| During the middle ages, the medieval costume was | | | | glamour emanating perfection with an air of regality. |
| usually custom-made and combined with over coated | | | | Perhaps the reason why they heavily endured this |
| linens and amplified attachments of jewelries and other | | | | was so they could find a rich man who would soon |
| pretty accessories. The complex details of the | | | | marry them and provide for all their demands and |
| medieval costume were compelled to draw a line | | | | desires. It has become a sort of trade then for their |
| between the upper and lower class of the society | | | | sacrifices to look as exquisite as possible. Moreover, |
| during the medieval times. | | | | women wearing these elegant medieval dresses were |
| People belonging to the royal family and other noble | | | | given so much recognition by society for displaying |
| folks owned the most number of expensive | | | | such charm, class and elegance. This often |
| accessories while the peasants and the commoners | | | | encouraged them to step up and wear the most |
| settled for those with simple designs and costumes | | | | elegant dresses and be the envy of the rest of |
| with the least frills. We may think and probably envy | | | | society. |
| the royalty but underlying the magnificence of their | | | | Another burden that the women of the medieval |
| medieval costumes is the overwhelming layers of | | | | period had to face was adjustments of the size of |
| clothing that the people in the upper class strata had to | | | | their gowns were not allowed. Thus, women back |
| bear with. As a matter of fact, it is safe to say that | | | | then try their hardest to fit into the medieval dress. In |
| the women of the said social class were the only | | | | knowing this, we can safely conclude that the upper |
| ones who could comprehend the burden, the load that | | | | class women of the medieval era were physically |
| they were daily carrying. | | | | disciplined. If for some reason and upon much dieting |
| It is definitely tough to be a proper lady during the | | | | the woman can still not fit into her dresses, then she |
| medieval period. The fact that they should wear a | | | | can request for a whole new set of medieval |
| dress tailored with at least three layers of wool, | | | | costume. |
| topped with a towering headdress and with wrapped | | | | It is somehow tragic how women had to pay for the |
| metals to hold the fittings together is beyond what a | | | | price of beauty and social status. Nonetheless, the |
| woman of the present times could only imagine to | | | | medieval women enjoyed the attention that they got |
| handle. | | | | from others, most especially if men pursued them |
| However, the medieval costume's weight was daily | | | | relentlessly to have their hand in marriage. Therefore, |
| and patiently endured by women from the upper class. | | | | even if society dictated how they ought to dress and |
| If you happened to be a part of a wealthy family, then | | | | act in public, these women still relished the great |
| society expects you to appear as a woman of | | | | rewards of wearing the best medieval costume. |