Fashion In The Elizabethan Era

What if in today's era, wearing the wrong thing could earn someone a death sentence? Imagine what it would feel like, being told what to wear and what not to wear. In the Elizabethan Era a set of laws called the Sumptuary Laws were placed for that specific issue. By not following this law, the punishments could result in fines, loss of property, and even death. Women's fashion in the Elizabethan Era consisted of a stomacher, corset, petticoat, kirdle, gown, and coat. For men, they wore a shirt, stockings, codpiece, doublet, breeches, and a cloak. However, the clothing allowed for each gender depended on the social class. Those who were members of the upper class had clothing that differed in material from those in the lower class. Fashion varied in many different ways such as the clothing men, women, and children wore centuries ago. "The air of fashion, which many young people are so eager

The shoes worn by the women were normally either flat or low-heeled. Many women wore low heels. Some jewelry worn by women was rings, necklaces, bracelets, pendants, earrings, and girdles. The necklaces worn were gold chains and strings of pearls of varying lengths and sizes. Necklaces were the most common type of jewelry worn by the richer classes. The rich sometimes wore several strands of pearls together. While the rich wore more flashy and jeweled necklaces, the middle class wore modern necklaces. Pendants were elaborate creations of gold, jewelry, enamel and pearls. They often had teardrop pearls hanging from the bottom. Earrings were either a single ring, jewel or pearl. Pendant earrings were also worn and earrings could also be threaded on a ribbon which was threaded through the earring hole with a needle and tied in a bow. Rings were worn by the middle classes and the nobles. Rings in this era were made with larger jewels and smaller stones were set in clusters or around the ring in a