Old Fashion Long Sleeve Dress Fashion Through the Decades

Welcome to part one of our Fashion Through the Ages series. Starting from medieval fashion ending at the swinging sixties, this section covers British fashion from the Normans through medieval and middle ages to the cease of the 15th century.

	Mean solar day Clothes about 1050 This man and woman (left) engagement from about 1050, just before the Norman Conquest in 1066. They wear the basic medieval garments: a tunic, probably of wool, slightly fitted with a high neck and long sleeves, usually worn over a linen shirt. The lady's tunic, like to the human being's but longer, has a semi-circular curtain fastening on the shoulder. The lady covers her long hair with a hood held by a band, and carries a travelling pouch; the man wears loose hose and leather shoes. The Anglo Saxons were known for their skill in embroidery and complect weaving, like that trimming the human being'due south tunic.
	Twenty-four hour period and Travelling Dress virtually 1150 Fashion changed slowly in medieval times. This man and adult female (left) even so wear the semi-round shoulder fastening mantles and tunics like those of a century earlier, differing but in being more than closely fittedand having long flowing cuffs.Long hair was an Anglo-Saxon fashion borrowed by the Normans, and the adult female has hers braided into fabric-covered plaits below her hood. The man is dressed for travelling in a hooded fur cloak and pointed lid. He wears cloth bound leggings instead of hose. His anxiety are bare here, just some contemporary shoes were quite decorative.
	Travelling Clothes virtually 1250 (left) By 1250 men's and women'southward tunics were cut with a wide upper sleeve. Most men, except the elderly, preferred tunics short. Cloaks were commonly held by a cord at the shoulder. A variety of loose over-gowns were also popular, and these had sleeves with 2 openings, allowing them to hang loosely like the university gowns based on them and still seen today.The woman'due south plaits are coiled in a bun at each ear sometimes covered with a net, and the flat headband is kept in place by a veil or 'wimpole' drawn closely under the chin. Right: Lady wearing a henin (14th century)
	Day clothes about 1300 The young man (left) is wearing a shorter tunic and pointed shoes. These shoes were characteristic of the 14th century and were called crackowes or poulaines, and are believed to take derived from Poland. The length of the toe was said to indicate the rank of the wearer and became more and more exaggerated past the finish of the 14th century. Right: Lady c. 1346
	Man's Day Clothes about 1430 This early Renaissance human being (left) wears rich clothes. His advisedly made, fur-trimmed tunic is pleated onto a lining and has baggy sleeves with the embroidered shirt showing at neck and wrists. His hood is worn as a 'chaperon' ( a beret-like hat), with his caput through the shoulder opening while the remainder is twisted decoratively out of the manner. He wears a heavy, jewelled collar and chugalug which is useful for belongings his pouch and dagger. Weavers of the 24-hour interval were highly skilled, and much richly patterned silk and velvet was made in Flanders and Italy.
	Lady's Mean solar day Wearing apparel about 1490 This lady (left) of about 1490 wears a rich gown of thick material brocaded with aureate. This line foreshadows the severe styles of the courtroom of the early Tudors, with a low waist and high neckline. Her skirt has a train but is pinned upward at the dorsum for convenience when walking and to bear witness off the fur lining. Her sleeves are in a new fashion, funnel shaped, and faced with fur. She wears a hood, with greatcoat dangling like a pall, front turned upwardly and stiffened, and worn over a wired and jewelled undercap almost concealing her scraped back hair. Her shoes have very wide toes. Materials are rich and heavy, many imported from Flemish region and Italy.
	Man'due south Day Clothes nearly 1490 This immature man wears wearing apparel in the 'Italian Fashion', much less enveloping than those those of his lady above. His doublet reaches just to his waist and is very tight, with slits on the chest and sleeves giving room to move and an opportunity for his fine shirt to exist seen. His hose are tied to the waist with 'points' (laces) and and fasten in the front with a 'cod slice' (flap). For riding he wears protective leather stockings, and his shoes have broad toes. This fashion replaced peaked shoes in around 1480. His short loose gown with long hanging sleeves is cut to hang open and show the contrasting facings. His pilus is shoulder length and his flat lid has a jewelled rim.