Kirtle
Everyday one-piece dress of the medieval woman
The kirtle was the most common women's garment in Europe from the 12th to 16th centuries — a one-piece dress with a fitted bodice and full skirt worn over a chemise. Universal across all social classes, it used fabric quality and dye color to signal status: undyed linen for commoners, dyed wool or silk for nobility. Its increasingly fitted bodice from the 14th century onward laid the groundwork for the later separation into distinct bodice and skirt components.
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