Sindvald Larsen, Anne-Kristine: Clothes, culture and crafts

Sindvald Larsen, Anne-Kristine: Clothes, culture and crafts : dress and fashion among artisans and small shopkeepers in the Danish town of Elsinore 1550–1650

This dissertation explores the sixteenth and seventeenth-century clothing culture in relation to men and women of artisanal status. It investigates what clothing artisans and their wives wore in everyday lives and on festive occasions and how they connected with contemporary codes of fashion. Based on a study of 294 inventories from the Danish port town of Elsinore from 1573-1650, the dissertation provides a unique insight into what people of lower social status wore.