The Anglo Saxons were known for their skill in embroidery and braid weaving, like that trimming the man’s tunic.įashion changed slowly in medieval times. The lady covers her long hair with a hood held by a band, and carries a travelling pouch the man wears loose hose and leather shoes. The lady’s tunic, similar to the man’s but longer, has a semi-circular mantle fastening on the shoulder. They wear the basic medieval garments: a tunic, probably of wool, slightly fitted with a high neck and long sleeves, usually worn over a linen shirt. This man and woman (left) date from about 1050, just before the Norman Conquest in 1066. Starting from medieval fashion ending at the swinging sixties, this section covers British fashion from the Normans through medieval and middle ages to the end of the 15th century. Try on the superior medieval style to enjoy the essence of natural luxury! Material and color options, tailoring for a non-standard figure and height together with communicable online support make purchasing men's medieval costume easy and convenient.Welcome to part one of our Fashion Through the Ages series. Being a part of textile tradition for thousands of years, flax linen and wool broadcast timeless sophistication and casual grace. The secret of our medieval costumes for men store isn't only a huge assortment, but consistently high-quality natural materials. Upper-class medieval male costumes were made of brightly colored fabrics: blue, green, oxblood and purple, while peasantry, considering the high cost of imported dyes, wore darker, gray and brown clothing. Men's upper caftans with a tightly fitted body and flared bottom made up of woolen, brocade or velvet fabrics came in fashion among the nobles during the same period. Only in the mid 14th century, the upper tunic was replaced by pourpoint - kinda short jacket with narrow sleeves, which was initially worn by knights under the armor, but later became a part of a casual medieval costume. Both nobles and common folks wore surcoats and tabards - long sleeveless cover-ups of rectangular shape with a hole for the head, which could be unsewn at the sides. With the appearance of the feudal crests, colors of the men's costume echoed the colouring of his feudal's coat of arms. Starting from the 12th century, tunics were getting longer, narrower at the shoulders and wider at the bottom due to gores sewn into the side seams. Outerwear was represented by a short semicircular cloak fastened at a shoulder, which transformed into a long one later and became known as ‘mantelet' in the Charlemagne era and the Carolingians. A distinctive feature of the medieval male costume were pants that could be long, relatively narrow trousers or tightly fitting chausses like a tricot. Short tunics were still worn by peasants and young people. Initially, both of them were hip length, but from the mid 9th century their bottoms extended and reached the very floor. Male undertunic featured long, one-piece sleeves, while the upper one had short wide sleeves or no sleeves at all. Two tunics worn girded one over the other formed the basis of the early medieval costumes. To briefly describe a Middle Ages suit, it should be noted that the clothing of the period pointed to the origin, class affiliation, occupation and wealth of the owner. Dark Ages costume (crusaders, Western Europe noblemen and warriors).Most of our costumes are historically accurate thus fit for reenactment and SCA, other are period-based but have some fantasy elements, and some are exclusive designer's creations, so will feed your imagination and make a great buy for LARPers. We have both plain and modest natural flax linen undertunics, tunics and coats and richly decorated noble costumes from different periods. There is a wide variety of men's medieval costumes of all shapes and sizes in this section - from early Vikings and Eastern European outfits to traditional western clothing, from elegant fantasy garbs of elven warriors or fairy tale prince to monks and crusaders costumes. ArmStreet is well-known for the unique design and high-quality medieval products.
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