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The Clothing of the Renaissance ​ During the reign of Elizabeth I of England clothing was everything. Depending on what a person wore they would either be classified as poor, wealthy, common, nobility, foreign, or somewhere in between.

Queen Elizabeth I All people wore tight fitting bodices and pants, except for skirts that were long a flowing.

Colors also represented a lot about a person:

Green meant love

Gray meant sorrow

Black and Gray were for lower status people

Yellow showed hostility

Blue meant fidelity

Red signified nobility

Purple was meant specifically for the king and the queen   The Rich:

This class supposedly spent practically all of their money on their clothes. They wore very fine fabrics such as lace, satin, velvet, and cotton, all adorned with jewels.

The Poor:

People of this class mainly wore clothing made out of flax, wool, and tweed, a fabric made from wool.



Men:

Men of all classes had specific guidelines to follow. They would wear a hat, a vest, a shirt, pants, and boots.

Women:

Women would always wear shoes, an under skirt, an over skirt, a shirt, a bodice, and a hat or a snood.

Their hair was normally braided and if they had curls it was a sign of beauty.

Children:

Children wore the exact things the adults wore according to their gender. 



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