Mens Clothing in Medieval Times Brittany Blanz

The First Layer of Peasant Clothing The first layer of men’s clothing is a pair of half trousers or braies These are made from either linen or another thin material They are most like modern boxers but the differ by going down to the mid calf Braies have ties at the bottom so when working in heat they can roll and tie their trousers up.

The Hose A peasant next pulls on a pair of woolen hose The hose runs from the waist to the feet and is attached to the braies by leather thongs Because of the lack of elastic the hose were not form fitting, they were most like modern stirrup pants

The Shirts Over the braies and hose, peasants wore a linen shirt that went at least down to the thighs. These shirts had slits in them for mobility while working

The Tunic Over all these layers is a tunic The tunic does not go past the knee because it would not get in the way while working Tunics can have sleeves but they can also be sleeveless but the always have a large head opening that can be gathered with string for warmth

The Noble Mens Clothing Most of the clothes that the the noble men and aristocrats wore are the same patterns as peasants just with more valuable material In the twelfth century fitted clothes came into style and noble men and women pinned their clothes to make them as form fitting as possible Clothes were encrusted with jewels and embroidered with precious metals

Clothing was particularly important to a noble because of the value placed on display. Tailored clothes of the finest material and with the most costly decorations shouted a noble’s status People bought fabrics in the towns and made their own clothing

A noble might also have one side of his hose woven one color and another side a different one. They also did this with tunics Noble men were said to follow the fashion trends just as the women did.

Foot Wear On their feet men wore leather shoes if they could afford them Before 1300 the shoes were rounded and after the shoes were pointy with hooks