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The history of Italian fashion is a chronological record of the events and people that impacted and evolved Italian fashion into what it is today. From the Middle Ages , Italian fashion has been popular internationally, with cities in Italy producing textiles like velvet , silk , and wool .
The Italian Catherine de' Medici, as Queen of France. Her fashions were the main trendsetters of courts at the time. Fashion in Italy started to become the most fashionable in Europe since the 11th century, and powerful cities of the time, such as Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples, Vicenza and Rome began to produce robes, jewelry, textiles, shoes, fabrics, ornaments and elaborate dresses. [8]
Italian fashion of this period features broad bands of embroidered or woven trim on the dress and around the sleeves. [31] Siena, c. 1340. A bride wears a long fur-lined gown with hanging sleeves over a tight-sleeved kirtle, with a veil. Her gown is trimmed with embroidery or (more likely) braid.
Italian fashion of the 1470s featured short overgowns worn over doublets, and hats of many shapes. Hats in a variety of styles are also worn by this group of French noblemen in high-collared overgowns lined with fur, c. 1470. Late in the 15th century, a new style of loose overgown with revers and collar appeared. Italy, 1495.
Image credits: Electrical-Aspect-13 We were curious to know how photography has evolved throughout history. "The norms of photographic portraiture stem from Victorian times when photography began.
Costume during the thirteenth century in Europe was relatively simple in its shapes, rich in colour for both men and women, and quite uniform across the Roman Catholic world as the Gothic style started its spread all over Europe in dress, architecture, and other arts.
Italian models Giulia Salemi and Dayane Mello definitely raised eyebrows when they hit the red carpet for the television miniseries "The Young Pope" in very revealing dresses worn without underwear.
As in the previous centuries, two styles of dress existed side-by-side for men: a short (knee-length) costume deriving from a melding of the everyday dress of the later Roman Empire and the short tunics worn by the invading barbarians, and a long (ankle-length) costume descended from the clothing of the Roman upper classes and influenced by Byzantine dress.