I have also made this gown & kirtle. After reading the article in Costume on the ladies wardrobes as listed in the Petre Inventories and pouring over Maria Heywood's Dress at the Court of Henry VIII, it was pretty clear that I should be in a brown wool gown, with black velvet guards. The kirtle is a heavy scarlet taffeta, tho I chose the front lacing variant. The reading is strongly recommended & will answer many of your current & future questions about this regional style. --cin
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:49 AM, <jaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am going to make the outfit on page 79, which is described as "Fitted > English gown with plain sleeves,". Which is worn over the "back-lacing > kirtle" show as the top picture on page 67. Now, looking at the earlier > pictures in the book, the picture on page 79 most resembles fig. A10 on page > 12, which is entitled "Gentlewoman, 1568", but it also resembles the picture > of Jane the Fool on page 39, fig 6(1545). > > So, my question is about fabric choices. The outfit is going to be for a > friend, and she is the baroness of our local SCA group. She normally wears > early period( very early, t-tunics and such) and we think this might be the > outfit that is least restrictive, but also will look nice and is "late > period" for us. So my goal is to create a somewhat noble, but not royal > appearance. Unfortunately, unlike in the book "The Queen's Servants", in > the Tudor Tailor book, they don't go into as much detail on who would be > wearing specific outfits, I need to make some choices on my own. In the > reproduction of the Jane the Fool gown, they use woolen damask, which would > be perfect, but I don't know how readily I can find woolen damask at a price > I can afford( I will be shopping in the new York fashion district, and one > sometimes can find exactly what one wants, but sometimes not) would a silk > taffeta be acceptable for the outer gown( I assume I will have to interline > it as well as! l! > ine it to get it to hang right as most of the taffetas I have seen seem a > little light, but I can do that). For the kirtle/petttiecote, wool seems > like it would be the most common, but do you think if I go with a taffeta if > I go with a woollen damask gown? Or does anyone else have suggestions for > fabric choices that are available online, or what I should be looking for > when I go shopping. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
