| | Elizabethan Clothing & Fashion - Women | 
| - Interesting Facts and information about Elizabethan Clothing & Fashion
- Upper Class Fashion and Jewelry
- Women's Clothing - gowns, hats, corsets, underwear, collars, ruffs and shoes
- Hair styles and Make-up
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Elizabethan Clothing & Fashion - Women
Elizabethan Clothing & Fashion for women varied according to whether they were a member of the Nobility, Upper Class or one of the poor, working class. But whether a woman was wealthy or poor she was not allowed to wear whatever she liked... She could be richer than a Countess but if she did not have an equivalent title she was not allowed to wear clothes made of the same fabric or even of the same color! |
| | Elizabethan clothing was governed by Sumptuary Lawswhich were designed to maintain the strict class structure which had started in the early Medieval era with the Feudal System. Elizabethan Clothing & Fashion for WomenDetails, facts and information about many of the above items are described in considerable detail by accessing the appropriate links via the Elizabethan Era Sitemap Elizabethan Clothing & Fashion for Women
Elizabethan Clothing & Fashion for women consisted of many layers including most of the following elements: |
| | Smock or shift, also called a chemise made of linen |
| | | | | | Farthingale - a hooped skirt |
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Many of the above items are described in considerable detail by accessing the appropriate links via the Elizabethan era Sitemap Elizabethan Clothing & Fashion - Women- Interesting Facts and information about Elizabethan Clothing & Fashion
- Upper Class Fashion and Jewelry
- Women's Clothing - gowns, hats, corsets, underwear, collars, ruffs and shoes
- Hair styles and Make-up
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