nobility: upper class
elite: privileged
garments: clothes
bodice: woman's undergarment laced at the front
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The luxurious fashions shown in Elizabethan artwork most often reflect the clothing worn by royalty, the nobility and the elite.
As in the Middle Ages, the fabrics used to create garments for the Elizabethans were wool and linen.
The upper classes wore garments made of silk, satin, velvet, damask and taffeta, in addition to wool and linen.
Finer linens were bleached in the sun, embroidered or block printed. Fashionable decorations included embroidery, lace and gems or pearls sewn onto the fabric.
The fashionable elite used whale bone (baleen) stiffening, willow wood or steel in their bodices.
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The text describes fabrics worn in the Elizabethan era. Find and copy two phrases that suggest only rich people wore these fabrics.
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2 marksShow answerModel answer: Any two of the following: clothing worn by royalty, the nobility and the elite / The upper classes wore … / The fashionable elite used ….