CREATING CHARACTERS: DESCRIBING CLOTHING OF A CHARACTER
The clothes people wear tell us things about: their status in life, their cultural affiliation or identity. It tells us what era they live in, and their state of mind. The use of clothing shows the status of the character. It creates an authentic setting. It makes your write-up richer. It helps to contrast a characters personality. It is also often shows change in development or fortune of a character. I am going to narrow this down to ‘Medieval clothing’. As a writer exploring and learning other cultures are very beneficial to a good and catchy story. VICTORIAN ERA CLOTHING During the Victorian Era, women generally worked in private, domestic sphere. At that time clothing seemed as an expression of women’s place in the society. Those women who were in high social class(upper class women) did not need to work, often wore tightly laced corset over a chemisette, and paired them with a skirt adorned with numerous embroideries and trims; over layers of petticoats. Middle...