does anyone know if the dates for this dress is right or if it has been seen before or after this? Dates are: mid-1490's through 1560 dress is located...
Salve Ailis! I think a simple gamurra will fulfill most of your requirements - easy to make, comfy and easy to wear, easily adjustable for weight loss...
Hi, With summer camping event season upon us, it occurs that I need to increase my wardrobe quickly. Currently, I have a court gown, and a field gown, both...
Hello one and all, It looks like there's a flurry of sewing and such going on. I think you busy bees need to post your pictures so that those of us who are not...
Okay, my Mum will have my new Florentines done for Crown this weekend, so I'll hopefully get pictures and post it. I was always reticent to post pics because I...
Hi all... This is not spam. I have deleted my photos from the photo section of the group. I have placed a link to my personal web page in the links folder....
HI all I have requested fabric samples from a wonderful fabric place in An Tir called Pastiche. They have been busy for months in Europe buying all sorts of...
I added a photo of the dress I just finished to my album. I am very happy with this one. It fits really well, and I feel like I got it the way that I wanted....
... A reminder that this was still during the period of the undergown/overgown combination... The brocade is the undergown and the loose, v-necklined gown is...
I'd like to make a new lightweight court dress for Pennsic, and have decided to model it on Venetian portraits from 1495. Specifically, I'm looking at the...
... Congratulations! I just saw your photos of the reworked green gown... the weight you'd lost between series of photos really shows and looks great... so I...
Inspired by Oonagh, I've created a collage of my new dress and the painting that inspired it. It's in my folder in the Photos section. The painting was found...
Forgive my lateness in responding, but thank you all for your comments regarding beading sleeves. It reinforces what I had already begun to discover. I find...
Hi Vangelista, They look to me like they are illuminations from a manuscript, rather than something like a fresco. But unfortunately, I can't ID them right off...
I found some mystery pictures in my directory today while doing some webpage updates. No idea where they're from. I'd love to know -- they look pretty cool!...
21 May 2003 Hello, could someone let us know if green jade was ever used in ancient Italian jewellery. While we need general information we are particularly...
... I found a closeup of this picture in Jacqueline Herald. The phoenix is definitely beads or pearls. (Can't tell which - b/w photocopy). As has been...
Does anyone know if Italians in late 15th - early 16th centuries wore dresses with the bodice and skirt different colors? I have never seen it in any...
... killjoy... ... This is a three for one answer... http://www.abcgallery.com/I/italy/crivelli3.html The attached picture is of St. Catherine, St. Peter and...
Hello all. I've been a lurker till now, as I have been prepping to do an Italian for an A&S Faire. Let me just say this list is a fabulous resource and forum...
... I'll have to check my copy on that - I think you may be right but I'm not positive. ... I think you're thinking of one of the paintings of Mary Magdalene...
What do many of you wear during Summer or camping events? Most of the pictures I have seen have been in velvet (or velour which ever is the proper term). I...
Salve Anabela, You might try looking at Domenico Ghirlandaio's frescoes from the Tornabuoni chapel in Santa Maria Novella, Florence. There are TONS of...
I have been noticing that there are a number of examples of period smocking on costume. Is there sufficient interest to hold a special class on learning how...
Hi Teagan!! Glad to see you among us. Italians wear their wealth on their sleeves? Who? Not Venetians, unfortunately. I'm with you - i've yet to see an...
...I finally talked my husband into court garb!!! Here is the problem. What's next? I have done extensive research on Women's garments, however, I have no...
