Renaissance

--The Renaissance--

During the Renaissance, fashion came from both Italian and Germanic designers had their influence over the Eupropean clothing. Each brought something new from each side of there exciting worlds, creating the Renaissance fashion. The Renaissance popular fashion styles ranged from wide, to barrel -shaped and ssquare fashions. The Clothing now was a status symbol, just like now. Fashion for the weathly often meant spending a majority of their money on clothing and it was not uncommon for them to literally be 'wearing their wealth'.

The last changes in the Renaissance fashion were done towards the beginning of the 17th Century. The high hose worn by the northern nations, profusely trimmed, was transformed into the culotte, which was full and open at the knees. A division was thus suddenly made between the lower and the upper part of the hose, as if the garment which covered the lower limbs had been cut in two, and garters were then necessarily invented. The felt hat became over almost the whole of Europe a cap, taking the exact form of the head, and having a wide, flat brim turned up on one side. High heels were added to boots and shoes, which up to that time had been flat and with single soles.

Zapotec Fashion

--Zapotec--

-The Zapotec men wear white clothing to keep cool working in their corn fields. The women wear colorful blouses and long skirts.Children wear smaller clothes of the same kind as their parents.When the weather turns cold, the men wear a brightly colored poncho or blanket over their shoulders. Some of the Zapotecs are famous for the things they made, Some make beautiful rugs and other wool weavings. Others make lovely baskets, gold jewelry and colorful embroidery.

[This is an example of a fiesta huipil from Juchitan in the Istmo of Tehuantepec of Oaxaca Mexico. The embroidery is a combination of hand work - the flowers - and machine embroidery - the red and yellow designs.]

Aztec,Inca,Maya

--Aztec Fashion--
-Women wore their hair long, but on important occasions they braided it with colorful ribbons and wound it around their heads.Pictures of women in Aztec books show the endsnof their braids sticking up like little horns on the tops of their heads..

--Inca Clothing--
-The Clothing in the Inca society was very important,Just by looking at the clothing shows the status of that person in the society can be readily perceived.The general trends were naturally more and warmer clothing was worn in the highlands than on the coast.

--Maya--
-The traditional garments were woven;maya clothing is different in every region, and even varies from village to village.The had there own way of doing things.The designs and colors told a story about there native village.The Huipil is a garment worn as a blouse by Mayan women since the anicent times.
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Through the Mayans,Aztecs, and Incas were separated in time and in geograpghy, their clothing closely resembled each other.The fabric used for clothing held great importance among the Mayans,Aztecs,and Incas. In each culture the cloth were alittle different, but in a way all three cultures come together in one way.