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As the primary mourning colour, black was adopted in the fourteenth century, where Planche notes that the earliest record of full black for mourning in England was in 1364, when Edward III put his court into black for John II of France.* From this time, the adoption of mourning costume was relegated to the aristocracy… Continue reading Textiles: 17th Century, Part 1

Mourning costume provides the most visual symbol of mourning appearance and is crucial to the representations and evolution of mourning customs and fashion. For the purpose of this website, mourning fashion and costume will be covered from 1600 onwards, as this area alone is vast enough. Needless to say, mourning fashion is inherent in human… Continue reading Textiles Tuesday