elements of ancient costume [10]![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Examples of different articles of clothing characteristic of a period, country, condition or occasion.
gaiter ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Cover for the top of the shoe and the lower part of the leg; it was held in place by an understrap and fastened at the side with buttons or hooks.
heeled shoe ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
In the 17th century, the heeled shoe had a large tongue decorated with a bow or a buckle.
bicorne ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Men’s hat with a brim folded into two points; it replaced the tricorne after the French Revolution.
tricorne ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Men’s hat with a brim folded into three points and a relatively flat crown; it was worn in the 17th and 18th centuries.
collaret ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Piece of delicate, pleated or gathered fabric that adorned the neck of a dress; its shape varied greatly from one period to another.
fraise ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Stiff pleated collaret worn by men and women from the late 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century.
hennin ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
In the 15th century, a high cylindrical women’s headdress that was covered in expensive fabric; a transparent veil of medium length hung from it.
crakow ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Shoe characterized by a disproportionately long toe; it was in fashion from the end of the 14th through the 15th century.