Why did 16th-century clothing look like this? Renaissance Fashion History

Why did men and women's silhouette's begin to change in size and shape in the sixteenth century? What led to the famous Elizabethan silhouette? In this video I explain why sixteenth century fashions looked the way they did and why iconic garments of the sixteenth century - ruffs, doublets, farthingales, codpieces and wired sleeves - came about. Fore more on the materials used to make sixteenth century fashion see: https://doi.org/10.4000/apparences.3653 Video Image Credits: Elizabeth I Procession Portrait, c. 1600: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_I,_Procession_Portrait..jpg Ball at the Valois Court, c. 1580: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ball_at_the_Valois_court,_c._1580.jpg Portrait of Charles V with a dog, 1533: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Charles_V_with_a_Dog Dominions of the House of Habsburg: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dominions_House_Habsburg_abdication_Charles_V.jpg Pedro García de Benabarre St John Retable, c. 1470s: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedro_Garc%C3%ADa_de_Benabarre_St_John_Retable_Detail.jpg Phillip II of Spain by Titian, c. 1550: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_II_portrait_by_Titian.jpg Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1530s: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435802 Portrait of a man, c. 1560: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436749 Portrait of a woman: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437600 Los 13 de la Isla del Gallo: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Los_13_de_la_Isla_del_Gallo.jpg Phillip II in armour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_II.jpg Boy with a Greyhound, c. 1570s: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437890 Portrait of an Italian man: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437165 Elizabeth of Valois, c. 1560s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Elisabeth_of_Valois The Armada Portrait: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armada_Portrait The Book of the Courtier: https://www.google.com.au/bo