When very short doublets were in fashion, codpieces were added to cover the front opening. During the Renaissance, some men in Europe began to wear codpieces, which accentuated their genitals. The production featured a range of erotic imagery, including studded bras and spiked codpieces. Such excessive codpieces became an object of derision showered on outlandish fashions. As was customary in the Renaissance period, the brides wore black and men wore codpieces. Codpieces were sometimes used as a pocket for holding small items.