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From the costly velvets and furs worn by kings to the undyed wools and rough linens of the peasantry, the clothing worn by the various classes in the middle ages played an integral role in medieval society. The empire of rome had been invaded by many germanic or northern cultures including, visigoths, vandals, ostrogoths, huns, angles, saxons, jutes and franks. Doloress interest in fashion history dates from her teenage years when vintage apparel was widely available in thrift stores. Gothic fashion did not just spring up, fully formed, one morning in london in 1979. Valerie steele really brings out the beautiful side of darkness in her book, gothic.
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