That wasn't me, but I did make my own robes. The modern master's robes are
based on 16th-century loose gowns with hanging sleeves, so that's what I made
(along with a cloth flat cap). My area of study is 16th-century clothing, so
it seemed appropriate, and people always compliment me on it at
Mine are lightweight wool lined with habotai silk, and they're usually quite
comfortable here in Michigan.
Melanie
On Jul 25, 2011, at 12:35 PM, Nordtorp-Madson, Michelle A. wrote:
Good plan for linen. I have a set that is bullet-proof polyester and it is
like a sweat cabinet when the
On 7/25/2011 1:02 PM, Melanie Schuessler wrote:
Mine are lightweight wool lined with habotai silk, and they're usually quite
comfortable here in Michigan.
I want to make the period set out of a lightweight wool. I don't think
that would be a problem even in south Georgia!
Susan
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Susan
My consort and I made our best interpretation of both scholar's robes and
master's robes for our elevation (SCA) back in January. Academic dress and
clerical dress start out as pretty much the same thing and then there is a
bit of a divergence--you start seeing physicians and other learned
On 7/25/2011 1:02 PM, Melanie Schuessler wrote:
Mine are lightweight wool lined with habotai silk, and they're usually quite
comfortable here in Michigan.
Melanie, what did you use for your velvet trim? I'm wondering about
cannabalizing my plastic robe for it .
Susan
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Susan Farmer
On 7/25/2011 2:59 PM, Pixel, Goddess and Queen wrote:
My consort and I made our best interpretation of both scholar's robes
and master's robes for our elevation (SCA) back in January. Academic
dress and clerical dress start out as pretty much the same thing and
then there is a bit of a
I used cotton velveteen.
Melanie
On Jul 25, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Susan Farmer wrote:
On 7/25/2011 1:02 PM, Melanie Schuessler wrote:
Mine are lightweight wool lined with habotai silk, and they're usually quite
comfortable here in Michigan.
Melanie, what did you use for your velvet trim?
On 7/25/2011 5:41 PM, Melanie Schuessler wrote:
I used cotton velveteen.
Thanks.
Susan
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Susan Farmer
sfar...@goldsword.com
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Division of Science and Math
http://www.abac.edu/sfarmer/
http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/
be easier to manage than making your own strips from
velvet or velveteen yardage.
Ann Wass
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From: Melanie Schuessler mela...@faucet.net
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Mon, Jul 25, 2011 5:41 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Academic Dress
I used cotton
On 7/25/2011 8:15 PM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
Melanie, what did you use for your velvet trim? I'm wondering about
annabalizing my plastic robe for it .
I had great ambition to make my own robe, but then didn't stay in academia.
However, I bought lots of the stuff, including black
On Jul 23, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Susan B. Farmer sfar...@goldsword.com wrote:
Second -- what I'm looking for is what was Medieval/Renaissance Dress. Our
dean keeps saying that Academic Dress (tm) is unchanged since the 14th
Century -- I want to know what 14th C Academic Dress looks like!
On 7/24/2011 10:16 AM, Heather Rose Jones wrote:
On Jul 23, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Susan B. Farmersfar...@goldsword.com wrote:
Second -- what I'm looking for is what was Medieval/Renaissance Dress. Our dean
keeps saying that Academic Dress (tm) is unchanged since the 14th Century -- I
want to
On 7/24/2011 3:03 PM, Rickard, Patty wrote:
Was'/t there someone on this list who made their own medieval academic gown (in
addition to defending their dissertation)and sent a photo journal of the
process?
Patty
It wasn't a Medieval Gown -- it was a modern gown, but yes. There is a
blog
I'm looking for information on Academic Dress -- and I turned to
Davenport -- they have the nice section on Clerical Dress.
The appendix lists several figures: 323, 594-596, 1560-1578, and 1759.
1561-1578 are Academic Gowns as is 1759. 323 and 594-596, however, are
clearly *NOT* academic
What is your specific quiry? Like uniforms, the various robes and garments are
particular to the various institutions that were required for students to
wear.? When it comes to modern day garb, these garments may be eclectic
according to the institutions requiring them for ceremonies. The
On 7/23/2011 6:16 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
What is your specific quiry? Like uniforms, the various robes and garments are
particular to the various institutions that were required for students to
wear.? When it comes to modern day garb, these garments may be eclectic
according to the
Our dean keeps saying that Academic Dress (tm) is unchanged since the
14th Century -- I want to know what 14th C Academic Dress looks like!
I've always thought that some of the robes worn by my dad's colleagues
at Commencement - especially the ones that have velvet trim and a
floppy hat
On 7/23/2011 10:30 PM, Aurora Celeste wrote:
Margaret Scott's new book Fashion in the Middle Ages has a section on
academic dress: pgs 74-7. I don't know much about modern academic wear, but
I'd say it only bears a passing resemblance. Also, my
knowledge-of-all-specialist-of-none background
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