Fashion during the Elizabethan era was covering for the women, and often got fines, loss of property and even loss of life.
Their underclothing included, a smock or shift also called a chemise made of linen, stockings or hose, a corset or bodice, a farthingale ( which is a hooped skirt) , a roll or rowel, a stomacher, a petticoat, a kirtle, a forepart and lastly a pallet, as you can see they had to wear a lot of clothes under their clothes as well as over the underclothes.
Their overclothes included a gown, separate sleeves, a ruff, cloak, shoes and hat.
The men’s clothes are a lot less complicated and the imprisonment rule doesn’t apply for them.
Their underclothes include, a shirt, stockings or a hose, a codpiece, a corset. And their overclothes include a doublet, separate sleeves, breeches, belts a ruff, cloak, shoes and a hat.
They believed that by not wearing exposing clothing their reputation would be better.
Hairstyles in the elisibeathen times were short for the men, and hairstyles for women were usually in an updo. And very elegent. They also have to wear a formal headdress. Wigs were also commonly used, to create the hairstyles they wanted.
Elizabethan Times
Witches
In the Elizabethan era they believed in the persecution of Elizabethan women who practiced witchcraft.
During the Elizabethan era, people blamed these events on the work of witches. There were frequently times of the “deadly black death” (Bubonic Plague) and there was no cure. It had to be blamed on someone, so they just said it was witches. They basically blamed witches for everything.
