Statute Concerning Diet and Apparel 1363

Act of Apparel 1363
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of England
Long title	A Statute Concerning Diet and Apparel.
Citation	37 Edw. 3. cc. 1, 3 - 19
Other legislation
Amended by	Forestalling, Regrating, etc. Act 1844; Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act 1879;
Status: Repealed

A Statute Concerning Diet and Apparel (37 Edw. 3. cc. 1, 3 - 19) (Latin: Statut' de Victu et Vestitu) was a sumptuary law introduced by the Parliament of England in 1363. It was one of a series of laws over a couple of centuries that form what are known as the Acts of Apparel.

The act detailed the style of dress that people of each class were allowed to wear. It was created to tackle a burgeoning trend for the lower classes to wear similar fashion to the elite. This was triggered by the sudden rise in personal wealth that followed the Black Death, caused by the consolidation of property following the drop in population and the considerable rises in wages which liberated many previously bonded labourers.^[1]

References

^ Emberley, Julia V. (1998). Venus and furs: the cultural politics of fur. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-86064-227-2.

External links

http://www.the-tudors.org.uk/tudor-sumptuary-laws.htm

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[1] Emberley, Julia V. (1998). Venus and furs: the cultural politics of fur. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-86064-227-2.

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