During the Elizabethan era, a person’s clothes and fashion depended on his social status. These rules were specified in the Sumptuary Laws. These laws were explained to the citizens about the serious and harsh rules about what they could and could not wear from the color to the material of the clothing. These laws were made to limit the money of might been spent on clothing, accessories, and jewelry. In addition, these laws also showed the separated classes depended on the clothing that the citizens were wearing. If the Sumptuary Laws were broken, there would have been punishment fines or even death.
Elizabethan Nobles and Upper classes wore clothing made out of expensive materials and fabrics. This included velvets, furs, silks, lace, cottons …show more content…
This included clothing produced out of wool, linen, and sheepskin, but silk, taffeta, and velvet trimmings were allowed. Not only were the fabrics restricted in the different social classes but also the different types of colors. The variety of colors used for producing expensive clothes were made by complex dyeing processes. Expensive fabrics were created and imported from different countries, and the dyes used for coloring these materials were very expensive. The brightest and the darkest colors were more expensive to produce, so therefore it was only worn by the upper classes. The color and its brightness helped determine the dye’s value and the price of the garment. The lower classes wore colors such as yellow, russet (a reddish brown color), orange, green, pale blue, and pale …show more content…
Poor people wore aprons, fitted sleeves, and partlets or neckcloths. They wore fewer layers than the other classes because they could not afford to buy the same fabrics as the richer upper classes. People in the lower class usually wore clothes that look like a one piece, and it fitted to their body so that it shows with a waistline seam. They also wore identical bodices and a narrow skirt. Lower class people had a limitation on their color. Because they couldn’t afford expensive dyes, they used natural plants to get colors of their fabrics. For example, wood provided a blue color, roots created red color, and a plant called golden marguerite produced a yellow color. Blue was the most common color for the lower class because it was cheap, and easy to
Elizabethan Nobles and Upper classes wore clothing made out of expensive materials and fabrics. This included velvets, furs, silks, lace, cottons …show more content…
This included clothing produced out of wool, linen, and sheepskin, but silk, taffeta, and velvet trimmings were allowed. Not only were the fabrics restricted in the different social classes but also the different types of colors. The variety of colors used for producing expensive clothes were made by complex dyeing processes. Expensive fabrics were created and imported from different countries, and the dyes used for coloring these materials were very expensive. The brightest and the darkest colors were more expensive to produce, so therefore it was only worn by the upper classes. The color and its brightness helped determine the dye’s value and the price of the garment. The lower classes wore colors such as yellow, russet (a reddish brown color), orange, green, pale blue, and pale …show more content…
Poor people wore aprons, fitted sleeves, and partlets or neckcloths. They wore fewer layers than the other classes because they could not afford to buy the same fabrics as the richer upper classes. People in the lower class usually wore clothes that look like a one piece, and it fitted to their body so that it shows with a waistline seam. They also wore identical bodices and a narrow skirt. Lower class people had a limitation on their color. Because they couldn’t afford expensive dyes, they used natural plants to get colors of their fabrics. For example, wood provided a blue color, roots created red color, and a plant called golden marguerite produced a yellow color. Blue was the most common color for the lower class because it was cheap, and easy to