Sarah BrownAnd

Mackenzie Parker

ELIZABETHAN LONDONCLOTHES AND BEAUTY

Ruffs•W

orn by all, upper and lower classes.•E

xpensive, unbecoming, uncomfortable.•E

laborate ruffs could have up to 600 pleats.•T

he fashionable would wear more than one.

Men’s Clothing

•Bottom to Top

• Shirt• Stockings• Codpiece• Corset• Doublet

• Separate sleeves• Breeches• Belt• Ruff

• Cloak or Gown• Shoes• Hat

Men’s Fashion

Doublet: Codpiece:

What were they wearing?Women Clothing:

•Bottom to top• Smock• Stockings• Corset or bodice• Farthingale• Bum-Roll• Petticoat• Kirtle• Forepart• Partlet• Gown• Separate

sleeves• Ruff• Cloak• Shoes• Hat 

Farthingale

Bum-Roll

“The fashionable Elizabethan

woman was a walking

pincushion”

Children’s Fashion

•Until the child was five of six years old their dress was very similar.

•Round seven the boys would begin to dress like grown men.

Underwear and Sleepwear•M

en: Used their shirttails as underwear.

•Women: Wore stiffened bodices that were often lined with linen.

Both sexes wore long night gowns along with a night cap to bed.

Shoes and Hats

•Most shoes were made of leather

•All hand crafted

•Queen Elizabeth had around 40 pairs of velvet shoes.

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Cosmetics•W

omen wore two colors. A white powder and a red gloss.•U

nfortunately, the make-up available was very toxic.•H

air dyeing was done with berries.•T

he rich would wear expensive, elaborate wigs to cover graying hair. •A

ll men were to keep their beards short, and usually went to barber once a week.

Dental Care

•Need a tooth removed, because of rotting or another

reason? • No dentist

• No anesthesia• EEKKK!!!

Questions•W

hat was an essential part of making a nice ruff?

•What part of men’s fashion did Elizabeth try to outlaw?

•What is the difference between cloaks and gowns?

•What would women wear under their dresses?