Fashion of Renaissance (jan 1, 1300 – dec 1, 1600)
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~featured elaborate designs, beautiful fabrics, and elegant decorations
~Gold threads were woven into fabrics.
~Jewels, lace and furs were woven into fabrics.
~upper classes wore bright colors and large prints, elaborately layered.
~Men wore a tight-fitting shirt called a doublet under a sleeveless, skirted garment called a jerkin, short gown with full sleeves would also be worn with this and puffed breeches.
~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.
~Women wore a fitted bodice and very wide skirts
~Men and women wore ruffs-stiff, pleated collars that framed the face- and shoes trimmed with buckles and bows.
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