A partlet (or partlett) was a 16th-century fashion accessory. The partlet was a sleeveless garment worn over the neck and shoulders, either worn over a dress ...
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or worn to fill in a low neckline.
The earliest partlets appeared in European fashion late in the 15th century.Comments on a miniature dated to c. 1485 note a Flemish style of partlet in that period.The English word "partlet" dates from at least 1515.
Partlet makers emerged,putting out a product often made of silk or linen, and worn to fill in the low necklines of both men´s and women´s Burgundian dress. Men continued to wear partlets, usually of rich materials, with the low-cut doublets of the early 16th century.