Tudor etiquette very important I think it's time for me to start getting
involved in a little bit out I could do with it and also it's time for me to
dress up it's been a while I'm so I'm gonna meet Maria who's a who's a dress
historian si Nazi job in it and I'm in our hands I have no idea what I've got
planned today but I think it's time to refine myself
which my mother will be over the moon with it's not at all market up yes it's
a big old trunk it is but you're a wealthy man and wealthy men wore lots of
layers the lovely parrot pant set is look at that I mean yeah I'm thinking
you may have got me sizes one only the very best for you okay
well I'm very excited about this I've got to just get to gets up on I think
shit okay should not take my shirt off well yes you might need to take off
Morgan your shirt oh I like he is always the quiet ones you have to worry about
here we go dude would would Sir John would he have had a dress so he asked
was he really in it no no it's an absolute indicator of your
place in society that you would have had someone to dress you okay
and the socks and the socks as well okay I usually keep your socks on men always
normally this shirt would be a little longer
most men didn't wear any other undergarments so the shirt would have
been all you would have had what we need next are your hose and at this point so
this is the sort of the Tudor equivalent of your jeans so this is a how is it is
this an expensive heart well these aren't quite how they would have been
through huh and of course if we're thinking about the shape of men's bodies
at this point one of the things that you would want is good legs and obviously
this is what helps show off the legs your bad low clear voice no no they're
very nicely and this is where all the decoration comes in the home
Vasili Natalie tell me what they is put them on yeah look at these natty Paris
droids easer who's designing clobbered in can I see what we're gonna do we're
gonna get it gazer huh I'm just gonna get the biggest puff bulb massive think
they've been sown these paper what's it about peacocking very much and we
haven't finished yet so no pair of hose is complete without the cop piece copies
would have been attached at the front to conceal the front opening of the hose
the key thing here is all about size so it's Christian of how daring you feel as
to what sort of size and shape of copies a lot of the style of that one room no
well no bear in mind that they're solid and padded Wow solid oh man do you are
the dresses story might you lose my codpiece well we've got to that we think
actually would go well with the hose and the other item associate question which
one would you like obviously everything at the tutor courts
highly competitive so you're going to want to show that you are a man of
status and the larger the codpiece the more status guard above it that way but
of course it's gotta go that why isn't it because yeah we're giving it a bigger
name why is it called a codpiece and because
you know Cod means fish it does but also in the soil 15th and 16th century
English slang it meant stratum did it I mean I would fear you know modern-day
times that the flashy of the car the Ferrari it means that your vis the other
compensating for something so I probably already use my brain and gone for a
smaller codpiece just to let everyone know in the room that I don't need a big
cog piece because what's underneath is Godzilla it's just fascinating
mmm-hmm they mentally yes and they're intelligent people and they want to
dress well yeah and then they cancel spoil it without I suppose
there's no need for it but you know let's let's move on because I think this
is in far some ways you know reasonably rather hot in here
so this is your doublet this is the main upper garment that usually made to match
the hose and together when you have both of these on these would give you the
definitive Tudor look now their thing about the codpiece now at this point
because it's not showing it will turn a knob on just safety was to look now it
looks rather you know it could be yeah because it you see to reveal it that's
why I probably do it back in the dark there's loads of young maidens I'd
reveal it there you go it'll be gasping when they maria i got a
spin you know gasping for breath oh yeah I'm figuring it now here's your gown
this is the real marker of status at this point oh yeah we got a bit more
puffball of course to message so much the trousers and this is how anyone
meeting you would have known that you were at the top of Tudor society except
in sable sable say mother was an animal it is sable is Felix it's one of the
sort of the family like the mink mink sable was one of the things that was
restricted to the royal family but Henry could allow his criminals the right to
wear it and then finally you would have had your hat
lovely get into it now as you stand there like that you are giving us an
idea of the absolute classic shape for men Henry the eighth's court it's the
upper body that he is being accentuated here but still you'd want to have
shapely calves and ankles it's all about attention-seeking isn't it yes desperate
yeah just so that they get the nod from the king farewell it must have been
exhausted you dressed me very well young maiden thank you
yeah I'm a superhero's wrote a few quit my else's work a few sorry now it's
white it's a wife's and I'm just practicing if it comes up the converse
or II know it's a bore I know you was thinking it was fairy because you're a
bit but it's actually a nice little new brand new got it down a sable market so
you