Medieval Clothing

There were many different types of clothing in the middle ages based on your class mostly. The clothing you wore was a very big indicator on where you were located on the social class. Like today clothing was a big indicator of the person’s wealth, stays, occupation,nationality and religion. An accountant will dress differently than a construction worker or in medieval days a king would dress differently than a farmer. Another example of the Medieval clothing being based on the social class is that there would have been a queen seen in what like, say a milkmaid would be wearing or in rags. ("Clothing in Medieval Times and Social Status." ) Most of the peasants could not afford costly clothes like the ones that the nobles wore, so they had
The landowners or merchants had more money, but not that much more than the peasants. Where they did not have that much money they just spent it on the clothing so that they could show it off and prove that they had some money. Royals wore very expensive, extravagant and very colorful outfits because they wanted to make sure everyone knew they were of a high rank in society. The noblemen wore long house jackets and the length of the jacket was based on the wealth of their individuality. ("Clothing in Medieval Times and Social Status." ) Men and women wore different things quite like they do today, but the clothing during medieval times was not much different between them. Monks during the Middle Ages wore a long robe called a habit. Regular men wore a knee length garment, that had a wide neck and three-quarter length sleeves, that were connected at the waist with a belt. Women wore a similar garment to the men's except that it was called a chemise, which was floor-length. The basic tunic that was very commonly worn by all classes was made from wool or linen. ("Dress." Medieval World
In the 14th century hand-kerchiefs appeared and were not considered to be manly at all. Men and women of the wealthy class wore jewelry. Men wore different types of jewelry like chains, signet rings, and cloaks that were held together by jeweled clasps. Women loved jeweled hair ornaments along with necklaces, earrings, brooches and rings. ("Dress." Medieval World ;) Ordinary people did not wear shoes but instead they went barefoot or wore work boots. The nobility wore shoes called poulaines which were very impractical. These were pointed toed shoes that were also very long and were made of leather. (Medieval World) Clothing for women were very tight so that it could show the perfect form of the female. The second layer of the women’s clothing was much tighter than the top layer because they had to wear two different layers. ("Medieval Fashion.") In conclusion, there are many differences in what the different classes wore. These differences are stills showed today in what we wear, and we can see it everyday. The clothing the upper, middle,and lower classes wore were very different from each other from clothes all the way to the