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Getting dressed in Shakespeare's time The poorer people

dressed in simpler clothes. However, if you could afford it, you would wear very fancy clothes indeed. People judged you by what you wore. Many people went into debt trying to impress others.

Both boys and girls wore long dresses until they could go to the bathroom by themselves. Then they started dressing in mini versions of what the adults wore.

Ruffs were worn by both men and women. They were usually made of starched linen. They became so big that Queen Elizabeth passed a law limiting their size. Wearing them was not much fun. They scratched, and drooped wh~n I wet. \ I

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Wings hid the ties that connected the sleeves to the waistcoat.

W Bodices were corsets made of bones or stiff reeds. They made the waist and ribcage look smaller.

Waistcoats were blouses with laces that held up a petticoat.

Women

Men When to tip your hat and to whom

were important manners of the day.

Men wore ruffs, too. People also wore whisks, or flat, starched collars that were held up in the back.

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Capes were usually the most expensive ~ part of a man's clothing. ~

Doublets were jackets worn over waistcoats. They were often padded.

Trunk hose stuffed with rags and old papers covered the upper thighs.

Chemises were long shirts that were also worn to bed as a night shirt.

Stomachers were V-shaped inserts that covered the bodice.

Women wanted to have small waists. To create this effect, they pinched in their waists and wore wide skirts.

F h II French rolls were padded

rene ro rolls worn around the waist. Farthingales were underskirts with bone or wood hoops. Farthingale

The overskirt had a slit in the front. It often matched the waistcoat.

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Platform shoes raised up the wearers iiiiF~iilf~9 so dress hems would not get muddy. ---~~I.

Underskirts or petticoats were worn over a chemise. Several were worn in the winter for warmth.

from The Mini Page by Betty Debnam 0 1999 The Mini Page Publishing Company Inc.

Mini Spy ... Mini Spy and her friends are dressing up in the kind of clothes worn during Shakespeare's time. See if you can find:

• letter A • sword • toothbrush • apple • strawberry • word MINI • elephant • pumpkin • snake • chicken • number 3 • number 7 • tooth • ladder

• letter B • ice cream cone • birthday cake • letter V

from The Mini Page by Betty Debnam Cl1999 The Mini Page Publishing Company Inc.

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Words that remind us of Shakespeare's time are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: ELIZABETH, FANCY, DRESS, CAPE, COLONISTS, PERFORM, STAGE, ACTORS, COSTUMES, CLOTHES, THEATER, PLAY, PROPS, GLOBE, AUDIENCE, RUFF, POOR, RICH.

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