Renaissance (1 janv. 1300 – 31 déc. 1600)

Description:

- Clothing featured elaborate designs, beautiful fabrics and elegant decorations.
- Gold threads were woven into fabrics.
- Jewels, lace, and furs were woven into fabrics.
- The upper class favored bright colors and large prints, elaborately layered.
-Men wore a tight-fitting shirt called a Doublet under a sleeveless, skirted garment called a Jerkin. A short gown with full sleeves would also be worn with this and puffed breeches.
- Women's dresses featured a fitted bodice and very wide skirt.
- A metal, wood, or whalebone frame, called a Farthingale, held the skirt out from the body. Skirts were sometimes split to show off fancy petticoats.
- Both wore ruffs-stiff, pleated collars that framed the face and shoes trimmed with buckles and bows.