The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-25
VI.

Naturally. IN period Of two hundred years.
from the coming OF the Normans into England
to tho death OF Henry ILL.,. there were changes
OF costume; but on their advent the NormanS
in their civil dress were very much like the
Anclo-Saxons. A tunic with a belt and some
times a mantle fastened at the shoulder with
n brooch or an ornamental pin. and drawers
called chAusses. tight fitting and occasionally
bandaged diagonally on the leg. were their
outward garments. Sometimes they wore
Nat cap, and they had a peculiar fashion. bor-
row wed from Acduitaine, OF shaving the back OF
the head and whole face. Their boots were
short aud OF various colors, reaching above the
ankle. and having plain band above tho top.
Thsy also wore shoes. which, under the.reiGn OF
William l.. were made very long. These long,
pointed shoes were said to have been invented
By Fulk. Count OF Aniou. In order 10 conceal
his deiormed feet. About the same epoch.
too the fashionables let their TUNES trail on
the ground. woro wide sleeves and had their
NANTES made Of rich cloth. The upper classes
would have them trimmed with fur. Thus
the Bishop of Lincoln gave Henry j.
n mantle lined with fur worth a
hundred pounds which. In our currency
would be equivalent roughly, to two thousand
pounds. When the mobiles went walking, they
used either a hood with their mantle where
with to cover their head. or a sort OF PhrygiAn
cap. somewhat like the so-called cap OF
liberty" or else a widewake hat, with .
broad brim Whichsometimes had a button on
tho tor. Trousers were worn by the peasants
aud the poor In psaiter OF the twelfth cen
fury mowers and thTeshers are shown at work.
stripped to the waist, and only wearing trou-
ssrs. and. in a manuscript OF the thirteenth
century a monk wears trousers while at work
in the scriptorium In the time OF Harry H. a
curious fashion obtained Of cutting the edg %
Of garments into various shapes. which was
carried to such excess that IN llSS. statute
was passed forbid ling any one to wear cut or
Jagged clothes In the FIRST half OF the thir-
tssnth century there was little alteration
IN costume. but the materials were far
more expensive. Now We first hear OF
velvet. and the crusaders on their re-
turn introduced sendsl which was cup
posed TO have come from Persia; sArcsnet.
SO named from the SArAcens; tartan, which
was a scarlet woollen cloth gauze said to have
been made at GAIA. in Palestine. and finally
the baudequin. a silk woven with gold. that 10
supposed to have como from Bagdad. About
the same time = curious heAdgsar beeams
common. called a coli. which Was Ike baby 8
cap. tied under the chin. The peasAntrJ. as
bOdy clothes seam only to have worn the
tunic. varying in length; when thsJ used any
head covering 1t was felt or cloth wide
awake; shepherds occasionally had cloak OF
rough skin. probably shseDskin. The vest
me nts OF the clergy we're as nearly As possible
Ike those worn By the Roman seelssiAsties Ia
England at the present day. with the sIesp-
ton OF the mitrs which was much lower.
At the time OF the Conquest the dress Of {
Norman lady Tsssnblsd In SVsrT respect that
Of her English sister. though. OF course. il
somponsnt parts had different names. the tunio
being a cote and the head covering eouyre-
chef But fashions soon began TO change
the sleeves got VsrJ long at the wrist 50 long
that thsy had at times to be tied in knot IL
order 10 be kept out Of the var. In the twelfth
century the dress vas entirely altered. Mo-
only we're lie materials richer. but the bodice