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==Generic Men's Fashion AD 793-1215==
Men’s generic clothing consists of a tunic and waist tie. Other optional items include trousers (or hose and braies), shoes, a cloak, an under shirt, leg bindings and a leather buckled belt. This does not apply to mailed warriors in combat. A tunic or shirt must be worn at all times during a display.
 
==Head Coverings==
Christian doctrine dominates women’s fashion throughout Regia’s period of interest, never more so than with regards to the instruction by St Paul for women to cover their hair. Although women adopted a number of ways of achieving this between the 9th to 13th centuries, three methods remained fairly consistent throughout: the long scarf type veil, the hood like wimple and the simple tied head scarf for working in. Head coverings are usually white and made from plain linen or light-weight wool.
==Tunic==
|Caption= A natural or bleached linen is encouraged for shirts and shifts. As undergarments they would have been washed more frequently and also been worn less visibly. As such, it is considered unlikely that people would have bothered dyeing them as any dye would have washed out over time. }}
==Waist ties and Belts==
Belts and waist ties should generally be no more than 25mm (1”) wide. The ends of belts or ties may have strap ends of authentic pattern attached. Ties may be made of cloth, braided textile or alternatively from leather by using the “split end” form.
Belt buckles must be of D shape to an authentic pattern and can be made from iron, copper-alloy or bone. Belts may have leather or metal hoops or slides on them made to authentic design to retain the end around the waist. The end of the belt should not be overlong, or tied up in a knot that hangs down.
 
{{AO Special Mention
|Title= No long belts before 1180AD
|Caption= Belts before 1180AD should not hang down from the waist. The excess strap must be kept to a minimum and may be either fed through a leather or metal loop or alternatively knotted off. }}
 
==Trousers or hose and braies==
Trousers can be made from wool (‘[[Encouraged]]’) or linen (‘[[Optional]]’). Trousers should come down to at least ankle length, and can have integral feet. They must be close to the lower leg with no folds or bagginess. Loose trousers classed as ‘[[Unacceptable]]’ can be changed to ‘[[Encouraged]]’ by the use of leg bindings.
 
Hose are stocking like garments reaching up to at least mid-thigh, usually worn with a set of (typically) wide baggy linen shorts (called “braies”) to cover the crotch. The ends of these braies should be tucked into the tops of the hose. Hose should come down to at least ankle length, and can have integral feet. They should be tight to the lower leg – making them from wool and cutting the cloth “on the cross” is recommended to achieve a leg hugging shape.
==Belts, waist ties and sashes==
Going without a belt is [[Encouraged]]. Tied belts of simple braid or cloth can be worn, but never belts of leather. Cloth or woven sashes worn over a woman’s mantle may be wider.
==Cloaks==
For additional warmth a cloak These are rectangular garments made of wool. They may be made from one or mantle can two layers of material but all layers need to be made from the same cloth and colour. Trims may be wornapplied on the edges. Cloaks are made from should be held closed with a suitable pin, brooch or simple rectangle of clothtie. For a right-handed individual, the closure should normally sit on the right shoulder.  As a general guide, cloaks should be as wide as your outstretched arms, and long enough to go from your shoulder to the knee, although shorter cloaks that reached just past the waist were also frequently seen. Before AD 980 they Most cloaks are just longer than the tunic when worn by all social classes. After this  ==Leg bindings==These are long woollen strips of cloth usually worn spirally around the mantle seems lower leg from ankle to be preferred by women of improved status until just under the late C12th when cloaks come back into fashionknee, thus ensuring a close fit. 3m (10’) or more is required per leg. Cloaks must For Generic kit leg bindings should not be lined in a different coloured material‘[[Leg bindings#Cross-gartered|cross-gartered]]’.
The mantle is an un-split garment of approximate cone shape, with a hole for the head at the point. It is worn like a poncho, and should reach mid-calf when worn loose. When a mantle is worn, the head covering must sit over it. The front of the mantle may be belted with a wide sash made from the same cloth as the mantle in order to free the arms.
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{{AO Special Mention|Title =Fewer loose tunic cuffs and loose trouser legs|Comment =Ornamental brooches, Pins & Necklaces==Small delicate dress brooches are also sometimes Clothing of the period always seems to be worn such tight at the sleeve and to the leg. Clothing should be so tight as to just allow the hand to pass the cloisonné brooches cuff or bird broochesthe foot to pass through the trouser leg.  Delicate pins of bone, copper-alloy Excessively loose trousers or silver were used cuffs are considered unacceptable and can lead to help secure clothing especially the head covering. English women don’t seem your garment being banned and you being asked to have worn necklaces in Regia’s period of interestremove it. }}
==Pouches and bags==
==Mittens==
Although we have little evidence for gloves, people did have woollen mittens. These can be made either by nålebinding or from woven cloth.
 
Hats and hoods
As there is little evidence for the shape of these garments in Regia’s period, they should not normally be worn as part of generic kit. However, certain simple types of head covering may be worn, especially in inclement weather or as protection from the sun or to disguise an inappropriate hairstyle. Hood patterns may be styled on those found in a later medieval context, but without any form of trailing tail (a liripipe).
 
Although the cloak may be arranged in such a way as to act as a hood, cloaks must not have attached hoods for generic kit.
Shoes are of the simple, two-part turn shoe construction and are usually low, coming to below the ankle. These must be made of vegetable tanned leather. Applied soles and heels made from suitable leather may be used to prolong the life of the shoes.
Most of [[Boots]] are not considered to be Generic Kit as these are period and ethnically restricted.  {{AO Special Mention|Title = Less colourful leather|Comment = Leather should not be dyed anything other than brown. Exceptions should be for small high status items and then only red dye should be used. Leather should also not be left as pink ‘Veggie Tan’. Efforts should be made to darken the evidence leather by oiling or waxing.}} ==Socks==People from Regia’s the period points to people mainly wearing slipper type shoes rather than bootsmay have generally gone without socks. No C12th style Norman laced boots Woollen socks made using the Nålebinding technique can be worn before [[Late|AD 1041]]and the easier to make crocheted socks are ‘allowable’. Tailored sewn cloth socks are also a good option. Alternative methods of covering the foot include foot wraps or starting the leg binding from the foot rather than the ankle. Toggle style boots may however be worn pre [[Early|AD 980]]Trousers with integral feet also achieve the same result. 
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