16th Century Italian Mens Clothing

Womens fashion showed greater regional variation with italian women establishing trends that would soon spread to the rest of europe in the second half of the century.

16th century italian mens clothing. The first change came in the latter part of the century when many women wore a waist which buttoned to the throat. Whether you are a costumer in the sca theatre film or renaissance fairs or if you are simply a lover of art or historical fashion i hope youll find inspiration on these pages. The rise of the ruff a stiff ruffled neck piece occurred during this time. Venetian chopinesplatform shoes worn by wealthy womenwere at the height literally of fashion in the 16th centurythese tall shoes originated in the near east and probably made their way to italy through spain where tall shoes made with cork soles were popular at the same time.

These dresses were either close fitting from the shoulders down or widened from the shoulders all the way down. As regards mens clothes the most characteristic garment was the schaube or chamarre which developed from the 15th century coat like overcoat and contained a larger wealth of material often reaching up over the shoulder of the collar and wide bulky sleeves so that like the italian zimarra it became a representative as well as comfortable garment. Welcome to the realm of venus a site about the clothing and accessories of the men and women of late renaissance italy with a focus on sixteenth century venice. The men wore very short often slashed trousers long stockings a doublet with a square neck slashed round pointed shoes and a mantle.

Mens fashion of the 1530s was dominated by the broad shouldered silhouettes made iconic by king henry viii. Contrasting fabrics slashes embroidery applied trims and other forms of surface ornamentation remained prominentthe wide silhouette conical for women with breadth at the hips and broadly square for men with width at the shoulders had reached its peak in the 1530s and by mid century a. Men in italy wore short over dresses from the 14th and into the 15th centuries. As europe continued to grow more prosperous the.

Western european fashion in the period of 1550 1600 is overall characterized by an increase in opulence. Fashion in the first decade of the sixteenth century largely continued the trends of the 1490s but with a growing italian influence on mens and womenswear producing a broader silhouette as well as an increasing presence of slashing on mens garments. The inexplicable codpiece fell out of style for men at this time perhaps the best trend to be dropped in history. Fashion in the period 15501600 in western european clothing was characterized by increased opulence.