Clothes and Dyes

Several forms of material and dyes were used by different classes. Different furs, fibers, and weaving techniques would be used by craftsman to raise the price of clothes they would sell. The most expense form of clothing would be cotton velvet because  of the complex, time consuming weaving technique it used. This technique made the material longer lasting and have a finer texture. Royalty would also use expensive dyes like sea shells which could produce a vibrant purple color. Red dye would also be used by royalty. Ermine fur and silk would also be traded and was popular amongst nobility. On the lower end peasants would wear cotton or wool clothes, sometimes dyed and sometimes not. Clothing let peasants recognize there nobles, and helped display their wealth to other nobles.