Fabrics became darker coloured with more deep purples, blues and blacks being worn. Brocade, lace and velvets being the most used fabrics at the time. Small lace detailing was the most common decorative aspect of clothes.
Neck lines on bodices become higher, often covering the neck with lace, linen or high collars. The wing collars became very in fashion. When Mary took the throne the sleeves became slime fitted with small princess puff at the top. Wide ruffles around the cuffs and on stand collars were very popular. Shoulder capes and padded epaulettes (section between the bodice and sleeve join) were also popular.
Skirts were less gathered than before but just a full. Less material at the waist but just as much at the hem. More like a corn shape. Layered skirts again but not very gathered; skirts often had a plainer fabric covering a decorative under fabric.
Accessories of the time were big veils. Fine linen caps along with French hoods and Atifets become the normal fashion but very plain with only a simple edging such a pearls or lace. Very minimum jewels was worn compared to the earlier years. Men's caps were worn with a plume also seen in Elizabethan.
Fun fact:- They used to have a fur lined muff in cold weather on a chain for if there hands got cold.
References:-
Costume 1066-1990s by John Peacock
Costume Through The Ages by Over 1400 Illustrations by Erhard Kleepper
The Tudor Tailor Reconstructing Sixteenth-Century Dress by
Jane Malcolm-Davies and Ninya Mikhaila
In fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion
I think this change happened because of Mary's very strong Catholic beliefs. That woman should cover their bodies as much as possible as a sign of purity and chastity.
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