16th century fashion
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Renaissance Italian woman dress 15th 16th century by RoyalTailor Lucrezia Borgia Renaissance Dress
16th century fashion for women signified the innovation of the Renaissance period. 16th century fashion was all about layering. Women’s clothing was made of linen and wool, sometimes velvet or silk. Black was the preferred fashion since it made a good backdrop for elaborate jewels and pearls. The base of a women’s dress in 16th century fashion was the kirtle, a snug skirt that fit the bodice with long sleeves. In the early century, kirtles were worn by themselves with a simple girdle…
this is like what the prince would wear with rich red because that was the color of his kingdom
Thank goodness for Rate the Dress! It means that I have a definite excuse to focus entirely on historical fashions at least once a week! We were having such a good run on Rate the Dress: so many 8+ ratings in a row! And then I posted the pink, pigeon breasted, ruffle-dy, smock-dy, totally over-the-top 1900s frock-dy last week. Pop! There went the high ratings bubble! It wasn’t too terrible: there were a lot of 6s, and just enough 8s and 9s to bring it up to a nice, round 7 out of 10. For…
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Every once in awhile I go meandering off into other centuries. My love of costuming started with Elizabethan, and it is still a period I adore, though I seldom costume for it anymore (a pity, really). Of course, with Valhalla Renaissance Festival coming up, uh,
Italy 16th century. Female costumes, Hairstyles and Headgear at the time of the Renaissance. Italian fashion of the 16th century.
Charlotte Hope as Catherine of Aragon in The Spanish Princess (2019) (1291 x 3060)
