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Clothing in Shakespeare’s England

Clothing in Shakespeare’s England. Grant Stokes, Hayleigh Gardner Charles Yawn, Bett Cantrell. Elizabethan Era. Time of peace in England Middle Class began to emerge Social Status was fixed. Elizabethan Clothing. Law was enacted to establish what social classes were allowed to wear

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Clothing in Shakespeare’s England

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  1. Clothing in Shakespeare’s England Grant Stokes, Hayleigh Gardner Charles Yawn, Bett Cantrell

  2. Elizabethan Era • Time of peace in England • Middle Class began to emerge • Social Status was fixed

  3. Elizabethan Clothing • Law was enacted to establish what social classes were allowed to wear • Rich were allowed to wear velvet and silk • Poor were allowed to wear wool, linen, or leather

  4. Famous Elizabethan People • William Shakespeare – playwright and poet • Francis Bacon – scientist • Christopher Marlowe – poet • Robert Dudley – Soldier and statesman • Inigo Jones – Architect • Mary, Queen of Scots – Queen of France, Queen of Scotland, father of King James

  5. Women’s Clothes

  6. Women wore up to sixteen separate articles of clothing. • These included: slip, hose, corset, skirt, roll, stomacher, petticoat, kirtle, forepart, partlet, gown, sleeves, ruff, cloak, shoes, and hat.

  7. Men’s Clothes

  8. Men wore up to twelve articles of clothing. These included: shirt, hose, codpiece, corset, doublet, sleeves, breeches, belt, ruff, cloak, shoes, and hat.

  9. References • Lad, Kashmira. "Clothing in the Elizabethan Era." www.buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, Inc., 10 SEP 2004. Web. 19 MAR 2006. • Alchin, L.K."Elizabethan Era." www.elizabethan-era.org.uk. Elizabethan Era, 16 MAY 2005. Web. 19 MAR 2006.

  10. Credits • Grant Stokes – Slide creator • Hayleigh Gardner – Research • Charles Yawn – Research • Bett Cantrell – Presentation designer

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