tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591569756903833843.post1731786164079715354..comments2023-09-19T02:16:34.168-07:00Comments on medieval research with joyce: Dressing your charactersJoyce DiPastenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16638031103659265422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591569756903833843.post-7648990827058556372007-10-20T03:34:00.000-07:002007-10-20T03:34:00.000-07:00I think I have photocopies from some of these book...I think I have photocopies from some of these books in my earlier research files. My main caveat is that some older costume books have been overtaken by modern research into textiles and clothing and the information in them is often inacurate and outdated, so it's always best to double check. I recently found out for e.g. that hose were the everyday 'trousers' and chausses more specifically referred to richer fabrics, more tightly fitting and considered court dress. A noble would arrive at court in his hose, dismount and go off to change into his chausses for the banquet :-) The detail comes from Fashion in Medieval France by Sarah-Grace Heller (text heavy I'm afraid). I can't sew for toffee either, but I get a professional seamstress to make my dresses for when I'm re-enacting with Regia Anglorum.<BR/> I find being on yahoo e-lists such as 12thC garb very useful as they have pictorial information files of contemporary, often rare examples for list members to peruse. The likes of the Mackijowski bible are brilliant too for the 13thC - and the Luttrell Psalter for the 14th.Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591569756903833843.post-35511374114750295372007-10-17T21:20:00.000-07:002007-10-17T21:20:00.000-07:00Oh Joyce! That brings back memories. I did the sam...Oh Joyce! That brings back memories. I did the same, only with pages and pages of clever notes. Hard to verify any of that when I can't find the sarding books!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I've carted this book around since high school: Historic Costume for the Stage by Lucy Barton, 1963. Though it is indeed what it says it is, she goes into much detail about historic materials and what to use instead.But it explains patterns and how to cut your material! Absoultely chock full of illustrations based on paintings and manuscripts. From Egyptian period (for Antony and Cleopatra) to 1914 AD--Jeri Westerson www.jeriwesterson.typepad.comJeri Westersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621322664609246112noreply@blogger.com