Male Tudor Fashion. Henry viii was once described as the best dressed sovereign in the world. Their clothes were also embroidered with silk gold or silver thread which showcased their status and wealth.
The poorer people wore clothes made of rough woollen cloth or coarse cotton called fustian. Men wore trousers hose and a tunic and women wore long dresses. Rich men also wore tight fitting jackets called doublets which was worn underneath a jacket called a jerkin.
Poor people in tudor times wore simple woolen clothes.
Men wore trousers hose and a tunic and women wore long dresses. Men wore close fitting jackets called doublets which could be richly decorated. Men were clean shaven in early tudor times. Henry viii saw sumptuary laws as an important way to enforce social hierarchy and authority.