![]() Besides tunics, the men also wore undershirts and briefs covered by a sleeveless jacket and an additional tunic.A broad-brimmed hat covered with feathers.Full and gathered or puffed sleeves, which gave considerable gracefulness to the upper part of the body.The introduction of Italian fashions exhibited better taste and a greater amount of elegance.The shoes were a kind of large padded shoe of black leather, round or square at the toes, and gored over the foot with coloured material.The cap was turned up the breeches or long hose were made tight-fitting.The mantle, trimmed with fur, was open in front, its false sleeves being slit up above in order to allow the arms of the under coat to pass through.A conical hat, with turned-up rim, was ornamented with gold chains and various jewels.In order to appear wide at the shoulders artificial pads were worn.It consisted of a kind of tight waistcoat, fastened by tags, and of very close-fitting breeches, which displayed the outlines of the figure One robe required two thousand seven hundred and ninety ermines' skinsġ400 - 1500: The typical Medieval Lord Clothing during the period of 1400 - 1500 featured:.Profuse extravagance was displayed in furs.The girdle was studded with gilded ornaments and precious stones.Some had their head-dresses and sleeves reaching to the ground.Some had tippets of one cloth, others of another.There was also much impropriety in dress and clothes so short and so tight that it required the help of two persons to dress and undress them.They were made of different kinds of felt, or of otter or goat's skin, or of wool or cotton The nobles, princes, or barons, when holding court, wore surcoats of a colour to match their arms, which were embroidered upon themġ300 - 1400: The typical Medieval Lord Clothing during the period of 1300 - 1400 featured:.The ordinary material of the surcoat for the rich was cloth, either scarlet, blue, or reddish brown, or two or more of these colours mixed together.Shoes were generally made pointed this fashion of the Polish points, was followed throughout the whole of Europe for nearly three hundred years.The stockings were of the same colour and material as the breeches, and were kept up by the lower part of the breeches being pulled over them To these articles those who wished to dress more elegantly added, on the body, a shirt on the shoulders, a mantle and on the head, a hat.Clothes of a noble consisted of breeches, stockings, shoes, the coat, the surcoat and the head-dress.Luxury was at its height when gold and silver, pearls and precious stones were lavished on clothes.The surcoat was then raised higher above the hips, and the arm-holes were made very large, allowing the expensive under material to be seenġ200 - 1300: The typical Medieval Lord Clothing during the period of 1200 - 1300 featured:.The under garment, which was made of more costly material, might be seen.The surcoat was then made without sleeves.The surcoat was originally a large wrapper with sleeves, and was thrown over the upper part of the robe.The surcoat (sur-cotte) was at first a garment worn only by females, but it was soon adopted by both sexes.The Crusades also gave rise to the general use of the purse, which was suspended to the belt by a cord of silk or cotton, and sometimes by a metal chainġ100-1200: The typical Medieval Lord Clothing during the period of 1100 - 1200 featured:.Closed shoes, which had then begun to be made pointed, and his belt has no hangings in front.A long cloak which descended to the instep.Some were fastened at the collar by a round buckle, and two bands of stuff forming a kind of necklace They dressed in a robe fastened round the waist, and having long bands attached to the sleeves near the wrists.Some caps had a point at the top, to which a long streamer was attached, and the peak turned up in front.The cap was made of velvet for persons of rank A person's rank or social position was determined by the head-dress or hat.1000 - 1100: The typical Medieval Lord Clothing during the period of 1000 - 1100 featured:
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