Greek Tunics

Doric Peplos: long, flowing and draped tunic

Himation: floor length tunic, occasionally translucent

Chiton Himation

Trade with the East

Chinese Silk Embroidery

Medieval Era

• Dark Ages: • (400–1000)

• Early Gothic: • (1000 – 1200)

• Late Medieval: • (1200 - 1400) •

Medieval Clothes:long sleeves and hemlines, heavy fabric

Beading and Embroidery

Medieval Chainmail Knights wearing suits of Armour

Medieval Tunics

The Emergence of Fashion: Velvet

Crusades 1100-1200

Near Eastern Fabric

Black Plague, Hennins and Poulaines

Medieval Display of Wealth

Changes that brought about the Renaissance

The world was discovered to be round, not flat.

America was “discovered” by Europeans

Guns began to be used in warfare

Protestantism challenged the previously universal hold of the Catholic Church in Western Europe

The printing press made the wide spread distribution of ideas possible

Fashion changes so quickly during the Renaissance that tapestries were out-of-date by the time the were finished

Italian Renaissance Painting

Botticelli Ghirlandaio

Florentine (Northern Italian) Renaissance Styles

Early Renaissance Robes and French Hood

Renaissance Corset

Renaissance Veil (left) and Jewelry (right)

French Hood Snood Typical Hairstyle

Early Renaissance Men's Styles

Doublet, Chemise and CapStill worn today by the Vatican's Swiss Guard

Renaissance Comparison:Farthingales

Princess Elizabeth 1546 Queen Elizabeth circa 1586Spanish Farthingale French Farthingale

Germ

an Farthingale circa 1600

Padded Doublet with peascod belly (left) (right) Jerkin, puffed hose, plumed hat and cape

Ruffled Collars

Slashing and Puffed Sleeves

Common People of the Elizabethan Era