Medieval fashion part 3
Of course there was still sacking. It was now cheap and the more sacking one wore the lower the status. For example here we have Master Edmund Slitchbroiler and his Goodwife Enid, purveyors of Basse Cuisine in the dock lands. Being almost respectable merchants, they could wear a linen shift beneath their compulsory sacking outer garments.
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