A more comfortable Elizabethan Garment

In these photos is shown a more comfortable fitted Elizabethan dress from the 1560s. At the Golden Swan it was said that the garments that were used was too much sky and not enough earth. With some surplus cloth on hand and sharp wits in dealing for the materials not on  hand, this garment is totally made of natural materials, reflecting of what was available to the English Middle Class (Artisan) the of Elizabethan era. Patterns research was obtained both from Janett Arnold, and the Tudor Tailor to design this garment. Description of the garment - Outer dress - brown wool and lined with linen. The cloak is of Milton brown wool with black linen lining and fur trim. In this persona Christiana would not be able to obtain a fur trimmed cloak but they were available from a flipper (we call these pawn brokers in today's society) as people would pawn their clothing to obtain a loan. The coif and the apron are made of heavy weight white linen, and may have blackwork applied in the future to both. Pattern is still to be decided on. Underneath the apron although not shown here is a medium brown course weave wool, and a red wool petticoat. The bum role is from another one of Christiana's garnets,but works well with this garment. According to photos of paintings from the 1560s to 1570s artisan class ladies, which were consider  the lower end of the middle class would not wearing farringales, and that they did not come to be until the late 1570s. The Elizabethan corset also for the wealthy to do did not come out till the 1570s.