Lady Montague In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Because the first scene of act 1 is only of a street brawl, Lady Montague is not dressed nearly as fancy as Lady Capulet, though still elegant and dignified in her own fashion. She came out into the street wearing a white silk floor length gown woven with silver lace with a linen smock, a stiffened high neck bodice, a farthingale, and a petticoat underneath. She wore a black and red velvet Caul, or an elizabethan hair net (“Elizabethan Hats Women”) to cover her hair as well as a ruby necklace around her neck. Underneath the gown, she also wore cotton white stockings and velvet low heeled shoes tied with deep indigo satin ribbon and matching lace. A long wool black and gray hooded cloak decorated with silver tassels was also thrown around her