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Brienne’s writings about his journey across northern Europe reveal the practices of offering and the reasons for purchasing pieces of clothing or decorative finery. Through presents these fashion goods were always invested with a chosen meaning whether intended for major court figures of Europe or members of the envoy’s court of origin. The circulation of these objects had an identity-related and diplomatic dimension favored by the existence of dedicated economic circuits. Clothes and decorative finery whether purchased or offered were tools for negotiation and cultural affirmation insofar as they were assets for the representation of the prince and the more personal one of the envoy. A comprehensive study of these objects is revelatory of the techniques, tastes and communication strategies of European courts of the XVIIth century.