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Fashion in the period 1550–1600 in European clothing was characterized by increased opulence. Contrasting fabrics, slashes, embroidery, applied trims, and other forms of surface ornamentation remained prominent. The wide silhouette, conical for women with breadth at the hips and broadly square for men with width at the shoulders had reached ...
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 ...
Fashion in the period 1600–1650 in Western clothing is characterized by the disappearance of the ruff in favour of broad lace or linen collars. Waistlines rose through the period for both men and women. Other notable fashions included full, slashed sleeves and tall or broad hats with brims. For men, hose disappeared in favour of breeches.
Fashion in 15th-century Europe was characterized by a surge of experimentation and regional variety, from the voluminous robes called houppelandes with their sweeping floor-length sleeves to the revealing giornea of Renaissance Italy. Hats, hoods, and other headdresses assumed increasing importance, and were draped, jeweled, and feathered.
Pages in category "16th-century fashion" ... 1500–1550 in European fashion; 1550–1600 in European fashion; A. Attifet; B. Bacton Altar Cloth; Beaver hat; Bodice ...
A lady, probably of the Cromwell family, wearing a French hood. Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1540. French hood is the English name for a type of elite woman's headgear that was popular in Western Europe in roughly the first half of the 16th century.
Pages in category "15th-century fashion" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... 1400–1500 in European fashion; B. Boyar hat; Bycocket; C ...
During the 16th century, Paris was the largest city in Europe, with a population of about 350,000 in 1550. [citation needed] The 16th century saw the Renaissance arrive in Paris, expressed in the city's architecture, art and cultural life. The Kings of France returned to Paris from the Loire Valley. Paris.