Dressed in Blue: The Impact of Woad on English Clothing, c. 1350–c. 1670. (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hayward, Maria
• Is Part Of: Costume. Volume 49:Number 2(2015)
• Page Start: 168
• Page End: 185
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Costume -- Periodicals; Costume -- History -- Periodicals; 391
• DOI: 10.1179/0590887615Z.00000000074
• Languages: German
• ISSNs: 0590-8876

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>This paper seeks to explore the changing importance of blue colours, blue dyes and woad in particular in England in the late Middle Ages and early modern period. It does so by considering six themes — the popularity and fashionability of blue; blue and its significance within the Order of the Garter; blue as a colour worn by the lower social groups and its association with poverty and livery; colour symbolism of blue; blue and court entertainments; blue and the liturgy — but it will start with a review of blue colours and blue dyes.</p> </abstract>