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With England and France mired in the Hundred Years War and its aftermath and then the English Wars of the Roses through most of the 15th century, European fashion north of the Alps was dominated by the glittering court of the Duchy of Burgundy, especially under the fashion-conscious power-broker Philip the Good (ruled 1419–1469).
Portrait of the family of Sir Thomas More shows English fashions around 1528.. Fashion in the period 1500–1550 in Europe is marked by very thick, big and voluminous clothing worn in an abundance of layers (one reaction to the cooling temperatures of the Little Ice Age, especially in Northern Europe and the British Isles).
The Stiletto Beard is shaped similarly to the dagger in which it obtained its name. The Round Beard, just as its name suggests, is trimmed to add emphasis to the roundness of the male cheekbones. Another common name for this style was the Bush Beard. The Spade Beard derives from the design of a spade which belongs in a deck of playing cards ...
Clothing in ancient Rome generally comprised a short-sleeved or sleeveless, knee-length tunic for men and boys, and a longer, usually sleeved tunic for women and girls. On formal occasions, adult male citizens could wear a woolen toga , draped over their tunic, and married citizen women wore a woolen mantle, known as a palla , over a stola , a ...
In the modern era, similar clothing pieces are worn in the leather subculture, and in performance costumes, such as for rock and metal musicians. A similar device with rigid construction, an athletic cup , is used as protective gear for male athletes.
The style of this era is known as Baroque. Following the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Restoration of England's Charles II , military influences in men's clothing were replaced by a brief period of decorative exuberance which then sobered into the coat , waistcoat and breeches costume that would reign for the next century and a half.
Historic Royal Palaces has acquired one of the eight bridesmaids dresses at Queen Elizabeth’s wedding to Prince Philip 77 years ago. The future monarch was still Princess Elizabeth when she ...
The jackets of boys after breeching lacked adult tails, and this may have influenced the adult tail-less styles which developed, initially for casual wear of various sorts, like the smoking-jacket and sports jacket. After the First World War the wearing of boy's dresses seems finally to have died out, except for babies.