Days of Knights and Damsels: An Activity Guide

Days of Knights and Damsels: An Activity Guide — page 7
Brocade gold ornaments and embroidery made the clothing very fancy People loved wearing finery and showing off their wealth Laws were made to keep people from putting so much fancy trim on their clothes but they didn't stop Some fancy dresses cost as much as a large farm Clothes weren't sold in shops If you were wealthy a tailor made them for you from fabric you pur chased If you were a peasant you made your clothes from fabric you wove at home out of wool taken from the family’s sheep Because clothes were so hard to make people wore them out so they sewed on patches to make them last Rich people gave their old clothes to the poor and dealers sold old clothes at the markets clothing decorated with points and bells along the edges was popular but against the law except for nobility or the wealthy By the end of the Middle Ages clothing was more