Nicole Kipar's late 17th century costume history

Jan Vermeer
Dress Colours
1632-1675

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Please Note: these are Dutch paintings showing the fashion of the rich Dutch merchant class in the 1650s and 1660s. These fashions would correspond with the English and French, the latter to a lesser extent, since Holland was the main power in this period due to England's Cromwellian reign and France's internal troubles. From the late 1660s onwards though, around 1667, the fashions in England particularly evolve and change.

Dark Red, 1657 From: Sleeping Girl	Dark Yellow, 1658 From: The Soldier and the Laughing Girl	Orange Red, 1659/60 From: The Girl with the Wine Glass (The Lady with Two Gentlemen)
Salmon Pinks and Purplish Reds, 1658-60 From: Gentleman and Lady Drinking Wine	Yellow and Ivory, 1665/66 From: The Concert	Pale Yellow, Bright red and Black, 1662-65 From: The Music Lesson (Gentleman and Lady at the Virginale)
Pale Yellow and Blue, 1673-75 From: Standing Virginale Player	Golden Yellow and Blue, 1673-75 From: Sitting Virginale Player	Bright Yellow and Golden Yellow, 1669/70 From: The Love Letter