Looking For Fashion Elements In Ancient Costumes: Renaissance Women'S Wear

? Renaissance Clothes & Accessories Great changes have taken place in the industry. At that time, clothing became increasingly exaggerated and luxurious in order to pursue personal consciousness. In the Renaissance, women's wear was contrasted with the puffy skirt at the lower part of the body by exposing the upper part of the chest and using tight corsets. It shows the female sexy characteristics of the trinity of chest, waist and buttocks. In order to pursue the seemingly perfect and luxurious triangular shape of light top and heavy bottom, women use waist girdles to tighten the waist, forming a "deformed" "perfect".

During the Renaissance, mountain shaped hats were popular in women's clothing, with heart-shaped hair combed and jeweled. The stiff, exaggerated and changeable collar is an important feature of women's clothing. Skirt support, corset, hip pad and high soled shoes were all loved by women at that time. The silhouette of the garment has evolved from the stretch and natural slim shape of the Gothic style to the wide pleated skirt of thick cloth or luxurious velvet, and the fashion looks heavy, uncomfortable and bulky.

In order to create a beautiful shape, skirt support has become an indispensable plastic underwear for women. The overall contour of wide shoulders, thin waist and round hips is synonymous with the beauty of the Renaissance, which requires the waist corset to be narrower. In order to highlight the body shape, the waist line of the tight corset with thin metal bar padding is moved up, and the human body is cut into the shape of an hourglass. It is said that the most perfect waist was 33cm! At that time, someone spoke sympathetically about this kind of fashion, saying: "The body is tightly bound, and women have to endure the same pain out of vanity just like martyrs who died for their beliefs." This is no different from Chinese foot binding, which makes women become victims of deformed beauty, But this torture invention is still a sexy element that designers can't get around to today.

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