I particularly like the look of a three-piece suit (getting rarer these days).
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
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Does anyone else find a man in a well-fitted suit drop-dead sexy? Rarr!
Dianne
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Does anyone else find a man in a well-fitted suit drop-dead sexy? Rarr!
Men have to be a
something along these lines:
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/viewOneZoom.asp?dep=11zoomFlag=0view
Mode=1item=11.15
Sigh..I love that gown. Absolutely love it. I want it. And there is no way I
have time to make it before Pennsic.
Dianne
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Men have to be a little on the thin side for a suit to look that
good. Suits bulk out the man with a good bathing-suit-physique, and he
looks, well, bulky.
I disagree. I have yet to find a man, of whatever physique, who doesn't
look good in a suit. This includes a good friend who's at
A friend of mine has been asked to get together some costumes for a short
promotional film to show investors and others in order to get funding to do a
whole film. He always comes to me for period consultation because he has never
studied any period clothing or costuming or design. But he's
I have to agree with Suzi. I don't wash my velvets before or after I
sew...it seems to mess with the pyle/pile. ok, it gets funky after it's
washed; however gently.
And I've found all the velvet I have washed looks infinitely better than
when I first got it. Same with many people around me
Does anyone else find a man in a well-fitted suit drop-dead sexy? Rarr!
Oh my, yes! For our wedding 17 years ago, all the men in the party wore
pearl gray tailcoats. I loved the color at the time, though it is very dated
now. As someone who loves historic costume, that doesn't bother me.
Given the (officially) low status of women in the past (though many no doubt
found ways of exerting influence), I can't imagine it ever having been the norm
for wives to choose their husbands' clothes. As for dressing up, don't forget
that before the 19th century well-to-do men often chose to
Hi, I'm feeling lazy, don't feel like getting out the tape measure, its
12:12am here in Australia - maybe one of you on the list has this info
in your head - please don't go to any lengths - otherwise I should be
the one doing the work grin - but approx. how much length of trim do
you think I
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Elizabeth Young wrote:
Robin Netherton wrote:
I know a scholar who has done two books so far on the significance of
the clothing descriptions on Chaucer's general prologue to the
Canterbury Tales, if you want a good set of examples of cues that the
medieval reader
The wise acre answer to that is, how much can you afford? For my Elizabethans I
have stopped buying trim in anything less than 10 yard batches and prefer to
buy the trim in 20 to 30 yard lengths. As the portrait doesn't show what is
happening at the hem (do I count as a true 16th century
I don't think there were Puritans, per se, in 1740. Does he mean
1640, perhaps? Or, if 1740, maybe he's referring to Presbyterian or
some other Protestant Scots-Irish immigrants?
-- Mara
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:10:49 EDT
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Subject: [h-cost] 1740s characters
I've heard people rant about not calling tunics-with-gores/godets
T-Tunics but I'm not sure why. The top is shaped like a T, even if
the skirt area spreads out. Could someone enlighten me?
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Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent
Such virtue hath my pen -Shakespeare, Sonnet 81
Hi,
I have found a nice drawing from Frank Leslie's Lady's magazine.
But the picture is quite small and since I am using it for inspiration
for my bustle dress,
I wondered if someone has a bigger picture of it.
Here is the one I found online.
Greetings,
A friend and I did a set of 1590s spanish court clothing for the King and Queen
of the Midrealm a year or so and we went through easily 100 yards of trim. You
could conservatively estimate 50 yards of trim for this dress and still not put
as much trim on as you could. I have
Lavolta Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hey, my husband still wears the crew-necked white undershirt sticking
out of the shirt neck.
That's wrong?!? I'd far rather show an undershirt than my chest...
--
Robert Uhl http://public.xdi.org/=ruhl
The question of whether a computer can think is
I thought it was more usual to wear a tank undershirt and show a very
small amount of upper chest, but I don't meddle in these things.
You should see his sandals--he's had that pair since we first met (as
college students) and he refuses to replace them. They look like
archaeological finds.
A couple years back, my nephew had a crew neck undershirt showing in
his open collar. We were about to do a family portrait, so I
suggested he adjust it. I was informed that it was an intentional
look.
Better that than boxeer shprts showing, I guess! :-)
-Carol
I thought it
Hi,
Going through my copy of _Woven into the Earth_ with a calculator this time,
since I still think in inches, not centimeters. Ostergard writes that the
ell (alen) as referred to in the Gragas manuscript was about 19.29 inches --
or roughly 1/2 modern yard. I have heard elsewhere that the
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I wonder if there is a trend that if a person is in a job that produces
something tangible, they can dress more casually? The professional dressed
ones are either managers, or sellers of the product, but don't produce anything.
What I've seen in recent years is
Marc Carlson wrote:
Let's first establish what a tunic is: according to the Oxford
Mnglish Dictionary and Middle English Dictionary, a Tunic (for the
middle ages at least) is A garment resembling a shirt or a gown, worn
by both sexes among the Greeks and Romans (OED), In Old English and
Forgive me for being dense, but I know I've seen that portrait before. I
just can't for the life of me remember who it is. Could someone ID it for
me? And does anyone have a link to a larger version of the portrait?
As for the yardage of trim required, my rule is to guestimate generously
and
Charlene Charette wrote:
My understanding is (and it may be flawed of course) is that
T-tunic has traditionally referred to the fold over cut and sew up
the side, but otherwise unconstructed sort of tunic. When you start
attaching sleeves, or sticking in gores, you are making a constructed
Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Now, i have ben on this list for long, so please forgive my ignorance
but what is the difference between velveteen and velvet?
I only know the rayon velvet and cotton velvet. Did i miss something?
Oo, oo! Pick me! I know this one!
In velvet, the pile is formed
Adele de Maisieres wrote:
pount for descriding something
I'm clearly having one of those days. But I'd like to define the word
descride as-- v.t. to describe dismissively or unkindly.
--
Adele de Maisieres
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Quot homines, tot sententiae.
Adele de Maisieres wrote:
People here practically use t-tunic as a techinical term. It means
a basic tunic with a rectangular front and back, unshaped sleeve heads,
small square gussets at the armpit and two-piece gores in the
side-seam. Great shorthand when you want to use that as a
Does anyone else find a man in a well-fitted suit drop-dead sexy? Rarr!
hums Every girl's crazy for a sharp dressed man
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It's more of an issue with me, as well, but in my case, it's more of a
bust issue than tummy, which I take care of with gores.
When I wrote that this morning, what I was picturing was not only all
the folk I know in the SCA who wear I don't give a [EMAIL PROTECTED] if it's old and
grody, you
An interesting book on this subject is Uniforms: Why We Are What We
Wear, by Paul Fussell, Mariner Books, 2002.
Your humble and obediant servant,
David S Mallinak
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