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Period Patterns number 56, Late Tudor and Elizabethan Gowns,
c. 1545-1610, contains patterns for 3 Late Tudor gowns and 3
Elizabethan gowns. The stomacher, underskirts and undersleeves are not
sewn to the gowns (sizes 8-18 included).
This pattern goes well with Period Patterns no. 52,
90, 92 and 93.
Period Patterns number 58, Men's Elizabethan Garments,
c. 1558-1605, supplies patterns for 7 doublets, 5 pairs of
trunkhose, 1 Venetians, 1 slops, a falling collar and cuffs (sizes
34-54).
This pattern is complimented by Period Patterns no. 43,
53, 90, 92,
and 93.
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The late Tutor period was a time of transition and uncertainty with
3 rulers in 11 years (not to mention Lady Jane Grey, who only ruled
for 9 days), and the country endured violent switches from
Protestant to Catholic and back to Protestant again.
Woman
Very few new elements of woman's style appeared during Edward's
short reign. During Mary's reign, through her marriage to Phillip,
Spanish styles (favoring dark colors) were reintroduced, but the basics of
the previous styles remained the same, and men's fashions were more
flamboyant than women's. The elements of women's styles, including
the Spanish farthingale (Period Pattern no. 90),
lasted into the 1570's.
However, under Elizabeth's rule woman's fashions came to dominate the
court. In the 1570's the drum farthingale
(Period Patterns #90)
radically changed the shape of woman's skirts. Other less sweeping
changes also occurred, such as the high standing ruffs.
"Elizabethan"
styles lasted well after her death in 1603 - the new king saw no reason
to pay for new clothes for his queen when Elizabeth had left such an
extensive, ornate wardrobe.
Men
During the early part of this period the men's styles changed faster
than woman's fashions. Gowns (Period Pattern no.
53) declined in popularity, and a new
emphasis was placed on the lower trunk. Even with the peasecod belly
doublet and trunk hose, men's styles could not compete with the sheer
bulk of the women's gowns during Elizabeth's later reign. Late
in the period men wore neck ruffs and later the falling
collar, sometimes together. They also wore wrist ruffs and cuffs
(Period Patterns no. 90 - sized for women).
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