Lady Capulet: The Golden Embroidery's

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During elegant settings such as the Capulet party, ladies’ outfits most often reflected the dignified scene. Lady Capulet’s silk pink gown is laced with golden embroidery and decorative pearls. Under the gown, she wears a corset, a hooped skirt called a farthingale that is used to structure the dress (Sandeen, Del), and a rowle used to widen the hips (Leed, Drea). A satin scarlet overskirt woven with silver tinsel is worn over the gown and parted down the middle to create contrast between the two colors. She also wears a petticoat underneath her gown to fluff out the backside of the skirt and give it a more 3D shape (“Elizabethan Gowns”) as well as white silk stockings which also slip into her shoes. On her head, she wears a velvet French hood