English Costume History 1066-1830
|
||
ΩΩ |
Custom Search
|
Use the costume images as guides for Medieval/Middle Ages re-enactment, fancy dress, carnivals, pageants and dramas. The timeline covers for example William The Conqueror, the King John, Robin Hood era, Country Folk, Edward III, Chaucer, Henry VIII, Elizabeth 1, Cromwellians, Charles II, Georgian Kings & Beau Brummell. Ancient Costume before the second millennium period is shown in Egyptian, Greek and Roman Costume - a different section. |
||
|
The colouring in sheets are suitable for school use. |
||||
IntroductionEnglish Costume Painted And Described By |
William The First 1066-1087Also known as William The Conqueror. Costume for Men and Women 1066-1087. Tunics, cross gartering, girdles, gowns and wimples. Images. |
William The Second 1087-1100Costume for Men and Women 1087-1100. Page Added 5 August 2010 |
||
Henry The First 1100-1135Henry The First 1100-1135. Costume for Men and Women in C12th Britain. Tunics, cross gartering, girdles, gowns and wimples. Images. |
Stephen - 1135-1154King Stephen. Costume for Men and Women in C12th Britain. Tunics, plaits and wimples. Images. |
Henry The Second 1154-1189Medieval chin bands, caps, wimples for women. Page Added 5 August 2010 |
||
Richard The First 1189-1199![]() Long flowing gowns and capacious mantles. Oriental influences on dress in the Middle Ages. Page Added 5 August 2010 |
John 1199-1216Colourful Medieval Surcoats, cloaks and mantles. Big sleeves. Page Added 5 August 2010 |
Henry The Third 1216-1272The surcoat and interesting pointed shoes of the Middle Ages. ` |
||
Costume - End of the Fourteenth Century 1066-1272The Country Folk. Early Medieval peasant clothing and dress. The mole-catcher. Page Added 5 August 2010 |
Edward The First 1272 -1307Edward I and Queen Eleanor in the Middle Ages. Page Added 5 August 2010 |
Edward The Second 1307 - 1327The new cotehardie, the Medieval liripipe and fillet hairdressing. Page Added 5 August 2010 |
||
Edward The Third - 1327-1377Ladies Surcoats - lirippe, sleeve tippet, gorget, wimple, fillet, women's head-dress, cotehardie. Scalloped capes, purses, parti-colours. Courtiers. Piers Plowman Poem. Loutrell Psalter - illuminated manuscripts. The Third Great Pestilence. Kings cavalcade. Page Added 7 August 2010 |
Richard The Second - 1377-1399The Houppelande. Ladies Surcoats. Cotehardie The Chaperon. Caul fillet headdress. Pointy Toe shoes. Men and women's dress in late medieval England. Page Added 7 August 2010 |
The End Of The Fourteenth Century - Dress by Chaucer |
||
Henry The Fourth - 1399-1415Houppelandes, Surcoats and Cotehardies. Page Added 10 August 2010 |
Henry The Fifth - 1413-1422Dress at the time of the Battle of Agincourt. The man's short houppelande gown, the hood and the sugar-bag cap. Baldrick belt and priest cropped hair. Page Added 11 August 2010 |
Henry The Sixth - 1422-1461The full sleeved tunic for men and the elaborate headdresses for women. Page Added 11 August 2010 |
||
Edward The Fourth - 1461-1483The steeple headdress reaches new heights for women. Men's tunics are cropped short and worn with hosiery, but new styles are emerging. Page Added 12 August 2010 |
Richard The Third - 1483-1485Medievalism draws to a close and old fashion styles die whilst the basis of the Tudor trend style is set. Edward The Fifth - He reigned just two months April and June 1487. No Page Page Added 13 August 2010 |
Henry The Seventh - 1485-1509The new Tudor dynasty begins. Slashed sleeves, the dressing gown coat and coif hood headdresses all in rich luxuriant materials - 'good stuff' dominate styles. Page Added 14 August 2010 |
||
Henry The Eighth - 1509-1547House of Tudor. Dress for men and women during the reign of Henry VIII and his 6 wives. The white hood, the diamond arch headdress, slashed and blistered sleeves. Colouring-in drawings. |
Edward The Sixth - 1547-1553The important flat cap and tunic to doublet for men. Women's simpler headwear and larger collars. Transitioning toward Elizabethan styling. |
Mary - 1553 -1558The Spanish influence on dress in the mid 16th century. The transition from Tudor to Elizabethan styles and silhouettes. |
||
Elizabeth - 1558-160345 Years of fashion history during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Doublet, trunks, hose, ruffs, collars, slashed sleeves. Shakespeare and clothes. |
James The First - 1603-1625Jacobean Costume. Jacobean Hair StylesLadies Hairstyles & Headdresses as Shown in |
Charles The First - 1625-1649Charles I. Cavalier dress for men and women. the decline of the ruff. The
development of the doublet. The popularity of the Vandyke collar. |
||
The Cromwells - 1649-1660Dress During the Civil War Era. Plainer garment styles without frippery. |
Charles The Second - 1660-1685Restoration costume for men is fussy, extravagant and not very practical featuring lace, ribbons and huge wigs. There were two distinct forms of dress for men in the reign of Charles II - the short and later the longer jacket which developed into the frock coat. |
James The Second - 1685-1689* |
||
William And Mary - 1689-1702 |
Queen Anne - 1702-1714 |
|
||
George The First - 1714-1727 |
George The Second - 1727 -1760The Georgian Frock Coat. wigs |
George The Third - 1760-1820Men's Coats Drawings by Calthrop |
||
1760-1820 George III - Men's Occupational DressDrawings by Calthrop |
1760-1820 George III - Women's Gowns & HairDrawings by Calthrop |
George IV - 1820-1830Beau Brummell. |
||
Ebooks |
* |
|||
|
If you like this page then please share it with your friends
Custom Search
Fashion-Era.comFashion-Era.com looks at women's costume and fashion history and analyses the mood of an era. Changes in technology, leisure, work, cultural and moral values, homelife and politics have all contributed to lifestyle trends which influence the clothes we wear. These are the changes that make any era of society special in relation to the study of the costume of a period. Fashion-Era.com can take no responsibility for the information above and any outcome which may cause you error, loss or costs incurred from use of the information and links either directly or indirectly. This site is owned, designed, written and developed by author: Pauline Thomas and Guy Thomas. |
|
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fashion-era.com reserves the right to add or delete information, graphics and links. Copyright © 2001-2013 on all content, text and images in Fashion-Era.com. If you write to me for help with costume/fashion or information please first consider if you are prepared to make a payment to the website. Make the payment for Pauline's help with questions here. Please use the extensive sitemap which lists everything. Please DO NOT write asking me for homework help, more pictures or extra information as I DO NOT provide this. E-Mail us if you have comments at . Please read the message above before E-Mailing us if you have comments This site was designed to be viewed in 1024 X 768 or higher. |
Home
Sitemap |