Tudor Life: Clothes

Explore the fascinating fashions of the Tudor age – jewels, robes, wigs, ruffs, make-up and more! Find out how Tudor clothes can offer us a window into that long-ago world. In this picture-packed book, children can find out how Tudor fashions reflected people’s wealth and social class, and admire the lavish costumes that monarchs and courtiers wore. Learn about the growth of the wool trade and how it changed British life, and see how fabrics, dyes and jewels were transported round the globe. Discover what men and women wore, what Tudor shops and markets looked like, and much more! Packed with surprising details, this book shows how the advances of Tudor times have affected our life today. It includes panels focusing on famous people and everyday objects of the time, plus quotes from historic novels and documents to link with the Literacy curriculum.