The Renaissance (jan 1, 1300 – dec 30, 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 classes favored bright colors and large prints,elaborately layered.
Men wore tight-fitting shirt called a doublet under a sleeveless, skirted garment called a jerkin. A short gown with full sleeves would be worn with puffed breeches.
Women dresses featured a a fitted bodice and a 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
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Date:
jan 1, 1300
dec 30, 1600
~ 301 years