While some medieval clothing is better left in the Dark Ages for everyday wear, there’s plenty of medieval fashion that we’d love to see made popular again. For instance, Hollywood stars and your party friends alike would look great and have more fun in a capitano hat than in their regular baseball caps!

Today, extravagant dresses are reserved for formal occasions, and not often worn as women go about their daily business. But we would love to see flowing dresses in the medieval fashion style come back into the mainstream. In the modern “less is more” clothing industry, models are chosen for their body style rather than their grace and elegance. Bringing back medieval fashion would go some way toward redressing that balance.

While we’re not likely to be wearing bodices and chain mail every day, both women and men could use a return to the capes and cloaks of old days. Staying warm and looking fashionable in a cape or cloak is much more formal and eye-catching than the pea coats and jackets we wear today. Perhaps it’s time to return to a grander, epic style of clothing than the minimalism of many of our modern fashionistas.

Now you know some of our favorite medieval fashion pieces that we’ d like to see return, maybe even with a modern twist. What are some articles of clothing from the Middle Ages that you’d like to see return to fashion?