clothes and fashion in the Elizabethan era

the steps to putting on a dress step

• first can you imagine waking up and not just throwing on a pair of jeans? 
• in the Elizabethan era you had 12 steps to putting on a dress 

step 1.

• you put on your smock
• this was a protection layer for your other layers
• this layer protects the layers from oils and sweat
• this was the dirtiest layer of clothes

step 2.

• next, stockings and tights 
• these go under your dress to protect your legs from under wire

step 3.

• corset this goes around the waist and fits tightly 
• this makes you thinner 
• it also damaged a lot of vital organs
• but you know beauty is pain!

step 4.

• next was the hoop skirt 
• This gives your skirt volume
• the richer you were the bigger your skirt was

step 5.

• Bum roll 
• these are to make your ''bum'' bigger under the dress
• the richer people wore them poor people couldn't afford them

step 6.

• next is the petticoat you put it over your hoop skirt
• this is the pretty part that has the pattern on it

step 7.

• kirtle and fore part
• fore part is the middle of the skirt
• the kirtle is the part that goes over the corset

step 8.

• the Partlet is a thing that looks like a bib 
• it usually has jewels on it 

step 9.

• gown and  sleeves
• the gown goes over the partlet to make it a french gown
• the sleeves go over your smock there big and puffy

step 10.

• next was shoes one of the last steps 
• shoes were usually not very long lasting 
• they had thin leather soles they usaully got holes

step 11.

• head wear usually consists of hair and hats
• the richer you were the bigger your hair was

step 12.

• Makeup is the last step 
• You painted your face white and your lips red.
• The richer you were the paler you were!

corset facts

• there are 2 known corsets left from the 16th century
• instead of clothes conforming to your body 
• your body conformed to clothes 
• corsets often damaged internal organs 

fainting couches

• ''fainting couches were created after corsets came into fashion
• they had them because of the lack of air'' ~willow schaefer

citing sources

• www.elizabethancostume.net
• www.googleimages.com
• www,zeeonlinespace.net
• www.tomeck.net/elizabethanera