Title: What Did the Pilgrims Wear?
Headings: What Did the Pilgrims Wear?
What Did the Pilgrims Wear?
What Did Women Wear?
What Did Men Wear?
What Did Children Wear?
Did the Pilgrims Only Wear Black Clothes?
What Were the Pilgrim’s Clothes Made of?
Images of Pilgrims:

Content: To their right, Miles Standish, the colony’s military adviser [who, as a non-separatist, was not a pilgrim], is depicted wearing brown shoes, reddish-brown stockings and breeches with a gold or yellow stripe down the seam, a gold or yellow shirt and an armored vest, while a helmet lies on the floor by his bended knee. The kneeling couple on the left side of the painting, William and Susannah White, are also depicted as wearing colorful clothing. Susannah is wearing a yellow and blue/gray striped dress with a red cloak while William is wearing a tan or light-brown doublet and a ruffled collar. The woman standing on the left hand side of the painting, Elizabeth Winslow, is depicted as wearing a reddish-brown waistcoat, a gray coat or cloak, a standing collar and a wide-brimmed hat adorned with a feather. The remaining men in the painting are depicted as wearing black or brown doublets and breeches. In this 1900 painting, titled The Signing of the Compact in the Cabin of the Mayflower, by Edward Percy Moran, the pilgrims are also depicted as wearing a mix of black clothing and colorful clothing. “Signing the Mayflower Compact,” oil painting by Edward Percy Moran, circa 1900
The figure standing at the desk with the pen in his hand is William Bradford and he is depicted wearing light brown shoes, white stockings, blue or black breeches, a light-colored doublet, a reddish-brown cloak and a white linen collar. Next to him stands Miles Standish, wearing an armored vest and helmet, while William Brewster, seated at the desk with John Carver, is wearing a black robe, due to his new role as the group’s religious leader in the absence of Pastor Robinson, and Carver is wearing a brown doublet and