ermine in front, and has the appearance of we call a fur shawl.
Medieval kings Fur
There are many different types of furs or they called them skins that they wore King John of France( 1319-64) had no fewer than 600 and 70 martens' were used.
They also wore massive belts made out of gold the luxury of being a king was being able to wear jewelry like gold, silver, pearls, and precious stones.
Knights Armor
The knights under- armor consist of a linen under-shirt and under-pants
Foot armor was the first things the knights put on and the wore Sabatons which were made out of iron plates greves- parts that covered the ankles
Poleyns- covered the knees Cuisses- covered the thighs Spurs- which were attached to the bottom of the feet to spur the horse.
Arm and hand Besagues- they are small round shields to defend the armpit. Rerebrace- to defend the upper arm Vambrace- defend the lower arm Hand Armor- they were called Gauntlets and they were gloves with metal plates over the fingers
Body armor consist of a Brest plate, backplate, and Faulds which protected the hips and waist
Neck and head armor there was a visor that protected the face and eyes and a helmet which were called a Bascient which protected the head and the neck.
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Nobles fashion
The nobles tend to were nicer clothes because they could afford it. They wore a surcoat which it was common for both sexes but, the women wore it more it could of been mad with or without sleeves the surcoat was made like a robe but, later on it was cut higher above the hips.
The women and men wore a lot of the same things during this time like jewelry, head dresses, and a lot of the same designed clothing like coats and shirts also wearing pants and other things meant the were a little wealthier than other nobles
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Peasants fashion
The peasants tend to keep it simple because they were poor and could not afford very nice clothing the women wear a blouse of cloth or skin fastened by a leather belt around the waist and wore large shoes the men wore trousers and a shirt with large shoes too.
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