The First Book of Fashion
The First Book of Fashion Das Trachtenbuch des Matthäus Schwarz (1520s – 1560s). Matthäus Schwarz (1497 – 1574) was a merchant and art lover in Augsburg.
Jerkin
The Jerkin is a man’s short close-fitting jacket, without sleeves, worn over the doublet in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A Jerkin is outerwear, often made of leather, velvet and other warm fabrics.
Gable hood
The Gable hood (or English hood or gable headdress) is an English headdress from the first half of the 16th century.