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1200’s

Medieval female fashion between 1000 and 1300

By Sidsel
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Dec 09, 2016
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1000's, 1100's, 1200's, Clothing history, Female, History, Medieval

An overview of medieval female fashion from 1000 to 1300 (11th and 12th century) with lots of images from the source material as well as a short description of each type of garment. This post is focused on the upper classes.

The early medieval period does not have as much variation in the female dress as the later periods, but it does have some beautiful garments. It is interesting to see the female dress go from simple cotes and mantles over the elaborerte wide sleeved bliaut in the 1100’s and back to simpler cotes and cyclas in the 1200’s.

My personal favourite is the 1200’s fashion. If I didn’t have any restriction on which period to create a dress for that is the style I would go for. It just seem so comfortable and lovely.

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Male hair styles and head gear from 1000 to 1300

By Sidsel
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Dec 08, 2016
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1000's, 1100's, 1200's, Clothing history, Headwear, History, Male, Medieval

Unlike in later periods men in the early middle ages don’t seem to have had any problem walking around bare headed but hats and coif win popularity as the period goes on. Men are shown both clean shaven and with full beards and the hair is either short or to the chin.

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Female headgear from 1000 to 1300

By Sidsel
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Dec 08, 2016
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1000's, 1100's, 1200's, Clothing history, Female, Headwear, History, Medieval

Compared to later periods the woman of the early medieval period wore pretty simple head dresses. Often just a veil but towards the later period the barbette and fillet combination became popular among the noble women.

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Medieval commoners’ clothing 1000-1550

By Sidsel
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Nov 26, 2016
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1100's, 1200's, 1300's, 1400's, 1500's, Clothing history, Female, Headwear, History, Male, Medieval

What did medieval commoners wear?

An overview of medieval fashion for common people in the 11th to 16th century.

While the fashion of the nobles changed quite a lot between 1000 and 1550, the clothing of the common people, particularly the peasants, changed but slowly. There were however changes both the the male and female dress. This post is mostly peasants and workmen and other country dwellers. I think I will do a separate post on artisans, craftsmen, merchants and other city dwellers. My focus here is on Northern Europe.

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