Dress in 17th Century Portraiture Sophie Ploeg Our black silk early 17th century Dutch costumes. My dress is sleeveless, so I can combine it with different colors and styles of sleeves . Martijn van Huffelen preHistorisch Dorp . British School, 17th Century Portrait of Lady Harbord, full length, in a black dress with lace collar and cuffs and holding a pocket watch, in an interior MutualArt Beginning in the 17th century, colonisation reshaped South African dress through the imposition of Eurocentric ideals and materials. Western fashion became dominant, with the educated and working class adopting Edwardian coats, hats,