The document discusses Elizabethan costume and fashion based on social class. Sumptuary laws dictated what clothing different classes could wear, with the wealthy wearing rich fabrics, colors, and styles unlike the poor. Colors also carried specific meanings, and actors needed to dress accordingly to their character's class. Women typically wore shifts, corsets, farthingales, kirtles and other items under their gown while men wore shirts, doublets, breeches and more. Proper Elizabethan dress was essential and reflected one's social standing.