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If you are refering to what they wore on stage, then it would be wrong because it was considered unethical for women to act onstage in Shakespeare's times. So young boys had to dress up as girls while onstage.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoFashion changes from year to year and the same was true throughout Shakespeare's life. However, the basic style remained similar: women wore long dresses usually with a gown over top of that and long sleeves.
They wore petticoats under the dress to make it more full. A panel called a stomacher extended from the chest to below the waist, and was basically flat. The bosom was pushed back and up.
Over the course of Shakespeare's life, certain fashions came in: lace ruffs became popular for both men and women at about the time of Shakespeare's birth and became increasingly elaborate, and it became fashionable for women to exaggerate hips (with a garment called a farthingale that made the hips look wide) and pad out shoulders.
As the 16th century wore on, sleeves also became more full. Hoods and hood-like caps were replaced with smaller caps and hats; broad-brimmed hats came in after Shakespeare's death.
The wealthy used heavy brocades and similar fabrics, trimmed with embroidery and jewels, but at the same time there was a strong and increasing reaction to the most showy fashions. Puritan types dressed in black, white and grey plain fabrics.
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∙ 16y agoThey wore large dresses shapped like scrotums.
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∙ 13y agoBig poofy dresses (long sleves) with petticoats underneath.
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∙ 11y agowith gloves and hats
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