Cavalier Dress

The term cavalier was applied to the followers of the royalist cause of Charles I of England in the 1640s. The dress worn by the cavalier was the same as that of the aristocrat or well-to-do man in the remainder of western Europe, comprising, a gaily-colored silk, satin or velvet matching jacket and breeches decorated with braid; a lace falling-band, cuffs and boot hose tops; a cloak; plumed, swashbuckling hat; gloves; cane; and soft leather bucket-top boots with heels and butterfly surpieds. Hair was natural, worn long and in ringlets or curls. The shirt was of fine white silk or linen and visible on the chest with the open jacket, and on the sleeve. (Encyclopedia Of World Costume, Cavalier dress)