1. Mens Clothing in Medieval Times
Brittany Blanz

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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