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Fashion in fourteenth-century Europe was marked by the beginning of a period of experimentation with different forms of clothing. Costume historian James Laver suggests that the mid-14th century marks the emergence of recognizable " fashion " in clothing, [ 1 ] in which Fernand Braudel concurs. [ 2 ]
Fashion in 15th-century Europe was characterized by a surge of experimentation and regional variety, from the voluminous robes called houppelandes with their sweeping floor-length sleeves to the revealing giornea of Renaissance Italy. Hats, hoods, and other headdresses assumed increasing importance, and were draped, jeweled, and feathered.
Overview of fashion from The New Student's Reference Work, 1914. Summary of women's fashion silhouet changes, 1794–1887. The following is a chronological list of articles covering the history of Western fashion—the story of the changing fashions in clothing in countries under influence of the Western worldâ —from the 5th century to the present.
While most items of clothing, especially outside the wealthier classes, remained by comparison little changed from three or four centuries earlier, [2]: 39 the more tightly shaped cuts that had been introduced in the preceding century continued to evolve in commoners' fashion [3] too, with the imitation of nobles' clothing beginning among the ...
Pages in category "14th-century fashion" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1300–1400 in European fashion; B. ... (clothing) F. Fillet (clothing ...
Pages in category "13th-century fashion" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1200–1300 in European fashion; B. Bycocket; C. Chausses; F. Fillet ...
The history of clothing (Western fashion) generally covers clothing worn in Western Europe, the Americas, and countries under European or American influence from c. 1750 to World War II. Clothing popularly worn in Medieval Europe is categorised under Category:Medieval European costume .
As in the previous centuries, two styles of dress existed side-by-side for men: a short (knee-length) costume deriving from a melding of the everyday dress of the later Roman Empire and the short tunics worn by the invading barbarians, and a long (ankle-length) costume descended from the clothing of the Roman upper classes and influenced by Byzantine dress.