Sca garb

Pink Wool Kirtle | Faerie Queen Costuming

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Medieval garb. Eastern Europe Slavic/Russian 12th century, loosely interpreted. #SCA #reenactment

My friend is working on a kirtle class for Pennsic. I am made some pictures for her to use, trying to demonstrate the possible uses for a kirtle pattern once you've made one. We aren't pushing it as a period correct method of pattering, only as a possibility. Also trying to keep it as simple as possible: it drove me crazy wanting to include notes on proper accessories like aprons, hats, coifs, purses, belts, sleeves, under dress, shifts, etc. My website for more costume goodness…

Medieval gown

*** Welcome to the second of my "Mix & Match" posts for my Blue Kirtle. The insanity continues! As I mentioned in my last post, I'd taken some additional photos of my new kirtle but these quickly devolved into playing ahistorical, Medieval dress-up...so I thought they'd be better off in their own post. It started innocently enough with this image: The woman is wearing a blue gown, lined in black on top of a light blue petticoat or kirtle. The foundation layer is a very good (if not exact)…