Women’s clothing consisted of an undertunic called a chemise, chainse or smock. They were held up in place by being attached to the girdle of the drawers. The new type of hose was worn with drawers that reached the knees or above, and they were wide enough at the top to allow the drawers to be tucked into them. Previously, they were looser and worn with drawers that ranged from knee- to ankle-length. Striped hose were popular.ĭuring this period, beginning with the middle and upper classes, hose became longer and more fitting, and they reached above the knees. Tailored cloth leggings, called chausses or hose, made as separate garments for each leg were often worn with the tunic. Underclothes consisted of an inner tunic (French chainse) or shirt with long, tight sleeves, and drawers or braies, usually of linen. Men’s ClothingĪs in the previous centuries, two styles of dress existed side-by-side for men: a short (knee-length) costume deriving from a melding of the everyday dress of the later Roman Empire and the short tunics worn by the invading barbarians, and a long (ankle-length) costume descended from the clothing of the Roman upper classes and influenced by Byzantine dress. Vair, the fur of the squirrel, was particularly popular and is shown in many illuminated manuscript illustrations as a white and blue-grey softly striped or checkered pattern lining the mantles of the wealthy.
MEDIEVAL OUTFITS AESTHETIC SKIN
Linen undergarments, which were more comfortable against the skin and could be washed and then bleached in the sun, were increasingly worn.įur was worn as an inside lining for warmth. In the last decade of the previous century, the Norman reconquest of Sicily and the First Crusade had opened additional routes for Eastern fabrics and style influences into Europe.ĭespite the importing of new fabrics, wool remained the primary fabric for clothing of all classes. Silks from Byzantine traded in Pavia by way of Venice, and silks from Andalusia reached France via Spain.
Silk, although extremely expensive, was readily available to wealthy people of consequence.
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