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Showing posts with label historic costume. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historic costume. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Valentino's Renaissance Collection

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As I am trying to develop more historically accurate garb for SCA events, I came across Valentino's fall collection inspired by the Re...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Regency Femme and Her Baby Carrier

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I am researching Regency riding habits so that I can make my own. The Regency era was one of the few historical periods that featured empi...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Icelandic Costume 1880 to 1920

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Here's the last major category of Icelandic costume for women--the skautbúningur and the kyrtill which were worn late 1800s and earl...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Norse Women Attire 1000 to 1100 AD

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This is my best attempt to create garb for what a Norse woman would wear around 1000 to 1100 AD. I am wearing an apron dress. I took o...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

Historic Icelandic Church Attire 1840

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Here's what Icelandic men and women wore while riding to church around 1840. The women, in riding chairs, wear faldbúningur, a style w...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Icelandic Farmer Attire 1911

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Here is what a working Icelandic farmer wore about 1911. The farmer is bringing in hay from the fields. The photograph, called the Hay Tr...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

Icelandic Riding Habit circa 1908

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Got into another discussion about traditional Icelandic riding attire. Here is a watercolor of what the well dressed Icelandic woman would...
Friday, May 25, 2018

Regency Riding Habits

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Here are examples of Regency riding habits. I especially like the plate that features the-tie-the-rider-to-the-saddle tack.  When look...
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Monday, April 23, 2018

Finesse of Wool Designations

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Lana, laine, wolle, and ull are important words to know. Why, because these all mean wool in Italian/Spanish, French, German, and Icelan...
Saturday, April 21, 2018

Regency Spencer Jacket

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Ha! I finished my first Regency piece of garb--a Spencer jacket based on McCalls pattern 7493. What is nice about this pattern is that i...
Thursday, March 8, 2018

Princesses, plackets, paper, and pleats

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Princesses, plackets, paper, and pleats. Oh shirr, let's not forget the godets. While reviewing example s this type of collar so I can ...