1. Fashion Styles of the Italian and Northern Renaissance
... phase and were worn with high fitted collars. Dresses were floor length, though did not contain trains. Petticoats were visible through the inverted V shape at the front of the skirt, although it was a separate garment. They were cut from rich decorative fabrics such as brocades or cut velvet ... or French farthingale. This style was distinctive to the rest of Europe and not found in Italy; instead the padded roll style replaced the hourglass shape of the Spanish farthingale. The wheel farthingale was a predominately northern European style. Dresses worn overtop of these featured enormou...
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