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Italian fashion of the 1470s featured short overgowns worn over doublets, and hats of many shapes. Hats in a variety of styles are also worn by this group of French noblemen in high-collared overgowns lined with fur, c. 1470. Late in the 15th century, a new style of loose overgown with revers and collar appeared. Italy, 1495.
Duchess Katharina von Mecklenburg wears a front-laced gown in the German fashion, with broad bands of contrasting materials, tight sleeves, and slashes at the elbow, 1514. Three ladies in German fashion of 1525–30. Baretts with upturned slashed brims are worn over cauls, and sleeves are variously puffed, pieced, and slashed, with short wide ...
Arnold, Janet: Patterns of fashion 4: The cut and construction of linen shirts, smocks, neckwear, headwear and accessories for men and women c.1540-1660. Hollywood, CA: Quite Specific Media Group, 2008, ISBN 0896762629. Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500–1914, Abrams, 1996. ISBN 0-8109-6317-5; Ashelford, Jane.
A new fashion, the bliaut gironé, arose in mid-century: this dress is cut in two pieces, a fitted upper portion with a finely pleated skirt attached to a low waistband. [ 7 ] The fitted bliaut was sometimes worn with a long belt or cincture (in French, ceinture ) that looped around a slightly raised waist and was knotted over the abdomen; the ...
An escoffion ([ɛsˈkɔfiˌjã]) is a piece of female medieval headwear which was popular during the Late Middle Ages (1250–1500). It originated and was popular in European countries such as England, France and Germany, and several Balkan states. The headpiece was made out of a thick, circular roll of material like wool, felt or silk.
French fashion continues to evolve. Discover the 2024 way chic Parisiennes are wearing elevated staples here. 10 Parisian Chic Wardrobe Essentials Redefining French Fashion in 2024
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 ...
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