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.