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In Spain, the cone-shaped Spanish farthingale remained in fashion into the early 17th century. It was only briefly fashionable in France, where a padded roll or French farthingale (called in England a bum roll) held the skirts out in a rounded shape at the waist, falling in soft folds to the floor. In England, the Spanish farthingale was worn ...
Julienne Brancas (née Julienne-Hippolyte-Joséphine d’Estrées; c. 1575 – 1667) was a French courtier. She was the daughter to Antoine d'Estrées and Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière . She is widely known for being the model for the portrait Gabrielle d'Estrées et une de ses sœurs , in which she is seen sitting in a bathtub unclothed ...
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).
Haute couture (/ ˌ oʊ t k uː ˈ tj ʊər / ⓘ; French pronunciation: [ot kutyʁ]; French for 'high sewing', 'high dressmaking') is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted high-end fashion design. The term haute couture generally refers to a specific type of upper garment common in Europe during the 16th to the 18th century, or to the upper ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:16th-century French people. It includes French people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
A farthingale is one of several structures used under Western European women's clothing - especially in the 16th and 17th centuries - to support the skirts in the desired shape and to enlarge the lower half of the body. The fashion originated in Spain in the fifteenth century. Farthingales served important social and cultural functions for ...
16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; Pages in category "16th-century fashion" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. ... French hood; Frock ...
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).