# data[].attributes.body
Colors In Lower-Class Elizabethan Clothing:
Leed, Dred. “Colors in Lower-Class Elizabethan Clothing .” Color in Lowerclass Elizabethan Clothing, Dred Leed, 2008, www.elizabethancostume.net/lowerclass/lcolors.html.

Costuming For The Lower and Middle Classes:
Laughter, Claudia, et al. “Costuming For the Lower and Middle Classes - Elizabethan England 1570-1580 .” Costuming For The Lower and Middle Classes , St. George North , 2011, www.stgeorgenorth.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/MAAS_Costume_Standards_2nd_Ed.224113649.pdf.

Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws:
Siteseen . “Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws .” Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws, Siteseen Ltd, 2017, www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-sumptuary-laws.htm.

# data[].attributes.body
Upperclassmen were often painted and documented because of how elegantly they look in the 1600s. Many paintings did not include a clear perspective of life, especially clothing, of middle and lower classes. Fashion was a significant issue that even “Queen Elizabethan I continued the use the Sumptuary Laws, laws that dictated what colors and type of clothing individuals were allowed to own and wear”(Siteseen). These laws are very strict and controlled citizen’s choice in clothing and “ensure the specific class structure was maintained”(Siteseen) during Queen Elizabeth I’s era. However, the middle class and lower classes will try to break the rules when they could. Especially the middle class, they “wore richer, finer fabrics, and better-cut garments than the lower class”(Laughter).

# data[].attributes.body
As mentioned, the middle class wore fancier outfits than the lower class. They had more money to obtain sources to make glamorous costumes or also refers as outfits. In addition to the Sumptuary laws, the middle class had to wear something more elegant than lower class but more basic than the upper class. This means that they needed to wear vibrant colors, unlike the lower class who “gravitate towards earthy or natural colors”(Leed) when choosing fabrics or organic dyes. Since the lower class barely had enough money, they would only “have two or three different versions of each garment type: best clothing, middling clothing, and worst clothing”(Laughter). Best clothing was the freshly cleaned garments that they wear during Sundays. Their middling clothes and worst garments were mainly worn during work and at home.

# data[].attributes.body
Fashion was a large piece of lifestyle back in the Elizabethan times. It distinguished the people’s classes and their richness. The familiar style of clothing came from the daughter of King Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn: Elizabeth. Although Elizabethan clothing was available to most people, the higher class clothing was the most rememboral and interesting part of the Renaissance Fashion. Compared to today’s fashion Elizabethan clothing looked very heavy and unnecessary; however, “weather in England during the period was cool and wet as northern Europe…” “So the heaviness of Elizabethan fashion was out of necessity, yet is remembered as romantic and beautiful...” (Monet)

Elizabethan clothing wore very specific kinds of collars, shoes, necklaces, skirts, hats, etc. These clothes were also made out of specific materials. Some examples of materials they were made out of are wool, linen, imported cotton, and leather. These luxurious materials were more available for the higher and medium classmen. At the start of it, this style of clothing was round and fuller; it began with “..high waistlines, square necklines, and finestrella sleeves. (Westover)” Women tried to aim for a masculine body shape that “presented wide shoulders, and a small waist like an inverted triangle. (Monet)”

# data[].attributes.body
History of Costume, historyofeuropeanfashion.wordpress.com/tag/elizabethan-fashion/.
https://bellatory.com/fashion-industry/Renaissance-Fashion-Womens-Clothing-in-Elizabethan-England

Monet, Dolores. “Renaissance Fashion - Women's Clothing in Elizabethan England.” Bellatory, Bellatory, 24 Mar. 2019, bellatory.com/fashion-industry/Renaissance-Fashion-Womens-Clothing-in-Elizabethan-England.
https://historyofeuropeanfashion.wordpress.com/tag/elizabethan-fashion/

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.