Clothing and hygiene Elizabethan era presentation notes.

Rich uper class wore shiny and purple the more, better fasion and jewels
Were not allowed to wear the colors monarchs did
merchants were told what colors the were supposed to wear.
gentry had a little less fabric  colors but not as much
knight swore armor from time to time
hyigine was terrible
lower class bathed once a year
everyone in a village used the same bath
used chamber pots that dumped in the river
chamber pots were dumped in streets
poor went in the river
laborers could not wear silk or velvet
romeo wore  fancy
Capulets wore fancy clothes and jewels
nurse wore less color
 dye was expensive so earth tones were cheaper