Clothesaa

=__Women's Clothing in the 14th Century__=




 * Clothes and what was on the clothes, like ruffles, showed their social status.
 * The goal of make a woman as attractive as possible and to make her appear to have a small petite waste. By making the chest puffy with the method of lacing it helped with the illusion of making the waist seem smaller.
 * Sleeves had an appearance of being fluffy they were a complicated collection of small pieces of fabric held by jewel fasteners, then it changed to them being tight fitted.
 * Ruffles were eventually changed from going all the way around the neck to a sort of v-neck in the front that showed the bosom; which then had the ruffles in the back of the head.
 * The waist line of women's pedicoat was either a straight line or a v shape. And right under the waist line was the skirt. Skirts were long and touched the ground. And sometimes were heavily embroidered
 * Colors of clothes were natural and dye was very expensive. The colored dyes people used were
 * 1) Brown
 * 2) Grey
 * 3) Red
 * 4) Blue
 * 5) Yellow
 * 6) Green


 * Parts of the outfits (in the order they put them on) (This is a standard wealthy outfit)
 * 1) Smock/ Shift
 * 2) stockings
 * 3) corset
 * 4) Spanish Farthingale (Verdingal)
 * 5) Bumroll
 * 6) Pedicoat
 * 7) Kirtle and Forepart
 * 8) Parlet
 * 9) Gown and Sleeves
 * 10) Shoes
 * 11) Headwear
 * 12) Makeup
 * 13) Ruffs
 * 14) Jewelry
 * 15) Safe Guard and Cloak

Shoes

 * Most shoes have leather soles
 * The upper part are made of either leather of velvet
 * The interior can be lined with a number of materials like wool and satin