Children’s Tunic

Our children's wear line is based on smaller simplified, versions of our adult clothing, as it was in period. Throughout the Middle Ages clothes were worn in layers, with a light linen tunic forming the foundation over which additional linen or wool garments were worn. The exact nature of these earliest garments is unknown, but by the 13th century, they had evolved into a simple, style we commonly call the tunic. Fortunately, not only is the shirt of this time well represented in surviving artwork, but a single piece, believed to be that of Saint Louis (King Louis IX of France), survives in a remarkably preserved condition.

Worn with shirt and hood this ubiquitous silhouette was a common style for medieval children, be he child of duke or cotter. Most clothing for younger children was relatively simple in form and therefore had a very unisex look. The simple tunic shown here could function as an under layer worn under the long tunic (usually in white) for boy or girl or alone in a color as a short tunic outer layer.