You do have these http://realmofvenus.renaissancewoman.net/wardrobe/ApotheosisDetail.jpg http://realmofvenus.renaissancewoman.net/wardrobe/Montemezzano2.jpg note she is a bit hunched over. http://realmofvenus.renaissancewoman.net/wardrobe/BassanoConcert1.jpg http://realmofvenus.renaissancewoman.net/wardrobe/MadonnadelleRose.jpg among the working class http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/research/wkclass/wk8.html http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/research/wkclass/wk9.html The thing is that these are all "Italian". There are a rare few Landsknecht. I have a hard time finding the sort of squeezed melons on a platter in other countries until the early to mid 1600s. I think that the reason that women from the RenFaires like to wear the MoaP is because 1. they are told the myth that that is how it was worn and 2. It makes them feel a bit sexy. A note on a previous post about modern women having bigger breast and heavier weight then they did back when. I don't think that the person who wrote the article you read had a look at late 1500s "Italian" paintings. IMO
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