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A question about fashion...

Fashion Law

Medieval ‘Sumptuary Laws’ required men at court to wear the finest clothes they could afford, because imported luxury items were taxable.

False

The ‘Sumptuary Laws’ existed, but were designed to limit people’s spending on luxury clothes rather than enforce it. The laws gave specific rules for what types of cloth people of different ranks could wear, and how long their tunics and coats could be.

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