Welcome to the 1500’s! The Renaissance is in full swing. Art and culture, science and literature, technology, trade and religion are all flourishing, growing and changing. It’s a hustle and bustle new world, with a whole New World to conquer and explore! Kings and Queens are extravagant, opulent and downright jewel-encrusted. Everybody’s got an army, and they’re not afraid to use it! Down with the Protestants, um, urr… I mean Catholics, no, no… I mean heretics… wait, who are we persecuting this week?
This era is the blossoming of our modern Western history. King Henry VIII & Queen Elizabeth in England, the Medici’s in Rome, the Don’s in Venice, Durer, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Da Vinci all working at essentially the same time.
Fashion is evolving quickly in this century, there are at least two major changes in style. Can you imagine dressing differently from your great-grandparents? Kid’s these days!