I went early on that, thinking of those gowns in the Manesse Codex, which I think are early 14th? late 13th? I seem to have tagged them in my own mind as sort of proto-GFD's because of the sleeves, but of course, the gowns themselves not very close-fitting.... --Sue, pulling out the old "blame it on a lack of caffeine" excuse ;o)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Netherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 8:40 PM Subject: [h-cost] GFD, was: need help with dress... > Sue saved me a lot of work by answering your earlier question! Only one > slight fix to her excellent summary: > > > Gothic Fitted Gown (or, alternately, "GFD," for Gothic Fitted > > Dress)....that ubiquitous dress found, uhm, roughly from late 13th > > century through the 15th on many European women (that's a REALLY rough > > time frame). > > More like mid-14th to mid-15th centuries, I'd say. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
