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The Elizabethan Era was divided into two main classes, the lower class and upper class. Clothing was an easy way to seperate these two classes, and you could easily identify someone of the upper class. There were strict laws about fashion such as only relivitives of the Queen could wear gold cloth. Only someone of the upper class was aloud to wear extravagant clothing, so people, women especially liked to demonstrate their wealth or rank by their fashion.
Overall, the Upper Elizabethan fashion was extremly elegant and extravigant. It was very detailed and consisted of expensive, beautiful materials and jems. The geometric shaped clothing was inspired by Queen Elizabeth herself, and it was very important because in this Era your fashion distiguished your amount of wealth and power.
Shoes for the Upper Class were mainly made out of either leather, silk or velvet. Sometimes shoes were fasened with ribbon or lace. Near the end of the Elizabethan Era high heels were invented but were worn by the nobility only.
The ideal look for a women in the Elizabethan Era was a pale face and red lips and cheeks. Only upper class women were aloud to wear makeup, because lower class women worked outside and developed a tan. Being pale was a sign of beauty as well as wealth. White make-up was used to give a very fair look and it also was great at covering wrinkles, therefore giving a younger look. White lead and vingegar was used to give this white complexion. Kohl was used on eyelashes to make them appear darker and expensive red dye called cochineal was used for the cheeks and lips.