Tag: Renaissance fashion era

Fashion and costume illustrations of the Renaissance. Restored from various, rare sources. Renaissance (French for “rebirth”) describes a European cultural epoch mainly 15th and 16th century. The end of the era takes place in the early 17th century in Italy by the newly prominent baroque style.

Italian fashion history of the 14th and 15th century.

14th century, clothing, Italy, Burgundian, Burgundy, costumes, Middle ages,

In the fifteenth century Italian dress exhibited the same variety as that of France, England, and Germany. In Italy, as in other countries, numerous enactments were promulgated with the object of restraining the ever-increasing luxury in attire, but these were just as unsuccessful in Italy as elsewhere.

16th and 17th century costumes.

16th, 17th, century, costumes, Baroque, Renaissance, fashion,

16th and 17th century costumes. Dutch, Bohemia, Spain, England, France, Poland. Top row left: Clothing of a sailor woman from Holland in 1640. Clothing of a woman from Amsterdam. Dutch woman… Read More