Here's the latest set of articles from the Renaissance site at BellaOnline.com. A matched set! So for all of you planning your fall wardrobes, take some advice from history:

Women's Renaissance Fashion
Clothing for women in the Renaissance was made up of the same basic parts whether you were noble or peasant. Skirts and bodices dominated the day from the sixteenth century into the late eighteenth century, and only fell out of favor in Europe and the new world with the French revolution.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art45027.asp

Renaissance Men's Fashion
Though fashion changed a lot in the Renaissance, and though clothing varied by region and by economic class there are some basic points that remained the same throughout Europe.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44761.asp

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Happy History Hunting!

Alena K Shumway, Renaissance Editor
http://renaissance.bellaonline.com

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