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Fashion in the European Renaissance
Renaissance Fashion

During The Renaissance, fashion from both Italian and Germanic designers had their influence over European clothing. Each brought something new and exciting to the world of Renaissance fashion.

In the Renaissance popular fashion styles ranged from wide, to barrel-shaped and square fashions.

Clothing then, as now, was a "status" symbol. However it was an even bigger status symbol during the renaissance. Fashion for the wealthy often meant spending a majority of their money on clothing and it was not uncommon for them to literally be 'wearing their wealth'. Darker colors of fabrics became popular to show off the embroidery or jewels that were sewn onto the clothing. The more elaborate the tailoring and craftsmanship, the more expensive the clothing was and helped establish a reputation of wealth for the owner.

The richer you were the more expensive the fabrics used in your clothing, such as silk, brocade, velvet and cotton. Yes, cotton was very expensive then and was a heavily taxed import good (produced mainly in India). Because clothing would retain value and had significant societal importance, people could pawn them if hard times came. Even kings and queens were known to have pawned their clothing.

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