Comments | ladyaneira: Garb! Garb!

ladyaneira

Garb! Garb!

Sep 16, 2011 13:44

I am finally making myself some new garb, and I must say I'm quite proud of myself. I made fabric-covered buttons for the first time, I'm flat-felling the seams, and by golly it looks nice. It's an earlier style than I ususally wear (think Manesse Codex) with button sleeves from elbow to wrist.

I'm curious about outerwear, however. In this image ( Read more... )

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greta_k September 16 2011, 23:57:07 UTC

Yeah you!

I frequently wear this type of outfit. In that particular image, the lady is probably wear at least 4 layers. 1. a shift of some sort 2. the gown which you have already made 3. a sleevelss over gown (I think of it as sort of like a sleeveless jumper), and then a cloak draped over the shoulders.

My former peer has a very nice (and very, very expensive and imported) fascimile of the Manesse Codex, and I spent some time pouring over the images in her book. I'm pretty certain of the layer numbers. While the cloak and the over dress are the same color and look as if they are one garment, I am 99.9% certain that they are, in fact, not.

lady_guenievre September 17 2011, 03:40:56 UTC

I've seen the garment you're referring to reconstructed under the name "gardecorps", in lots of places. One is here - http://web.comhem.se/~u31138198/gardecorps.html - but there are lots more.

Not my period, so not entirely sure of accuracy here, but...

ladyaneira September 17 2011, 13:57:49 UTC

Thanks--that's very helpful!

vikingsparrow September 18 2011, 15:07:26 UTC

This is the class that I'm teaching at University. I've looked at all the women's garb in this document extensively. greta_k is correct. The cape and the sleeveless dress are not attached. It seems to be period fashion to make different garments out of the same fabric and wear them together. There are lots of images of this in the Codex. Today I'm actually making the sleeveless surcoat test garment for my class, though I'm not implementing the gold collar. I'm not sure what to say about the gold collar. There are a lot of them in the codex but that's the *only* place I've seen such a fashion, which leads me to believe that it's an affected construct for that document alone. There is a woman who made one exactly as it shows in the codex, with slightly gathered fabric hanging from a cloth of gold collar. So, it can be done. But it looks a little cartoonish. (Alas, I've lost the link.) I've also read a rumor that textile historians think all the gold collars that are seen in the codex are really scribal shorthand for "magnificent ( ... )