This volume deals with the design of costumes and fashions of the Tudor period, taking us from the end of the fifteenth century to the beginning of the English renaissance. The drawings detail the fundamental differences and similarities, both in idea and style, that persisted throughout this visually rich period. Primary sources show the development of the garments and reference us to available patterns. There are specific illustrations for hair, shoes and hats as well as the various layers of men's and women's clothing, each divided by the appropriate periods within a century. The drawings are paired or grouped in economic, social or cultural categories to assist in visualizing the relationships of clothing and people for historical and theatrical reference. Colour Plates enrich the visual experience. Diagrams of certain garments are shown so a pattern could be developed for making the garments as well as for understanding how that garment was made and worn by the Elizabethans. The style of the drawings is related sympathetically to the primary manuscript sources upon which they are based; but the garments are shown in a clear style that allows the reader to understand how convincingly wearable each piece of clothing could have been. The reader will find this a concise and lively source with enduring value for costume and fashion reference as well as an ideal place to find helpful suggestions, ideas, and general background for costume design.