And for that no thyng of hir olde geere
She sholde brynge into his hous, he bad
That wommen sholde dispoillen hire right theere;
Of which thise ladyes were nat right glad
To handle hir clothes, wherinne she was clad.
But nathelees, this mayde bright of hewe
Fro foot to heed they clothed han al newe.
Hir heris han they kembd, that lay untressed
Ful rudely, and with hir fyngres smale
A corone on hire heed they han ydressed,
And sette hire ful of nowches grete and smale.
Of hire array what sholde I make a tale?
Unnethe the peple hir knew for hire fairnesse
Whan she translated was in swich richesse.

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Clerk’s Tale. Do clothes make a queen in the Clerk’s Tale? When Griselda is wedded to the Marquis, she loses her glad rags and is clothed in finery. Walter orders that his servents strip her and dress her in the attire he chose for her new position. They comb her unkempt hair, place a crown on her head and set her garments full of jeweled ornaments. The people hardly know her for her beauty when she is translated into such riches, appearing as if she had been born into nobility.