The era of the Middle Ages covers nearly a thousand years, during which formed and developed the fashion that has become a source of inspiration for subsequent periods. Nowadays designers do not cease to refer to the explanation of that period, and it is inevitable. Medieval fashion, stretching for hundreds of years, gave the world a lot of interesting images reflected in a variety of styles, from romantic to the Gothic.

Chaste Clothing

Middle Ages characterized by a large influence of the church and religious education, which could not find their influence in the suit. In the early Middle Ages (V to XIII century), European men and women without exception had to hide the body under his clothes, leaving open a single area except wrist and a small area at the throat cut. This period was markedly different from Antiquity, which celebrates the beauty of the human body and luxury clothes. Now ostentatious beauty of it was taboo, and the clothes were very simple.

Early Middle Ages is characterized for the most part consignment clothing to that worn over the head like a costume of the Old Kingdom period in Egypt. Embroidery patterns is rarely used due to the fact that the traditions have been lost through the ages, so clothes were mostly monochrome, dyed with natural dyes. Fabrics for clothing and used the most simple, such as flax.

Striving for layering

Over time, the suit became a multi-layered, and a certain sequence of its parts is a must. Since male and female costume started with undershirt - kameez, the long tunic in white with long sleeves that were pulled together at the wrists. On kameez worn cotta that men over time changed in length, significantly shortening. The centuries have lost not only the length of the hem of Cotto, but her sleeves, which have become very short. Cloak surcot put on Cotto.

In addition to these items of clothing worn by men and BDT and highways. Brae - lower large pants that eventually shortened and reduced in volume until it turned into a miniature panties rather in their early predecessors. Wearing BDT addition to the mandatory highway. They are all appropriate to call the ancestors of modern stockings, but in the Middle Ages they were worn only by men. Highway reached mid-thigh, closing leg, which covered the top outerwear Outerwear: with special warmth . In the XIV century, in the men's European fashion it appeared doublet - doublet, reaching mid-thigh and has a slim silhouette.

While men's suit Men's Suits: tradition and modernity   shortened and become more close and have the features of a woman's dress appeared oriental style, with its propensity for heavy skirts and flowing fabrics. XIV century is characterized by a previously unseen in Europe, an open cut, which is open neckline. In addition, the style has become looser, allowing women to decorate their clothes, decorating them with embroidery, buttons, darts, which emphasized the charms of the ladies' figure. Bells that tinkled when walking, dress sewn on both women and men.

All these innovations were not fancy like the legislature, which has restricted the wearing of precious fabrics certain estates. So silk Silk - a legacy of the Yellow Emperor , Brocade, gold embroidery, velvet and other fabrics can be worn only by representatives of the upper classes, while others had to restrain their impulses fashion.

In the middle of the XIV century began to wear upelyand - along with an open front, long sleeves with wide, which then began to transform. Upelyand worn by the nobility, but not very long. By the twenties of the XV century in its place came robe, clearly characterizes the Gothic style, with its open-neck, long train and conical hats, tending upwards. Voluminous draperies and long skirts require comfortable shoes - such thulium become a very high platform, which were both women and men.

Red, purple, blue, cyan, yellow, brown colors were most common in medieval clothes. White color is not used for clothing noble ladies who wore only dresses, because they had to look rich, and hence the fabric had to be colored.

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