https://le-magasin.co.uk/tag/17th/ Recent content in 17th on Le Magasin Hugo en-GB Sat, 17 Oct 2020 04:06:35 +0000 https://le-magasin.co.uk/what-did-women-wear-in-the-stuart-period-fashion-trends-and-faux-pas-in-the-17th-century.html Sat, 17 Oct 2020 04:06:35 +0000 https://le-magasin.co.uk/what-did-women-wear-in-the-stuart-period-fashion-trends-and-faux-pas-in-the-17th-century.html <div id=""> <p>The clothes people wear matter a great deal in the 21st century. Choosing an outfit for a job interview or a first date requires careful thought and preparation. In Tudor and Stuart England, dress was important too, and the daily lives of ordinary women were affected by what they chose to wear – especially in London, which by 1700 was the largest city in Europe.</p> <p>In 1616, Thomas Tuke published a pamphlet called <em>A Treatise Against Painting and Tincturing of Men and Women</em>, in which he complained that “once a yeere at least” an Englishwoman “would faine see London, tho’ when she comes there, she have nothing to doe, but to learn a new <a href="https://le-magasin.co.uk/">fashion</a>”. Although hostile to those who lavished too much time on their appearance, Tuke’s comments about women coming to the capital in order to view the latest trends were accurate.</p>