Tudor fashion clothing

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English Tudors were famous for there beautiful and detailed clothing especially in Elizabethan times. Clothes would tell if you were wealthy or not and how wealthy you were. Rich people could afford fine wool, linen or silk. Their clothes were often decorated with jewels and embroidered with gold or silver thread. If you were poor everyone could tell and you would not get all the luxury's even if you could afford them! Wealthy Tudors are immediately recognized by their beautiful clothes. Fashion was important to the Tudors for both the men and the women. Most ordinary people wore clothes similar to those of the rich and fashionable people but they were simpler and made from cheap materials like wool or linen. Tudor fashions varied according to whether the person was a member of the royal family, the nobles, upper class or one of the poor, working class other wise known as peasants. But Tudors were not allowed to wear whatever they liked due to the Tudor Sumptuary Laws or the posh name is Statutes of Apparel. Colors, fashion styles and materials were dictated by class and rank. The higher the rank the more choice of materials, styles and colors that could be worn and the more distinct the fashion. The rank and position of Tudor men and women would be immediately recognized by the fashion of their clothes together with the color, style and material of their clothing. Tudor fashion in England had many different styles and colors over a period of about 100 years. While the style best known is invented by Henry VIII and his many wives, the styles worn in the time of Henry's father, Henry VII, and his daughters Mary also known as bloody Mary and Elizabeth I is also a part of the Tudor fashion period.