MEDIEVAL
FASHION
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MEN’S FASHION
WOMEN’S FASHION
CLOTHES OF CHURCHMAN
CLOTHING OF SOLDIERS
MEN’S FASHION
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Man in the Middle Ages wore
a tunic as long as the knees
tied by a belt or a rope.
Hanging from the belt there
was a “scarsella”, a cloth bag.
In the thirteenth century, men
began wearing shirts and
trousers and the use of buttons
was also introduced.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEN’S
CLOTHES
POOR MEN : they usually wore a work dress until it became old and worn
out, sometimes they wore a party dress that they never changed it in their
life. Anyway the party dress wasn’t so beautiful as the dress of a rich man
because clothes decorations were very expensive and poor men couldn’t
afford them.
CHURCHMEN : priests usually wore a black or white or brown GOWN and a
belt USUALLY A rope, the gown usually had a hood. The cardinals wore
more precious dresses because their social role was more important than
the other ecclesiastical men.
RICH MEN : They wore dresses likes the ones of the other social classes,the
differences were only in the type of material used to make dresses, in fact
their dresses were made of linen, wool and oriental fabrics.
WOMEN’S FASHION
• Clothes for women were
characterized by great
variety of fabrics and rich
ornaments. They, like
men, wore socks with
garters but they did not
wear a belt for trousers,
and they generally wore
high and possibly very
tight shoes.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
WOMEN’S CLOTHES
• RICH WOMEN: The
clothes were made of a long
under wear with long and
narrow sleeves and a large
overcoat with sleeves to the
elbow, The fabrics were always
valuable and often embellished
with embroidery. The married
women wore a veil and their
hairstyles were simple.
Unmarried women used to tie
their hair both in long plaits or
elaborate buns .they might wear
it loose.
SOLDIERS and KNIGHTS
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Below about 20 kg of armour,
the knights wore a shirt and
trousers.
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The Crusaders wore a tunic and
a white cloak with a red cross if
the were Templar; a white tunic
with a black cross if they were
Teutonic or a black tunic with a
white cross if they were
Hospitallers.
Vittoria, Chiara, Mattia e Daniele