When you look at the Lanskneckt research out there, much of it looks like a uniform. That leg short with an optional legging, that one to the knee and a long sock tied at the knee. One of the soldiers was an artist, sketching his comrades, and recorded the consistency of the clothing. The higher rank you achieved, the better and more fancy the uniform. I don't always recommend Osprey, but the reproductions of the drawings in the Lanskneckt sp? Book are really cool.
Genie > On Jul 22, 2014, at 2:53 PM, Julie <[email protected]> wrote: > > I saw this on another list and I thought I'd check with the wise folks on > this list. I've never heard this before. Truth or myth? > > " I took a history of fashion class in college (design major) and the > decorative cutting of clothes goes back to the 16th century if not earlier. > It started with the german warriors who would take the fine silk clothing > of the people they bested in battle but the clothing was too small (these > were evidently big guys) so they cut the pants up in decorative slashes so > that they could still wear them. (look up "landschkinects") This was of > course before the invention of the washing machine so the fabric didn't > disintegrate like it would now with modern washing practices. And the > fashion spread throughout Europe. The frayed edges of the cuts were > definitely part of the design element of it to the extent that there were > some fabrics woven to look like they had been decoratively cut...the frayed > edge duplicated with an overlaid weft that was severed after weaving (like > velvet, only in spots) and there were special chisels made for the tailors > to do the cutting with." > > Thanks for your wisdom > Julie > > > >> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Send h-costume mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of h-costume digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. LonCon Membership for sale ([email protected]) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:06:49 -0400 (EDT) >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [h-cost] LonCon Membership for sale >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Hello, >> I am selling my membership to LonCon, the world SF con in London. I am >> asking $100, which is what it cost me at ChiCon. >> Henry Osier >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> >> >> End of h-costume Digest, Vol 13, Issue 62 >> ***************************************** >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
