At 14:56 23/02/2006, you wrote:
*koff* Speaking as a long-term, albeit fairly relaxed, SCA member, that sort of outfit also occurs in the 16th. (dang, but this is hard to type with a pyrring cat in one's arms!) At any rate, there are less-poofy doublets and such in Janet Arnold. The one dealing with clothing from 1560-1620. Something more merchant/middle class might be more appealing than something upper-class, also. I must admit, though, that my first thought was also something more eastern-European (Hungarian, Polish, etc.). Or maybe something Middle Eastern? Or even Mongolian? Or Norse? All those cultures, within the SCA time period, used pants.... --Sue from Montana
Try to find "Vecellio's Renaissance Costume Book" - Dover. It has 16th century drawings of Polish, Russian, Huyngarian, Turkish etc. etc. A lot looks like the sort of thing being suggested, but he could have a wide range of pictures to choose from.
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