Topic > Daily Life in the Elizabethan Era - 529

Do you love fashion, food and sport? During the Elizabethan era these things were a little different than they are today. Nowadays we listen to music to have fun, go to parties or even to the cinema. The Elizabethan era had other ways of having fun. People during this time played chess, golf, watched bears fight, and even went animal hunting. However, they also did things that we do today, such as dancing and even went to the theater to see plays. People who have seen an Elizabethan play know that fashion has changed. In the Elizabethan era women mainly wore dresses, hats, corsets and shoes. The corset was not supposed to cinch the waist or create an hourglass figure; rather it was designed to mold the torso into a cylindrical shape and to flatten and lift the bust line. As for the men, they wore ruffs, hats, doublets and shoes. The ruff which evolved from the small ruffle of fabric on the drawstring neck of shirts was worn by men. They served as changeable pieces of cloth that could be washed separately while keeping the doublet wearable...