In the Middle Ages, for the wealthy, most clothes were created by tailors. Some fabrics tailors used were : Burnet, perse, lincoln scarlet, kersey, russet, chalons, damask, and sandal. Most of the population, however, made their own clothing.
CLOTHING:
Often, kings and queens would wear crowns and brightly colored silks. Obviously, their clothing was very expensive and only they had enough money to afford such beautiful things. Shoemakers and their spouses often wore borealis hats. The clothes they wore with that were woolen coats with fur-trimmed sleeves. Inside the coat was a woolen doublet. Holy orders, such as friars, wore cloaks with hoods and habits. On their clothes was a rope belt with wooden beads for counting prayers. Felt hats with stirrups and brown jackets were the daily wear of manor lords. Peasants' daily wear was simple: straw hats that they made themselves, linen shirts that they made themselves, leather flasks, hoses (pants), and pewter badges or good luck charms.
Liripipe/Bardocucullus - hooded short cape. Note: no dagging or
exaggerated length as later in Gothic
Slashing and paning, breeches (upper stocks/hose), doublet, simarre/chamarre; chain - guild
allegiance, woman transition from houppelande to a dress, barrette/beret.
Bases - split, pleated male skirt, broad toe shoe, doublet, note turbanon one figure in background, baldric, shirt.
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