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MEDIEVAL FASHION

• ? MENS FASHION
• ? WOMENS FASHION
• ? CLOTHES OF CHURCHMAN
• ? CLOTHING OF SOLDIERS

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MENS FASHION

• ? Man in the Middle Ages wore a tunic as long
  as the knees tied by a belt or a rope. Hanging
  from the belt there was a scarsella, a cloth
  bag.
• In the thirteenth century, men began wearing
  shirts and trousers and the use of buttons was
  also introduced.

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF MENS CLOTHES

• POOR MEN they usually wore a work dress until
  it became old and worn out, sometimes they wore a
  party dress that they never changed it in their
  life. Anyway the party dress wasnt so beautiful
  as the dress of a rich man because clothes
  decorations were very expensive and poor men
  couldnt afford them.
• CHURCHMEN priests usually wore a black or
  white or brown GOWN and a belt USUALLY A rope,
  the gown usually had a hood. The cardinals wore
  more precious dresses because their social role
  was more important than the other ecclesiastical
  men.
• RICH MEN They wore dresses likes the ones of
  the other social classes,the differences were
  only in the type of material used to make
  dresses, in fact their dresses were made of
  linen, wool and oriental fabrics.

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WOMENS FASHION

• Clothes for women were characterized by great
  variety of fabrics and rich ornaments. They, like
  men, wore socks with garters but they did not
  wear a belt for trousers, and they generally wore
  high and possibly very tight shoes.

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF WOMENS CLOTHES

• RICH WOMEN The clothes were made of a long under
  wear with long and narrow sleeves and a large
  overcoat with sleeves to the elbow, The fabrics
  were always valuable and often embellished with
  embroidery. The married women wore a veil and
  their hairstyles were simple. Unmarried women
  used to tie their hair both in long plaits or
  elaborate buns .they might wear it loose.

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SOLDIERS and KNIGHTS

• Below about 20 kg of armour, the knights wore a
  shirt and trousers.
• The Crusaders wore a tunic and a white cloak with
  a red cross if the were Templar a white tunic
  with a black cross if they were Teutonic or a
  black tunic with a white cross if they were
  Hospitallers.

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Vittoria, Chiara, Mattia e Daniele
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