Peasant Dresses
The Peasant Dresses were basic and practical. The dress of the women in the lowest ranks of society was at first a shapeless dress. The dress was fastened at the waist by a simple girdle. The dress was covered by a shawl. The simple dresses from the Middle Ages consisted of: - A dress of cheap woollen cloth
- Colors were basic as dyes were expensive. Simple dresses were off-white, grey, brown or red
- The dress was fastened by a belt or girdle around the waist or hips
- A sleeveless tunic
- A shawl of thick woollen material or fur, which fell from the shoulders to half-way down her legs
- Shoes were made of leather and simply wrapped around the foot
- Peasant women wore wimples to cover their hair. A wimple was a piece of material, square or circular in shape, was draped over the head to the shoulders and held in place by a band around the brow. The wimple completely covered the hair, neck and ears by medieval women
- Mittens were worn for their warmth
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