Transcript Medieval Clothing

By: Caroline
And
Canaan
 Peasant men wore
stockings and
hoods.
 Peasant women
wore long gowns
and wimples to
cover the hair.
CLOTHING FOR PRIESTS AND HOLY
ORDERS
 Most
of the holy
orders wore long
woolen habits in
emulation of
Roman clothing.
One could tell
the order by the
color of the
habit.
SOME PRIEST CLOTHES AND MATERIALS
 Benedictine
priests
wore black. St.
Benedict stated
that a monk’s
clothes should be
plain but
comfortable. They
were allowed to
wear linen coifs to
keep their heads
warm.
 Brighter colors, better materials, and a
longer jacket length were usually signs of
greater wealth.
Men of the wealthy classes sported hose and a
jacket, often with pleating or skirting, or a
tunic with a surcoat .
Women wore flowing gowns and elaborate
headwear shaped like hearts or butterflies
FUR AND JEWELRY
 Fur
was often used
to line the garments
of the wealthy.
Jewelry was lavish,
much of it imported
and often used as
security against
loans.
Hats were an
important part of
medieval garb.,
hats could vary from
linen head warmers,
to straw or felt hats,
to "borrelais" hats to
fine mesh mail coifs,
to "sallet" helmets,
to "basinets" to
crowns.
By: Taylor S
and
Taylor J
 People in the Middle
Ages wore loose wool or
linen clothes.
 Men would sometimes
wear wool tights or
leggings.
 Knitting hadn’t been
invented yet so they had
to wear woven clothing.
 Nuns wore tunics like
other women.
 Normally they were
black or white.
 Noble women wore tall
hats with ribbon or
streamers coming off of
them.
 Men would wear leather
shoes if they could afford
them!
 In earlier times men
wore square toed shoes.
 Latter the shoes had
pointy toes and some
that curved up at the toes
in a type of a loop!
 Not a lot of Middle Age
clothing survives today.
 Clothing tends to rot
when it is buried under
ground.
 Even when it is not
buried it can rip or tare
and people used what is
ripped for rags.
 Most Jewelry was made
of gold or glass.
 Middle Age Jewelry was
big and colorful.
 They mostly wore pins
and necklaces.
 Women wore different
kinds of clothing
depending on who they
were or what they did.
 All women wore at least
one tunic down to their
ankles.
 Many women wore a
linen under garment, if
they could afford it.
By: Catharine and Amanda

Medieval clothing
was used in the
medieval times.
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Form the 11th
through 13th
centuries
medieval
clothing varied
according to the
social standing
of people.
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The women would
wear long dresses.
Women’s clothing

The men would wear a
hat, coat, doublet, and
hose.
Men’s clothing

If you were the child of a peasant, you would wear
anything you could get. If you were royalty,
however, it would be silk robes and damask gowns.
 Most
people in the Middle Ages wore
woolen clothing, with undergarments
made of linen. Brighter colors, better
materials, and a longer jacket length
were usually signs of greater wealth.
Men & Women's
Tunics decoration
and motifs
construction with
narrow fabric and
gores quickie
construction with
tide fabric.
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