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==WomenMen's Fashion AD 980-1041==The primary garment is the tunic. Its skirt comes to the knee cap or just above and it’s always worn tight to the forearm and wrist. Neck-holes are either round, oval or square, and can have a keyhole opening. The square keyhole neck-hole is very fashionable. Decoration, in the form of facings, embroidery, silk strips or tablet weave, can be applied to the cuffs and neck-hole. Embroidery is sometimes applied to the tunic’s skirt but never around its hem. Tunics are usually made from wool but can also be from linen. Belts can be made from either braided wool or from a leather strap. They can be simply tied or else closed by a buckle of bone, iron or copper-alloy. Belts sometimes have strap-ends attached. For warmth a cloak can be worn, clasped on the right-hand shoulder by ties or a large disc brooch or pin. Leg coverings, if worn at all, should be tight to the leg and are usually hose and braies or more rarely trousers. Leg wraps can also be worn. These are long strips of 10cm wide woollen cloth worn wound about the lower leg from the ankle to the knee. Shoes are of the simple, two-part turn shoe construction and are usually low, coming to below the ankle. Jewellery is usually of copper-alloy or pewter although some silver is still used. Winchester and Ringerike styles are common.
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