Clothing During The Renaissance Era

Renaissance Fashion in Dresses

The Renaissance period was an interesting one that had some really elegantly designed clothing for men and women. The fashion in Renaissance period was leaning towards the wealthy designs as well as the simplistic forms. This was the period that saw the abundant use of silks and furs. The Renaissance era’s sense of fashion was extremely mesmerizing but what I found tremendously fascinating are the women’s dress designs. Here’s a detailed look at some of the design, structure, and a little history of the women’s renaissance dresses. First of all, the design of the women’s dresses during the Renaissance era is really exquisite because of their shape, structure, and color sense. Clothing during the Renaissance period was more about displaying one’s social status. The rich would wear clothes in expensive fabrics such as silk and brocade, which were used for clothing during the Renaissance period. Women’s fashion saw an evolution during
In fact, the richer a family was the more expensive and elaborate their Renaissance clothing was, as this was one of the primary ways of indicating importance and wealth during the Renaissance period. What was interesting was that there was little opportunity for financial investment; however, the Renaissance clothing of the ruling classes was not only seen as indication of wealth, but a form of investment. According to, John R Hilde from ezinearticles.com, if a family were to require money in the future, the clothing could be resold because the fabrics that the wealthy and their designers favored during the Renaissance, were fabrics that were the hardest to produce and therefore the most expensive and exclusive. These fabrics included cotton, velvet, silk, and