page_title: 1400–1500 in European fashion
section_title: Men's fashion
hierarchical_section_title: 1400–1500 in European fashion / Men's fashion
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Première page de l'aveu rendu à René, roi de Jérusalem et de Sicile, duc d'Anjou, pair de France, duc de Bar, comte de Provence, de Forcalquier et de Piémont, par Jean de Sainte-Maure, seigneur de Montgauguier et de Nesle, baron de La Haie-Joullain, et par Charles, son fils, pour la baronnie de La Haie-Joullain en Anjou. Page ornée d'une miniature représentant le vassal à genoux, tête nue, rendant hommage à son suzerain, dont les traits sont ceux de René. English: The event happened on 15th february, 1469. MS date probably soon after.
context_page_description: Fashion in 15th-century Europe was characterized by a series of extremes and extravagances, from the voluminous robes called houppelandes with their sweeping floor-length sleeves to the revealing doublets and hose of Renaissance Italy. Hats, hoods, and other headdresses assumed increasing importance, and were draped, jewelled, and feathered.
  As Europe continued to grow more prosperous, the urban middle classes, skilled workers, began to wear more complex clothes that followed, at a distance, the fashions set by the elites. It is in this time period that we begin to see fashion take on a temporal aspect. People could now be dated by their clothes, and being in "out of date" clothing became a new social concern. National variations in clothing seem on the whole to have increased over the 15th century.
caption: Hats in a variety of styles are also worn by this group of French noblemen in high-collared overgowns lined with fur, c. 1470.
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