The Borgias (Italian Renaissance) guide to: Fashion, Dress, Shoes, Hair, Food, Weapons

Inside, you’ll enter The Borgias world of fashion, dresses, shoes, hair, extravagant food and even hidden weapons.

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The Borgias season 3 has already begun on Showtime this spring. There’s too much beauty here to not share. Many of the pictures here are newly released by Showtime, in a segment called “Creating the Borgias.” The show airs Sunday night at 10 pm, so make sure to check it out.

Borgias dress – These richly colored dresses highlighted the bosom and their jewels.

Italian Renaissance money – Gold and silver coins were used, carried in small pouches of silk or leather.

Borgias Fashion – Lucrezia Borgias wore expensive dresses, of course.

Italian Renaissance weapons – A dagger could be hidden in a crucifix.

Italian Renaissance Shoes – They were slippers made of silk, with open backs and pointed toes with a slight roundness at the tip.

Borgias jewelry – Jewelry was a big deal during the Italian Renaissance, as it was a way to show how wealthy your family was. Many gemstones were used with gold.

Lucrezia’s hair – Women during this time period wore hairnets aka “snoods” that often had gemstones sewn into them.

Italian Renaissance food was often very showy, with decorative elements added to the display.

Swords that the Borgias used had filigree detail.

Italian Renaissance weapons included trident blades.

Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia in The Borgias (Season 2, Episode 7) – Photo: Jonathan Hession/SHOWTIME

Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgias

Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia in The Borgias _ Photo: Mark Seliger/SHOWTIME

Joanne Whalley as Vanozza dei Cattanei and Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia in The Borgias (Season 2, Episode 7) – Photo: Jonathan Hession/SHOWTIME