The fashion in the Renaissance

The fashion in the Renaissance
The origin of this movement took place on the peninsula of Italy, precisely in Florence, the Renaissance city where these ideals and concepts are quickly disseminated throughout Europe, thus the beginning of an era as important to the evolution of science and human thought. Trendy changes were significant, verifying a marked change in an attempt to monitor the whole process of modernization. The European courts go through a process of creating an identity characteristic of each country, allowing the recognition of fashion each. The Italian fashion spreads to the rest of Europe and is divided into two major poles: Italy and Germany. Countries like France and England were influenced by German way of dressing, while Italy remained true to herself.
Around 1550-1570, everything changed and the prevailing German style gave way to the Spanish fashion, sober, elegant and mostly black. The effect of this fashion produced a stiffness reflecting the label strict and haughty Spanish court.