Clothes

The nobleman in the Middle Ages was wearing the Spletenmode.This fashion which people were wearing a long time in Holland came from Switzerland and Germany.

In the sleeves of blouses and in the legs of trousers splits where cut. He walked around in colourful clothes. I think it's great that at least one time a year there's paid attention to the Dutch fashion in the Middle Ages.  In the first books with drawings of Zwarte Piet, when someone decided to draw the figure he is wearing Spanish clothes too. White silk clothes with an orange/red ribbon and also a striped trousers and a fez on his head.  Of course Sinterklaas is a very old story. But it's unknown if Zwarte Piet really walked in those clothes.