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| | Elizabethan Doublets |
 | | The style and fashion of the men's doublets and ranged from a wasp-waisted, geometric look to the 'peascod doublet' which the area of the belly was padded although the sides of the doublet were well fitted achieving a slim waisted look. |
 | | The trim on doublets were designed and positioned to enhance the geometric, triangular, shape of broad shoulders and a slim waist. |
 | | The Women also there have dublets and Jerkins, as men have heer, buttoned up the brest, and made with wings, welts, and pinions on the shoulder points, as mans apparel is for all the world, and though this be a kinde of attire appropriate onely to man, yet they blush not to wear it... |
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