Peasants wore loose untailored dark coloured clothing and usually only owned one outfit.

Shoes were made from very flexible leather and were worn without socks. These shoes were cut high on the inside of the leg and tied at the side or front. They added a few centimetres to the ankle of the shoe in the mid medieval period, and wore them rolled or folded down like a cuff.

Students in the medieval time also had strict dress regulations. They were not allowed to wear sleeveless or close fitting garments. Also ornate mittens, shoes and berets were forbidden.

Women usually plaited and braided their hair and used things such as silk and ribbons to make their hair more abundant and to give extra length. The hair was always parted in the centre. Some of the woman attempted to bleach their hair or use saffron to lighten their hair. In their hair the women would wear little coronets, which are small crowns, headbands, or ‘fillets’- ribbons, and occasionally a diminutive veil. There was a perio

All weather outfit for Norman and Anglo-Saxon men. At the start of the middle ages sleeves were tight fitting and several inches longer than the arm pushed back to create folds from the wrist to elbow. Sometimes the tunic, shirt, was split at the sides and almost always finished with a band of embroidery. They had an undershirt, known as a ‘shirte’, made from linen, and another tunic with shorter loose fitting sleeves. Over this they wore a semi-circular cloak. The tunic became looser on the arms and tighter on the hips in the late medieval period.

Festal days: gold, bejeweled, diadem was donned, gilded and laced boots, and a garment of cloth of gold surmounted by a golden cloak.

The men wore gorgets, an ornamental collar with a hood to protect the ears, neck, and shoulders. When wrapped over head it gives a turban like effect. They developed a gipon, skin tight tops worn by the men, and the hose they wore became tighter and longer.

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