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node: fashion_prehistoric_britain
type: fashion
slug: prehistoric_britain_fashion
title: "Fashion in Prehistoric Britain"
lead: "Prehistoric Britons dressed in wool and leather; Bronze- and Iron-Age finds show woven woollen garments fastened with pins and brooches, and the Celtic peoples were known for checked and striped cloth."
published: 2026-07-28
updated: 2026-07-28
change: "Created as a fashion sub-page under the history section (britain region)"
requester: internal
reason: "Per the owner's decision, fashion lives under each history era"
---

## Overview

Direct evidence of clothing is scarce, but bog finds and burials show that wool was spun and woven from the Bronze Age. Skins and leather were worn too.

## Key garments and style

Iron-Age (Celtic) dress included a tunic, a cloak fastened with a brooch (fibula), and — for men — trousers of a type worn across the Celtic world. Classical writers noted the Britons' brightly checked and striped woollens, and torcs and brooches signalled status.

## Transition

The Roman conquest from AD 43 brought Mediterranean clothing and textiles into the new province.