LESSONS IN ELIZABETHAN FASHION

Fashion was then an important aspect of the Elizabethan Age and deserves scholars’ consideration.<br /> And teachers’, and students’ as well. Since fashion is a popular topic among teenagers, why not take the chance to introduce it into our English classes in school? Basically, the idea of fashion as a calling card is as old as the world itself and, with due shaping and reshaping according to time and place, it is ultimately the same – our clothes say a great deal about us, our personality and our lifestyle. No one could deny it.<br /> Th e aim of this book is thus to introduce our high school students to Elizabethan fashion and to let them see how rich, complex and fascinating a topic it is. In recent years, a lot of works on 16th century fashion have been published and readers have had the chance to dive into Elizabethan costumes and even to reproduce them. (C. Vallaro, Introduction)