Clothing
In these times most of the people wore woolen clothing with undergarments made of linen.Most of the higher classed wore bright colors, better materials and longer jackets.Women wore flowing gowns and elaborate headwear, ranging from headdresses shaped like hearts or even butterflies to tall steeple caps and italian turbans.Amongst all of European nations, during the middle ages, there was always one common standard of fashion and clothing.Each European country would imitate the fashions and clothing of one another but still can manage to retain its own form identity.
The clothing of the aristcracy and wealthy merchants tended to be elaborate and changed according to the dictates of fashion. in the end of the middle ages men of wealthy families sported hose and a jacket.Most holy orders wore long woolen habits in emulation of roman clothing. One could tell the order by the color of the habit.The history of middle ages clothing provides details of the sumptuary laws and an overview of medieval fashion through the ages of the period.It is quite a important fact that Spain suddenly partook in the heaviness of clothing peculiar to Germany because the Gothic element still existed there. France was weak and capricious, and is always ready to borrow from every quarter any style of clothing which pleased them.
In these times most of the people wore woolen clothing with undergarments made of linen.Most of the higher classed wore bright colors, better materials and longer jackets.Women wore flowing gowns and elaborate headwear, ranging from headdresses shaped like hearts or even butterflies to tall steeple caps and italian turbans.Amongst all of European nations, during the middle ages, there was always one common standard of fashion and clothing.Each European country would imitate the fashions and clothing of one another but still can manage to retain its own form identity.
The clothing of the aristcracy and wealthy merchants tended to be elaborate and changed according to the dictates of fashion. in the end of the middle ages men of wealthy families sported hose and a jacket.Most holy orders wore long woolen habits in emulation of roman clothing. One could tell the order by the color of the habit.The history of middle ages clothing provides details of the sumptuary laws and an overview of medieval fashion through the ages of the period.It is quite a important fact that Spain suddenly partook in the heaviness of clothing peculiar to Germany because the Gothic element still existed there. France was weak and capricious, and is always ready to borrow from every quarter any style of clothing which pleased them.