William Shakespeare lived approximately 52 years. He was both born and died in April. During his life, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets. Macbeth is one of the most popular plays. A performance begins approximately every four hours. Shakespeare’s plays have over 600 references to birds throughout all 37 of his plays. Shakespeare is said to be one of the greatest playwrights of all time.
In the 1600’s fashion had a lot to do with big lace or linen collars. Sleeves went from being very slim to quite big and puffy. Women wore dresses with floral patterned or jeweled bodices. Women wore full skirts with tight bodices. Upper class people wore their hair at collar length for men or put up for many women.
Hats with large brims were also very much in style. Men started to wear britches instead of hose in the 1600’s. Working class men and women in this time wore tall copatain hats. Men wore shirtwaists with britches. Some very fashionable men had one piece of hair called a “lovelock” over one of their shoulders.
Flat shoes were worn in England until about the 1610’s when a small lift (heel) became popular. Women’s stockings had patterns near the ankle, right where the shoe began. Many women’s shoes had decorative cloth pom-poms or flowers on top.
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Many men wore knee high turned down boots, made of many different types of leather.
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