Medieval Tunics
It's from 1300, before you were born.
- Era
- Middle Ages
- Peak
- ~1300–1400
- Signature
- tunics, surcoats, hose, pointed shoes
- Note
- dress dictated by rank
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About
As of 2026, it's 726 years old.
Medieval fashion ran on a simple system: nearly everyone wore the same basic tunic, and your social rank was the difference between 'scratchy brown sack' and 'sumptuous embroidered robe.' Fabric, color, and trim did all the talking.
The wealthy escalated accordingly — fitted gowns, dramatic sleeves, towering headdresses, and the legendary 'poulaine' shoes with toes so absurdly long they had to be tied up toward the knee so you didn't trip into a moat. There were even actual laws governing who could wear which colors.
Practical, layered, and obsessed with hierarchy, medieval dress was a world where your outfit announced your entire place in society before you said a single word.
Medieval Tunics through the years
Layered and ranked
Tunics and surcoats, with finery reserved for nobility.
Pointed poulaines
Extravagantly long-toed shoes mark the late-medieval elite.
