Elizabethan gown The gowns and fashions worn by Elizabethan women of the Upper Class were influenced by geometric shapes rather than the natural shape of the body. To achieve these shapes padding called bombast and quilting, together with the use of whalebone or buckram for stiffening purposes to gain this geometric effect. The materials and fabric used were expensive - silk, satin, velvet, taffeta, scarlet and sarcenet. Sarcenet was a delicate silk fabric and scarlet referred not to the color but to a plain fabric.

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