If you’re a fan of fashion, then you might have as well been informed that much of today’s fashion was inspired from the clothes from long ago. Our modern fashion sense has been greatly affected by the renaissance dresses in which some people who are not happy with it does not understand its importance.

Dressing well started even from  the people in the 16th century. The existence of the old paintings and portraits of both men and women, young and old, rich and poor from the past that depicts their life clearly paints the truth that they where dressed in clothes that looked becoming on to  them. Not all people enjoyed the status of being rich thus not all of them had the ability to acquire costly outfits. And yet, they maintained a distinct fashion sense and no matter how poor or rich they were then, they were still able to dress nicely. Dressing up has always involved one factor which is social status.

During the renaissance time, society and social position is very important in what wardrobes to wear for men and women. As a result, particular textile and colours where made widely available to the rich as they were restricted to the poor.

Nonetheless, how does this appear in the present scene?

Look around and if you’ll notice, aren’t all our clothes, intentionally or unintentionally, a reflection of our own social status, much more of our wealth? Today’s businessmen wear tux and socialities wear cocktail dress while ordinary men and women are at ease with shirts and pants as their garments, exactly how will  you explicate this?

The rich purposely wear their diamond studded earrings and gold plated necklaces for everyone to see, have you try to notice that? Well for me, that’s not a coincidence.

The people who are or were more rich than the others is given more significance and today’s fashion is a replica of what we had in the past. Yes, it might be, because ‘it is more pleasant to look at’ then would this realization be conceivable that most likely all of these are all because of tradition?

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Miriam Doolittle writes articles related to renaissance costume and medieval clothing. You can find more information about medieval clothing at our web site.