Late Middle Ages Dress for the nobility, bourgeoisie, peasants, and military. (jan 1, 1300 – jan 1, 1499)

Description:

Dress in General: Particoloring (combo of different colors w/in the same garment along the vertical axis), Dagging (zig-zag cuts on edges of garments), Points (ties that held clothing together),

Men's Dress: Legs exposed, bowl cut, page boy (15th cent.), hats = coifs, chaperon w/liripipe, beret, hats w/ turned up brims, turban-like hats.

Foot,leg coverings: Stockings, hose, codpiece (15th cent), boots, clogs, poulaines, pattens
Garments: cote (until 1340) and surcote, pour point (14th)---doublet (15th), cotehardie (14th)---jacket (15th), houppelande. Variations of houppeland include full cut, belted, large sleeves, rounded pleats, and other types of wraps.

Military Dress: Coat of plates, suit of armor, "white" armor

Women's Dress: (14th cent.) hair braided and coiled around or in front of ears, sometimes encased in a jeweled net, veils fillets, hair nets
(15th cent.) hairless look (plucked eyebrows and foreheads), elaborates headdress include toque (cylindrical w/ flat top), hennin (cone-shaped w/ high point), bourrelet - padded, crown-like roll, caul - cap-like net encasing hair

Garments: cote - gown; characteristics of this include low-wide neckline, fitted through torso, and full skirt. Surcote ("side-less gown"), plastron, bezants, cotehardie, tippets on sleeves, houppelande, various unfitted wraps.

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