Fashion in Elizabethan Era

Women and Men

• Clothes worn during the era was influenced by geometric shapes.
• The features were designed to give the impression of a small waist -which were desired by women and men.
• Men would sometimes were girdles the equal of the corset to get the wasp waist look. They also were tight pants.

Upper Class

• Cloth of gold could be worn by the Queen and her lady relatives.
• Expensive clothing- Velvets, satin, furs, silks, lace, and tafetta. Ruffs and ruffles were worn by both men and women.
• Clothes were decorated with heavy embroidary, jewels, and pearls.

Fabric

Heavy jewlry

The ideal woman had light hair, snow white complexion, and red cheeks and lips.

Colors

• Purple- royalty
• Gold, silver, deep indigo blue, deep black-highest nobility of the land.
• English law- Cannot wear whatever color you like, it is determined by ones status or position.
• The Sumtuary Laws were laws providing strict clothing guidelines.

What they wore

• Men- Corsets, hats, cloak, belt,ruff ruffles, breeches, and shoes.
• Women- Ruffs, petticoat, stomach, gowns, cloaks, shoes and hats.
• Average person
• Both genders wore so much layers of clothing!

Ruffles

Normal people

Poor

Children clothes were more simpler

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