Fashion Through History: Elizabethans

Explore why fashion was so important to Elizabethan society with Fashion Historian Dr Serena Dyer, who travels to Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden in Warwickshire to meet English Heritage Head Historic Properties Curator, Dr Jeremy Ashbee.

Find out the many layers of what Elizabeth I would have worn early in her reign, compared to the outfit of a merchant’s wife and working woman. And why sumptuary laws dictated what people could wear, based on their social status and rank.

This is the fourth episode in our Fashion Through History series, where we recreate some incredible looks from history, and find out more about the people who wore them, and the places they lived.