Hi there, No it isn't only men's clothing. It also includes women's garments and other types of barding; of course the horse barding came before women's clothing in the book. Wonder if that is a comment of the times on how we as ladies rated. (he he).
Etiennette -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Sharon Collier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is it only men's clothes? > Sharon > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Wanda Pease > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:31 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] looking for scan of Alcega Scholar robe > > Blink, Blink! Hmmm. I see I wasn't as plain about this book as I should > have been if you aren't already familiar. This book was written by a > tailor, Juan Alcega, who worked in the 1580's in Spain. He produced the > Manual to help young tailor's with their art. > > If you are thinking full sized patterns of the present Butterick type (I > think he invented the present type of patterns we buy) this isn't for you. > These are the pattern pieces laid out on various period widths of fabric > with the fairly confusing directions (nowhere near as bad as present > instructions, which I can't follow to save my life :-). Definitely good to > have help understanding. > > Juan Alcega was a real tailor who lived and worked in Spain. The pattern's > I have blown up to size for my costuming have worked perfectly, once I > understood how they were put together. The ones in the actual book and it's > translation/re-drawing by Mrs. Ruth Bean are to scale. This means I can > decide that a "barra" is 36" (give or take a bit it was) and the Scholar > Robe fits a man 5'10" perfectly. It also looks exactly like the paintings. > > A quick way of seeing what I'm talking about is to look at the Janet Arnold: > the Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women: 1560-1620. In the > first few pages you will see one of these patterns and the illustration of a > man wearing that robe. The entire book is patterns of that type. Certainly > you can make one of the Spanish middle class outer garments from these. > They aren't court garments, nor are they "underwear" other than a > farthingale and possibly a chemise (I have to look at my tattered copy of a > the original I made so I could put markings on the patterns). No ruffs, no > corsets. A tailor wouldn't be making these. > > Regina Romsey > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Sharon Collier > > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:53 AM > > To: 'Historical Costume' > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] looking for scan of Alcega Scholar robe > > > > > > Is this 16th century? If so, I'd love to have one. > > Sharon Collier > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
