... Fustian is a class of weaves and fabrics, and exactly what belongs to the group varies according to the period. Woven fabric can also be finished in...
... me that ... more like ... Indian. This has been answered before, so I'll be brief. Suede is a modern term. It is now used to describe any leather that is...
A friend has some black & white woven houndstooth silk fabric, that she is offering to me. The check is about 1cm (3/8"?). My question is for what types of...
... More info please? What is the texture of the fabric.. is it fine, coarse, matte, shiny, etc etc. Houndstooth is usually a relatively coarse suiting fabric...
Greetings all! My persona is a 16th c. priest and I am having a hard time coming up with patterns for certain pieces of clerical garb. I've found good ...
You mean this sort of hood? http://medieval.mrugala.net/Vetements/Images/Chaperon.jpg I love the one I just finished. I used Period Patterns no. 23 (Men's ...
... Congrats to your son, Fiondel. I hope to be taking that journey later this summer. As a new fighter (and a girl who loves to sew), I too want to look...
Check out the Cynthia Virtue Page. http://www.virtue.to/articles/hoodlum.html The site really helped me out with the proportions. I will recommend that you...
Chiara, when I am done with the ones I'm working on right now I will send you some photos. I am doing a pair for a friend who is getting his third Peerage, a...
Here's my newest one - http://www.flickr.com/photos/8906250@N02/2314682818/ -- Pan Zygmunt Nadratowski, Editor, Artes Draconis "Most people live their lives as...
Good day and please forgive me for my impatience. after asking the smocking Q., I went to the archives and found many references and links, this really is a...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/uu-vdn022508.php "Vikings did not dress the way we thought Vivid colors, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering...
It is interesting, but Larsson's opinions seem to be WAY out there. Her findings are getting royally slammed. You can Google to read more, it's caused quite...
I dunno about wearing those big honkin` pins THERE...looks kinda uncomfortable! But since WHEN was fashion mindful of comfort? lol -barb- Christine Taylor...
If so, I have a question on one of the rubric requirements... When it states that "entrant combined SCA specifics into decoration"...what exactly does that...
Probably something like a Laurel wreath, Chatelaine badge, or your personal device, or the badge of your kingdom, or something of the kind, that can't be found...
... The reconstructions suggested by this archaeologist puts the expensive decorations in the small of the back only. That doesn't make sense from any fashion...
Having been an Ice Dragon judge (and usually drinking with them), that just means to justify anything you've done that deviates from what we know was done for...
Thanks! I sure didn`t want to omit anything that could count in my favor! Or not...lol Unfortunately, our Barony has a prior conflict on the day of Ice...
"Her findings are getting royally slammed. You can Google to read more, it's caused quite the stir. Caitlin" Hey, I'd just like to see her actual research....
There are already regional differences in Norse clothing judging from the archeological finds. You don't need to adopt her out-in-left-field interpretation in...
... Oh... How soon we forget. I've got several bias cut dresses from the 1930's that were worn by an elderly friend in her youth, all perfectly plain in the...
Hello all, I am fairly new to the SCA. My persona is in Scotland around the last half of the 16th century. I am however having a hard time finding any...
Does any one have any suggestions about where to look for information. Would the garb be similar to what the English were wearing? I am drawing a blank please...
... behind ... and ... I've seen a book on Scandinavian folk costume (unfortunately it's in Swedish or Norwegian) that illustrates various traditional...
... In your period, there is a distinct cultural division between the predominantly Gaelic-speaking Scottish Highlanders and the predominantly Scots-speaking...
Greetings all, Perhaps a newbie question, but a question none the less. I have a persona, that of a english forester, basicaly I care for and maintain the...
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