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THE TOILETTE IN ENGLAND.
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summer breeze. Those gallants who did not approve
of these splendid head-dresses wore broad felt or fur
hats ; and the hood, so favourite a covering for the
head ever since the reign of Edward the Third, now
nearly disappeared.
Slashed garments were very much worn; the
sleeves, particularly, were covered with puffings and
ornaments. The shirts, too, were embroidered in silk,
and had full long sleeves of fine linen, which were
seen below the upper sleeve of the doublet. In this
reign, an old author says, gentlemen wore “ petty
cottes, doublettes, long cottes, stomachers, hozen, socks,
shoen”
The fashion of wearing broad shoes, which com-
menced in the preceding reign, was now very preva-
lent ; their appearance was most ridiculous, the more
so from their contrast to the late peaked ones ; and
they must have been very uncomfortable to the wearer.
It is asserted that they were first brought into Eng-
land from Holland.
The upper part of the chausses, or hosen, was now
beginning to be formed of a different material and
colour from the lower part, and was frequently puffed
with satin, like the doublet, and gaily embroidered.
On the day of his coronation, Henry the Eighth’s
dress was splendid in the extreme. His coat was
literally embossed with gold ; the placardo covered
with every kind of precious stone ; the bawdrech on
his neck with balesses, and the mantle of crimson
velvet was lined with ermine. His queen wore a long
gown of embroidered white satin, and her hair, like
that of Queen Anne, hung down her back.
A great many authors appear to have written upon
81
summer breeze. Those gallants who did not approve
of these splendid head-dresses wore broad felt or fur
hats ; and the hood, so favourite a covering for the
head ever since the reign of Edward the Third, now
nearly disappeared.
Slashed garments were very much worn; the
sleeves, particularly, were covered with puffings and
ornaments. The shirts, too, were embroidered in silk,
and had full long sleeves of fine linen, which were
seen below the upper sleeve of the doublet. In this
reign, an old author says, gentlemen wore “ petty
cottes, doublettes, long cottes, stomachers, hozen, socks,
shoen”
The fashion of wearing broad shoes, which com-
menced in the preceding reign, was now very preva-
lent ; their appearance was most ridiculous, the more
so from their contrast to the late peaked ones ; and
they must have been very uncomfortable to the wearer.
It is asserted that they were first brought into Eng-
land from Holland.
The upper part of the chausses, or hosen, was now
beginning to be formed of a different material and
colour from the lower part, and was frequently puffed
with satin, like the doublet, and gaily embroidered.
On the day of his coronation, Henry the Eighth’s
dress was splendid in the extreme. His coat was
literally embossed with gold ; the placardo covered
with every kind of precious stone ; the bawdrech on
his neck with balesses, and the mantle of crimson
velvet was lined with ermine. His queen wore a long
gown of embroidered white satin, and her hair, like
that of Queen Anne, hung down her back.
A great many authors appear to have written upon