Østgarðr Style:
Clothing and Adornment
Discussion
A number of clothiers in the Greater Østgarðr area have formed an email discussion group to discuss clothing construction and organize face-to-face classes; email classes@amoeba.cugc.org.
For those interested in a particular period, there are numerous narrow-temporal-focus discussion groups, which generally discuss not only clothing but other parts of the culture too. Note: these groups are not SCA-specific, so you might want to avoid SCA names and references to "Coronation next weekend". The ones I know of so far are
- 75 Years, covering the period 1250-1325 in Europe.
- Age of the Cotehardie, covering roughly 1325-1425 in Europe.
- 15th Century Europe, which is what it sounds like.
Classes
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Several Ostgardrians run more-or-less-regular classes on various aspects
of period costuming: Mistress Katherine Gillesfleur, Mistress Elizabeth
Talbot, and Lady Jacqueline Loisel. More details here to come...
An open letter from Mistress Elizabeth about costuming classes
Articles
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Gothic Period Jewelry,
by Lady Elwisia Mouche de Voujeaucourt
Wearable Art: Embroidering Accessories, by Mistress Katherine Gillesfleur (if she gives her permission!)
Something About 14th - 15th Century Italian Clothing, by Donna Maddalena Salutati (once she gets around to sending it!)
Costuming Links We Like
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- Some Clothing of the Middle Ages
- A variety of patterns, based, for the most part, on surviving garments
- Footwear of the Middle Ages
- The Ur-Site for shoemaking
- Articles by Cynthia Virtue
- An extensive collection of good articles, particularly on headgear.
- Stefan's Florilegium
- a vast collection of articles and newsgroup discussions by people in the SCA on every conceivable subject.
For Beginners
Headgear
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- Articles by Cynthia Virtue
- An extensive collection of good articles, particularly on headgear.
- Chaperons and How to Make Them
- It's a hood! And a silly hat!
- Constructing a Truncated Hennin
- Constructing an Italian Ribbon Coif
- Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Women's Headwear; an Overview of the Literature
Early Period
High Middle Ages
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- Costume for a 12th Century Lady
- Practical Worksheet for Tunic Construction
- T-Tunics the Period Way
- Further proof that early period clothing doesn't have to be ill-fitting or ugly....
- Women's Clothing in the Thirteenth Century
- Fitting the Grand Aissiette
- If you've ever boggled at the sleeve layout in the Charles de Blois Pourpoint....
- Reconstructing Fourteenth Century Braies
- An innovative approach
- A Method for Lining Multiple-Gore Kirtles
- The endlessly creative Edward Newman strikes again....
- The Shoulderless Cotehardie
- The only representation of this style of kirtle is a manuscript illustration of Jezebel being eaten by dogs, but if you're feeling reckless....
- The Houppelande, 1355 - 1450
- Full-Circle Houppelande
Renaissance
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- Timothy & Gabrielle's Second Coronation
- was a 16th-century Spanish extravaganza, with clothing provided by members of The Gilded Pearl, a group of SCA-folk interested in the years 1450-1650. In particular, watch for the names Andrea Caitlin MacIntyre, Jacqueline Helene Loisel, Isabella of York, Suzanne Neuber de Londres, and Gabrielle d'Outre Mer, all of whom live or have lived in Østgarðr.
- Constructing a Late Fifteenth Century Italian Chemise
- Early Italian Renaissance dress Construction
- Scottish Clothing
- The Leine
- Another take on the Irishwoman's shift
- The Shinrone Gown
- Sixteenth century Irish
- The Moy Bog Dress
- Irish, some time beetween 14th and 17th century
- Elizabethan Corsetry Page
- How to build an Elizabethan wardrobe from the skin out....
- The Poulet Gauche Poster Girl
- Hand Knit Hose
- Sewing Tips and Techniques for 17th Century Costume
- Late 16th and early 17th century Clothing of the Middle and Lower Classes
- an article by Dame Catriona Mairghread nic Dhuibh of Moray
D. Peters / Magistra Rufina Cambrensis / seahorse at ostgardr dot org
Stephen Bloch / Master John Elys / webmaster@ostgardr.org