Fashion History
1600's Era
Important events that influenced 1600s fashion
The fashion was influenced by royalty. Anne from Austria wore an open bodice and closed cuffs, that started a trend. Then the war influenced it. Also the Elizabethan dress era influenced fashion, the dress was very elaborate and detailed.
When you wanted to look Elegant
When you wanted to look elegant you wore satin suits, coats of silk, and collars scented with flowers.
Shoes and stockings
They wore shoes and stockings they did this because it was very important to focus on the lower body.They wore stockings to show off their shapely legs.
Most common look
They wore slashed sleeves, tall or broad hats with brims. This look was most common for the not so rich people.
Interesting Imformation
Louis XIV increased and emphasized fashions importance by making it a part of social edict and increasing rather than belittling its cost. And unlike many courts in Europe in past and present, Louis required a different code of dress for each formal event.
Bibliography
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"Head Over Heels." Head Over Heels. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Aug. 2015.
"Louis XIV's Use of Fashion to Control and Express Power." Europe: 1600s-1700s -. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Sept. 2015.
Rosenthal, Janice Greenberg. The Art of Fashion. N.p.: n.p., 1986. Print.
Invention That Affected The Fashion
They used natural resources to create the colors for their dresses.The rich people sent their clothes to England to have them made so they wouldn't have to make their own clothes,like the poor people had to.
The teliscope was always made during this time