As some have already commented, there is very little info on what the Irish women wore (even far less on what the Scottish highland/island women wore). Kass' info is about the most well researched, and there are other sites out there with more info as well, along with a couple of books that pretty much hold the info that is known about Irish dress in the 16th century; Dress in Ireland, and one other whose long title escapes me right now (it is in the linked page given below).
When you get into making Irish garb for this time frame, or earlier, it really is hit or miss, mostly miss, as there is so very little info to know for certain how accurate the garb will be. Even the woodcuts I based a male friend's bard outfit on can be documented, but those woodcuts are under suspicion as to how accurate they might be, since they look so very different than anyone else' images of the Irish (an issue Kass and I went round on some years ago on this list). If you are interested in an alternate style of Irish for men, here's my take on it. http://www.kimiko1.com/dressdiaries/irishbard/index.html Note that the shorter sleeves was a request from my friend, and definitely not documented. He later regretted the shorter sleeve. As to how accurate,... well only a time traveller or future evidence might show the truth. But it was a good exploration. Kimiko --- Sharon Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > some gorgeous saffron linen here that I really want > to make into a leine, > but I'd like it to be as correct as possible. > > Cheers, > Meli ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
