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A narrow belt is worn around the hips. Detail of the Altarpiece of St. Vincent, Catalonia, late 14th century. Huntsman wears side-lacing boots, late 14th century. Man walking in a brisk wind wears a chaperon that has been caught by a gust. He wears a belt pouch and carries a walking stick, late 14th century. From the Tacuinum Sanitatis.
Clothing was layered and these layers were tightly bound to the body. [11] Around this time, the surcoat came into use. By the end of the 14th century, the gown had replaced all garment items aside from the surcoat. Basic garments now consisted of the smock, hose, kirtle, gown, belt, surcoat, girdle, cape, hood, and bonnet. [12]
14th-century Italian silk damasks. Clothing in 12th and 13th century Europe remained very simple for both men and women, and quite uniform across the subcontinent. The traditional combination of short tunic with hose for working-class men and long tunic with overdress for women and upper-class men remained the norm.
Fashion in 15th-century Europe was characterized by a surge of experimentation and regional variety, from the voluminous robes called houppelandes with their sweeping floor-length sleeves to the revealing giornea of Renaissance Italy. Hats, hoods, and other headdresses assumed increasing importance, and were draped, jeweled, and feathered.
The pourpoint (formerly called jack or paltock) was a garment worn by noblemen in the late 14th century in civilian or military situations. [1] It is not to be confused with the earlier gambeson. This garment is known for its wasp waisted and round silhouette achieved thanks to its sewing pattern, its quilting and its "grande assiette" style ...
A herigaut is a gown-like garment worn in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. [1] Alternative spellings include herigald, heregaud, gerygoud and herigans. [1] It was three-quarters to full length with hanging sleeves. [1] Sometimes the sleeves were tucked at the top to increase fullness below. [2]
A 14th-century mosaic (right) from the Kahriye-Cami or Chora Church in Istanbul gives an excellent view of a range of costume from the late period. From the left, there is a soldier on guard, the governor in one of the large hats worn by important officials, a middle-ranking civil servant (holding the register roll ) in a dalmatic with a wide ...
Kirtles were part of fashionable attire into the middle of the 16th century, and remained part of country or middle-class clothing into the 17th century. [citation needed] Kirtles began as loose garments without a waist seam, changing to tightly fitted supportive garments in the 14th century.