How To Dress in the Middle Ages
Gone Medieval
00:00
The Importance of Fashion in the Middle Ages
Fashion is a debated topic. Did it exist for the mid 14th century? And I say yes, especially once we see cities and courts. So fashion is something where you have to look at each other and make comments about what someone is wearing. Without gossip, there's no fashion. Now, another piece of fashion is can people make their own individual small choices within the larger silhouettes? And we have growing evidence of that in the high Middle Ages. From about the 12th century onwards, we can see representations of people wanting to have spending money so they can make those choices. We see growing markets. But even in the early Middle Ages, the Merrivenge and period,
Play episode from 09:53
Transcript
