ABSTRACT
The king's wardrobe was continually evolving and Henry VIII was able to order any style of clothing from his tailor that was available, and he did so on such a regular basis that his clothing reflected seasonal or annual changes in colour and fabric as well as changing nuances in style. The first half of the sixteenth century saw the continued proliferation of garment types for men, marking the shift from the limited wardrobe of the late fifteenth century to diversity both in the range of different garments and variants of type of garment. While many of the images of the king present him wearing sumptuous garments in contrasting colours and fabrics, the great wardrobe accounts make it clear that Henry often ordered a set of clothes, all in the same colour, but with subtle gradations of fabric type and ornamentation. Henry had access to a variety of outer garments including the glaudekin, the cassock, the frock and the nightgown.
