Those proud burghers folded their sumptuous cloaks and sat on them.

After the feast they were retiring without retaining these important and costly articles of dress; and on a courtier reminding them of their apparent neglect, the burgomaster of Bruges replied, "We Flemings are not in the habit of carrying away the cushions after dinner!" The meetings of the different towns for the sports of archery were signalized by the most splendid display of dress and decoration.
The archers were habited in silk, damask, and the finest linen, and carried chains of gold of great weight and value.

Luxury was at its height among women.

The queen of Philip the Fair of France, on a visit to Bruges, exclaimed, with astonishment not unmixed with envy, "I thought myself the only queen here; but I see six hundred others who appear more so than I." The court of Phillip the Good seemed to carry magnificence and splendor to their greatest possible height.

The dresses of both men and women at this chivalric epoch were of almost incredible expense.