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I think faded color fabric is a fair argument for the people that labored, but I still take issue with the fact that hollywood makes all peasants wear clothes that look like soiled and tattered brown potato sacks. as the article mentions it is true that most people had 1 or 2 complete dresses, but they were very high quality and meant to last.

when it comes to people of nobility, I maintain that modern day movies and tv show costumers are allergic to brightly colored fabrics that would have been historical. and even when colors are present, they are muddled and darkened. I have doubts about the faded textile argument when it comes to nobles because they would rarely be active in the sun enough for that to happen. I think medieval movies during the 50s and 60s were the last to get it right. we just kind of have to accept that anything medieval now will have a gloom and doom palette, a dark age before bright colors were invented.