Late Middle Ages

from the mid-14th until the end of the 15th Century

The typical parts of the clothing of a man are:

Cotte - is getting shorter, until the mid calf.

New forms of dress:

Doublet (Wams) - First worn under the armor is becoming an independent piece of clothing, in short, open front with button (or alternatively with Nestelbänder to close)

Schecke - short upper garment, the front entirely open, very closely, with button bar and narrow sleeves.

Houppelande - Outer garment worn instead of the doublet, with some segments of the population has the short and not very close doublet first enforced. Houpelande often has very elaborately processed sleeves

Leg Warmers - with the reduction of the robe, the chaps are getting longer, and form a kind of very tight pants with a central part in the so-called step codpiece (comparable to today's tights), attached to a belt.

Mantle - as a new form of the shell become the Garnache, an open-front jacket, without sleeves, which are formed only by direct spread of the shoulder material.