The Lady in Outdoor Dress has a satin gown that has lost all the padding and restriction of the Elizabethan period and hangs naturally about the figure. £58
The Cavalier Gentleman has a long doublet with big sash worn over easy fitting breeches. £73
Both costumes positively drip with lace, which was the new status symbol of the day.
The Puritan Lady is beginning to get her tight-lacing back but modestly covers her neckline and hair. £43
The Puritan Gentleman has a costume which is exactly the same shape as the Cavalier, but without all the trimmings. £58
The Lady is now very tightly corsetted again, with a low off-shoulder neckline. Her skirts are caught back from the centre opening with jewelled clasps. £58
The Gentleman wears the very strange 'petticoat breeches' brought back from France by Charles II and his courtiers. His outfit is loaded with yards and yards of ribbon, which was the newest thing. £73
1690 in the reign of William & Mary
The Lady's skirts are now pulled right around to the back, where they form the first ever bustle dress, with a long train. Her headdress is called the 'Fontange'. £73
The Gentleman is for the first time wearing all the ingredients of modern male dress - shirt, trousers (breeches), waistcoat and coat. From this point they gradually evolve into the forms with which we are familiar. £73