The Renaissance period is a historical era and cultural movement in Europe that extended from the 14th to 17th centuries. Clothing played a fairly large role in Renaissance society. The clothing in the Renaissance was all about defining and showing off. Due to laws prohibiting who disallow to wear what, and also the cost of materials, there was a very difference in attire between the classes.
In Renaissance the style of Women's Clothes was extravagant and multi layered. A wealthy woman's attire would have at least five layers ( underskirt, bodice, a skirt, over-bodice or vest, hoop and collar are standard pieces for women's wear). While the early Renaissance period had women wearing fewer layers that consisted usually of kirtle and gown, by the mid 1500s the women's silhouette was stiff but puffed out and padded with layers. The reason for the layers was simply that layers was a status symbol. The more clothes you were wearing, the wealthier you were. The corset, or 'stay' as it was sometimes referred to, was a garment that was stiffened so that it cinched the waist in and flattened the breasts as part of the thin, cone shape. The era gave rise to the corset as fashion.
Men's clothing changed a few times with fashion in the Renaissance. Men's fashions were centered around a "square" silhouette that was achieved by widening the shoulders on vests and coats and padding them. Padding was normally made of horsehair. On their legs they wore padded breeches and hosiery with square toed shoes. Very wide sleeves are also an easily recognizable Renaissance fashion, and in men's clothes sleeves often had long vertical slashes down them with another layer of fabric puffing out through them to create the "slashing" technique and style.
In Renaissance people always wear headwear with their outfit. Women had a variety of headdresses, including the "Pointed Cone" style that played to the cone fashion for women, as well as lace trimmed veils and various headdress, such as the popular French Hood style. Some headdresses had a woman's usually long and braided hair completely concealed, while others allowed some or much of the hair to show along with the headwear. Men's headwear included wide brimmed hats to finish off their 'square' look.
In Conclusion clothing were very important in renaissance because the way that each person dress was the way that they represent how wealthy they are. German, Italian and French fashions were influenced the rest of Europe in the period. Clothing was one of the main ways that the wealthy displayed their wealth to the world, and so it was the wealthy that set the fashions and trends that were to be followed.
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