Notes

Renaissance: Clothes and Fashion:
*Renaissance fashion started in the 1490's.
*Northern European countries distorted the body with stockings, doublets, and padded sleeves.
*England and France followed Italy's lead in renaissance fashion and stuck with Midieval fashion
*In Germany, they went to extremes on changing the silhoutte.
*They put big puffs at the head, shoulders, thighs.
*Smaller puffs at the chest, back, arms, legs, feet.
*Feathers on a lot of articles of clothing.
*The colors of this time period, fashion wise, were strong, dark colors.
*Black velvet was common, especially in headdress.
*White linen was an accent against gold and burgundy collars and wrist ruffles.
Hair:
*Men's hair was bobbed, but length of hair was also by personal choice.
*Hair could be straight or curled, based on person.
*As the sixteenth century came closer, men wore their hair in a somewhat modern style : short.
*Men wore different styles of low-crowned, brimmed hat, which usually was up all around or just one side turned up.
*Women would wear low-crowned hats in a similar style as the men's.
*Women would wear very elaborate, typically braided and pinned up hair, like the German's.
*Or, women would wear their hair with a simple kerchief.
*Typically, women would cover their hair with a headdress.
*Some names of headdress were: crescent, kennel, gable, transparent half-dome bonnet, gorget, and wimple.
*Most peasant women would wear the cote from the earlier period and/or handkerchiefs or collars around their neck.
*They look somewhat like dress of the Puritans
Matrials/acessories:

Flat cap: A flat hat with a soft crown and slightly broad brim, commonly associated with Henry the Eighth.
*Jerkin: A short leather or velvet jacket , typically sleeveles, similar to a vest.
*Upper hose: Upper hose or full Headdress: nks that are from the upper thighs to the waist.
*Nether hose: Stockings that cover the lower leg. Typically, they were rolled above the knee, secured with garters.

*Duckbill Shoes: Wide, square-toed, slipper-like shoes. Usually decorated with jewels, puffs, or slashes.

*Stomacher: Fake ornamental covering the front bodice.

*Clocking: Embroidery on socks at the ankle, and ocassionally on boots

*Chain of Office: A heavy chain worn by men across the chest and neck line as decoration; usually showed what organization he belonged to.