Women also wore more ornate drawstring bags, typically called
hamondeys or
tasques, to display their social status. The 14th-century handbags evolved into wedding gifts from groom to bride. These medieval pouches were embroidered, often with depictions of love stories or songs. Eventually, these pouches evolved into what were known as a
chaneries, which were used for gaming or food for falcons. During the
Renaissance, Elizabethan England's fashions were more ornate than ever before. Women wore their pouches underneath the vast array of petticoats and men wore leather pockets or
bagges inside their breeches. Aristocrats began carrying
swete bagges filled with sweet-smelling material to make up for poor hygiene.