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The Tudors Costumes : Women's Dress
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| TUDOR STYLE: Women's Dress |
Women's clothing gave them a triangular shape unlike the men's square shape. Their corsets were tight
fitting while their kirtles and gowns were full. Their head-dress consisted of a coif that fitted closely around the
face, to which was attached the cornet.
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| On the left is the French hood worn by courtier Anne Boleyn at the time when she met Henry, c.1527-28. The round hood style originated in France with Anne of Bretagne ( to the left of this section, see French hood images), who first wore this French style. It was Anne Boleyn who made this hood popular in the Tudor Court before and after her reign. By the time of her death, the French hood was a fashion that was too popular to be eradicated, even in the times of Queen Elizabeth I. Mary I, Henry's first daughter also wore the French hood, in a modified English version. On the right side above, is a portrait of Catherine of Aragon at the time she became a widow after her husband's death, c.1502. The French hood here is in its initial stages. Although round and oval, it still lacks the semi-halo-oval type we came to know thanks to Anne Boleyn. | |
| The Flat Hood - a hybrid of the French hood This had its influence on the french hoods, and of the hybrid of French and gable hood (as show below to your right in the black and white picture the last two from left to right). Its origin was with Mary I when she became Queen. She made this hood popular during her times, and (as it is seen in the left picture below) she wore this style throughout her reign as Queen. Left, Mary I of Queen of England, Centre is Bess of Hardwick , Right is Mary Fitzalan -Duchess of Norfolk, SECOND ROW: Left to right is Cecily Heron, daughter of the late St. Thomas More wears a hybrid between gable-french hood very popular during the late 1520's which also looks as a sort of french-gable hybrid diadem-hood, Right is Anne Cressacre More also wearing this hybrid diadem hood on her head drawn slightly backwards. | Catherine Grey, Countess of Hertford, was imprisoned by royal orders of Queen Elizabeth (died after her release at Cockfield Hall, Suffolk at the age of 27), she is wearing here the flat hood that was once popular during Mary I reign. Mary I It was during Mary's reign as the First Queen to ascend to the throne unwed, that she imposed a new fashion as many women did, the fashion was that of trumpet style bell sleeves with extensive fur which gave Mary and other noble ladies who quickly took the fashion at heart, a dynastic effect, as soon as she to her throne she introduced a new sort of hood, a hybrid, which was a flat hood that was very similar to the once popular french hood of Anne Boleyn's, but flat on the top and more drawn back not covering much of the hair or head in front, while popular during her reign; this style ended when her reign did and when Elizabeth took power and became Queen Elizabeth I. | |
| Unique to England was the Gable Hood, a wired headdress shaped like the gable of a house. In the 1500s gable headdress had long embroidered lappets framing the face and a loose veil behind; later the gable hood would be worn over several layers that completely concealed the hair, and the lappets and veil would be pinned up in a variety of ways. A early version of the English Gable Hood, worn in the mid to late 1400's and early 1500's. The English-style Gable hood popular with more conservative ladies | This drawing shows the front & back of the gable hood (The ones wearing the combination of gable and French low cut but visible head hood, are in this picture: Cecily Heron, and Anne More. The other family members are using the hybrid that emerged on the late 1520s, a flat sort of diadem hood, which combined the styles of the French and gable hood. This was painted c.1527-28) A new style emerged, (the first picture of the entire More Family shown above) however; it was a combination between early french hood styles and English gable hoods, it did not cover much of the head, and the style was very similar to the french hood. This style was popular amongst the young crowd at the end of 1520s. This style can be seen in the famous painting by Holbein the younger, of Thomas More's family. | |
| The Atifet - similar to the French Hood style but with a heart shaped crescent. This headdress style, it should be noted, became popular in the French Courts and among Scotland with Mary, Queen of Scots and the Isles. Mary wore it most of the time, as she was brought up in French Court since she was shipped to France to meet her future husband, with whom she was not married for long. The atifet had a heart-shaped french hood style and mostly originated in France. It was also used at the English Court among the royals and nobles from the 1550s to the end of 16th Century. | The Coif - commonly referred to as the 'biggin' and worn by all children, poorer tudor women and nuns. The material of the coif was plain white linen and consisted of a close fitting cap tied under the chin. Coifs were often worn by rich Tudor women to keep their hair in place under more elaborate hats. | |
| | Anne wears the coronet of a marquess during her ceremony of ennoblement. Different style coronets signified rank of peerage. The coronet styles in use by the English peerage today has been fixed since the reign of the Stuarts. Usually these coronets were worn by the men who held the title in their own right or by inheritance, Anne was the first English woman to be ennobled in her own right on September 1, 1532. (See more peer coronets on the Tudor List of Court Titles & Offices Page) |
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Why were the ladies of the court so often depicted without hoods? Often Anne and others would go about it little but a beaded headband or nothing at all on their heads.
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