Costume of the Italian Peninsula, 1581
A journey through the clothing of the Italian peninsula at the end of the 16th century — from Rome and Venice to Padua, Florence, Siena, Milan, Bologna, Ferrara and Pisa.
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Fashion across social ranks
Fashion across social ranks in late 17th-century France By popular request, here is a look at how people from different social backgrounds were represented in late 17th-century France — from men and women of quality to peasants, shepherds, tradespeople, street vendors, a midwife, a financier and members of the clergy.
Women’s fashion 17th century
Women’s fashion through the 17th century The 17th century brought major changes to women’s dress, from the rigid and highly structured silhouettes of the late Renaissance to the softer, more fluid fashions of the mid-century, and finally to the elaborate court styles of the late 1600s.
Men’s fashion 17th century
A century of dramatic changes in silhouette, proportion and decoration. At the beginning of the 1600s, men’s dress still carried many features of the late Renaissance:
1950s Men’s fashion
Men’s fashion through the years: 1950–1959 The 1950s marked a shift from the restrained practicality of the war years toward a more polished, prosperous and increasingly varied approach to menswear.
1940s Men’s fashion
Men’s fashion through the years: 1940–1949 The 1940s were a decade of dramatic change, and men’s fashion reflected both the restrictions of wartime and the renewed optimism that followed.
1930s Men’s fashion
Men’s fashion through the years: 1930–1939 The 1930s brought a return to a stronger, more structured masculine silhouette. Jackets became broader through the shoulders, waists were more defined, and trousers were cut high and full, creating the elegant proportions associated with the decade.
1920s Men’s fashion
Men’s fashion through the years: 1920–1929. A year-by-year timeline of men’s style during a decade shaped by postwar change, modern leisure, and the growing influence of youth culture.
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Lotus shoes
Lotus shoes (simplified Chinese: 莲履) are traditional Chinese women’s shoes, very small in size. To wear such shoes, it was necessary for girls (about 5-7 years old) to bandage their feet in a special way, turning their toes inward.
Barbette
The Barbette – a strip of fabric, a band around the cheeks and chin. Women wore barbette in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Bergère hat
Bergère hat (fr. Bergère – eng. Shepherdess) – a wide-brimmed straw hat with a small crown. Bergère hat was in vogue in the 18th century (circa 1730-1780s) There are different versions of the origin of the name of the hat:
Waistcoat or Vest
The Waistcoat (or Vest; de. Kamisol; fr. Gilet) – a kind of clothing between Justaucorps (or a frock coat, jacket, banyan or coat) and a shirt.
Maternity corset
The Maternity corset – it’s called of corsets for pregnant and nursing women. Most often it is a two-in-one corset. It differs from the usual corset –
Tranzado or Trinzale
The Tranzado (Spanish: cofia de tranzado) or Trinzale (Italian) is a type of headdress — a cap, net, or veil worn at the back of the head.
Domino
A domino is a hooded cape or cloak worn for masquerades; the term can also refer to a masked character at such events.
Bonnet
The Bonnet or Cap (also Béguin or Coif) is a headgear, most often used as an item of underwear. The cap appears in the Middle Ages.
The Bat
The fancy-dress Bat became popular after the creation of the operetta Die Fledermaus (1874) by Johann Strauss II. In the operetta, the Bat costume is worn by a man, but ladies soon became very fond of this “animal”.
1870s Fashion
1870s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s wear, headdresses and hairstyles, underwear, kids and sportswear.
Crescent Moon
The crescent moon hair ornament appeared in the 16th century. We will not consider the Crescent as a cult image, religious or ritual.
Foot stoves
Foot stoves or footwarmers were perforated boxes, mostly heated by hot coals or stones in a special pot. Widely used in the northern countries such as Holland, Scandinavia and the British Isles in the 17th and 19th centuries.
Medici collar
The Medici collar (de.Stuartkragen, Medicikragen; fr. Collerette) is flared, stand-up, fan-shaped, standing high behind the head, often layered, trimmed with lace or consisting only of lace.
Bowler hat
The bowler hat — also known as the derby in the United States, Melone in German, chapeau melon in French, bombetta in Italian, and bolhoed in Dutch — is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown and a narrow, rounded brim.
Hood and Chaperon
The hood — French capuche / chaperon, Dutch capuchon, Italian cappuccio, Spanish capucha, German Kapuze / Gugel — is a type of head covering that existed in many shapes and under many names.
1880s fashion
1880’s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s wear, headdresses and hairstyles, underwear, kids and sportswear.
Men’s corset
Men’s corsets. Shapewear for men was not present in men’s fashion until the end of the 18th century. In the fashion of the 16th century there was a ‘Goose Belly’
Briefly about 16th century, Spain and Portugal
Briefly about hairstyles and headdress, 16th century. Spain and Portugal
Hair coloring
Hair coloring has been known since very ancient times. There are many dyes, chemical reagents that change hair color. But now let’s talk about lightening hair in the Renaissance.
Peignoir
A peignoir is a type of home wear designed to protect clothes from hair, powder and cosmetics. The peignoir appeared around the end of the 16th –
Fashion of 1600s – 1620s
Engravings with the fashion of different countries of the 1st quarter of the 17th cent.
Turban, 20th century
A Turban is a headdress that has been fashionable since the Middle Ages. We wrote a separate post about the history of the turban in Western fashion before the 19th century.
Flappers
Flappers are the ultra-trendy, fashionable, emancipated young women of the 1920s. These girls are the symbol of the Roaring Twenties. If we talk about the fashion of the 1920s, it is the flappers that personify this style.
Dressing Gown
The Dressing Gown (or morning gown) is a robe, a loose-fitting outer garment. Dressing Gown is a kind of home wear, almost like a banyan in women’s fashion.
Poke bonnet
The Poke bonnet is a type of headgear derived from a bonnet and a hat. Poke bonnet appears at the beginning of the 19th century, and comes from the fashionable Chapeau à la Paméla (hat with a brim, pressed with a ribbon or veil on the sides).
1800s Fashion
1800’s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s wear, headdresses and hairstyles, underwear, kids wear and shoes
Easter bonnet
An Easter bonnet is a new or fancy hat (headgear) traditionally worn at Easter. In many countries there was a custom to wear new clothes for Easter.
1840 – 1849 Hairstyles
We have a new post on Patreon about “Headdresses and Hairstyles”. Part 5: 1840 – 1849. www.patreon.com/posts/64661799 Year by year. Each page is one year.
Sailor suit
Sailor suit or Sailor dress is a style in children’s and women’s clothing with special details inspired by sailors. The sailor suit came into children’s fashion in 1846, when the son of the British Queen Victoria was given a “little sailor”
Bliaud
The bliaut (also spelled bliaud) is an overdress worn in the Middle Ages. It had various design variations, but its main characteristic was a long gown with very long, fitted sleeves that widened dramatically at the cuffs.
Suffragette
March 8 – International Women’s Day. It is based on suffragism, emancipation and various types of women’s struggle for rights. Under the name Suffragettes, we will bring together different types of women’s rights activists, although this applies to a greater extent to the history of the United States.
Spatterdashes and Spats
Spatterdashes (sometimes called gaiters) are a type of clothing that cover part of the shoe, the ankle, and extend almost to the knee or even higher.
Breeches and culottes
Breeches are trousers (pants) that extend to just below the knee. They are sometimes called culottes, though this term more often refers specifically to men’s knee-breeches of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
What movies to see about 19-th century
What movies to see, to immerse yourself in the era? Films for the atmosphere, inspiration. Films based on real events, film adaptations of books, legends and just a fantasy about the past.
Fashion posters for printing. 18th century
We have a new post on Patreon about 18th century fashion. 18th century men’s and women’s fashion posters… here 18th century.
Lamé
The Lamé is a type of fabric woven or knit with thin ribbons of metallic fiber usually gold or silver, but sometimes copper, in color.
Garter
The Garter is a band worn to keep up a stocking, sock or chausses to the leg. Usually a garter is worn around the leg, but sometimes stockings are attached to other types of garments with garters (garter belt, corselet, sock braces, girdle, etc.).
Quilted wear
Quilted clothes has existed for a very long time, it is even impossible to say when it appeared. Until the 18th century, quilted garments were most commonly used as underwear, such as a petticoat or doublet.
Poulaines
Poulaines — also known as crakows / crackowes; Polish ciżemki; German Schnabelschuh; Swedish snabelskor — were fashionable medieval shoes with very long pointed toes.
Men’s style in women’s wear
Men’s style in women’s wear is not a very old trend — it is just over 100 years old. Men’s and women’s clothing has traditionally been different.
Jewel Book of the Anna of Bavaria
Jewel Book of the Duchess Anna of Bavaria (de. Kleinodienbuch der Herzogin Anna von Bayern), 1552 – 1555, by Hans Mielich.
Scarlet cap
In the second half of the 15th century (1450’s – 1490’s), brimless caps (or hats) entered men’s fashion. Caps were mostly scarlet, but sometimes black.
Tippet
The Tippet (tippets) is (are) long, narrow, cloth streamer, usually white, worn around the arm above the elbow, with the long end hanging down to the ground.
Heuke
Heuke, or a cloak worn over one shoulder, was a popular type of garment in medieval Europe. Cloaks draped over one shoulder had been known since antiquity.