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**Meredith Huddle Attire in the Renaissance Period**

In the Renaissance Period, beauty was released all across Europe. Included with this package, was the attire of the people. The changes the Renaissance brought out started a revolution in the fashion industry. Wealth and social rank easily classified what kind of clothes you would be purchasing, and what was considered appropriate. The church became demanding over the topic of clothes once they condemned anyone who over-dressed themselves to be sinners, drenched in vanity. "The order of the world was derived from God above, therefore all attempts to change it, including the copying and wearing of characteristic garments of a certain social strata, revealed sinful attitudes, and so had to be punished," says the church. This resulted in the Church and Religion developing in the Renaissance, so as to point the focus at god. The key in fashion during this period was to distinguish yourself and your family from old fashions, which considered you dull and low class, it was not common for you to be "wearing your wealth." The wealthier you got, the different fabrics you could use, such as silk, cotton, brocade, and velvet.



__**Women**__
 * For Women, the average dress was made out of three parts:
 * Underskirt
 * Bodice
 * Robe
 * For Parties, Special Occasions, and Higher Class People, the dress was ensembled out of five parts. 
 * Skirt
 * Underskirt
 * Bodice
 * Overbodice or Vest
 * Hoop and Collar
 *  The Hair-Coverings of women ranged from simple to dramatic.
 * The average hair-covering was a "pointed cone" with no hair allowed to show. This was a cone made out of silk garments placed on the top of your head, with an elaborate ribbon or shawl falling from the top of the point. This style was typically worn at parties, ceremonies, and day-to-day walks.
 * The more popular and comfortable style was the light-weight veil dramatically or simply covered in flowers and lace. Most women had long luscious hair, exceeding their backside, and tended to braid it for style, and efficiency.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Older women wore caps and the younger women didn't, unless the weather permitted it. Caps for younger women were velvet and revealed a lot of hair compared to the older women ones.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wedding dresses were considered to be the most complex and important dress of any woman's lifetime, and was supposed to be spent the most on. They were made of rich garments such as silk or velvet (depending on the individuals personal taste) and were elaborated with sequins and patterns, depending on the wealth of the person. Wedding dresses weren't white, when made with velvet, the color reflected gems and rich jewels. The bride would typically wear her hair down and present herself with particularly beautiful makeup.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> At this time, the invention of berets was occurring in beauty history. They were highly decorated and more elaborate than they are in present day. There was a string in the back to adjust any head size and this technique is still used in some hats today, showing how slowly traditions wither down.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">In result of their greed, the royals passed a law saying that lower classes could only wear one color of clothing, grey. This law was particularly unpopular among the lower classes, and in a motion to end it, they began to slash their garments to reveal another color underneath it, an idea that proceeded to spread among all classes. [|Picture]



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 * __Colors__**
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Symbolism was custom in clothing, some colors represented meanings regarding to the individual's mood or class.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Red = Nobility <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Grey = Sorrow
 * <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Yellow = Hostility
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Blue = Fidelity (only in powerful countries, in others it represented adulterous wives)
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Black and Grey = Lower Status People
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Though in the late 1500's, black and grey represented royalty

<span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__Men__** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The following pictures are links to different videos about clothing in the Renaissance.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tight garments were considered plausible for this era. Men wore short upper garments with the pants exceeding the waist.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The typical fashion was rich fabrics, and like women, they represented the wealth of the family name.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">To achieve the perfect "box" look, the popular fashion was squared shoulder pads.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">They normally wore hosiery and the shoes were squared. Typically, a large feathered hat was worn along with everything else.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">In this period, tailors considered the body to be two parts, the shoulders and the hips. The clothing was modified to heavy the shoulders and the vest area.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hosiery was made from flax or wool, or sometimes knitted.
 * <span style="color: #d3098c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The neckline of either men or women was normally elaborated by collar and ruffs.



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