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This gown was constructed of red wool flannel and lined with blue silk.  It is in the Italian/Southern European style late 15th century.  I generally wear the gown with a square front, supportive kirtle (see images and description below) and a stuffed roll headdress created from a linen roll, wrapped in burgundy silk and banded with velveteen and ( Read more... )

Peppered throughout the Luttrell Psalter are very pretty and practical aprons.  They have a honeycomb smocked appearance and since smocking was a technique known and used in that time period, it is a reasonable assumption that this is indeed the manner in which these aprons were created.


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The pattern for this item is based on the Herjolfsnes gown # 39:

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The gown is made from warm brown coloured wool in a heavy hand. The trim is also heavy weight wool. The gown closes in front with lacing rings, as were quite commonly used in the 15th century. The rings are hidden from view on the underside of the gown.


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This dress is of the style observed in the first quarter of the 14th century in northern Europe.  It is constructed of unlined, fine, tabby-woven wool.  In the photos below I am wearing the gown with a fine linen wimple and veil and a smocked linen apron.  The dress is fitted through the shoulders only, and hangs in long elegant folds. It has a ( Read more... )

This costume is a short-sleeve kirtle, circa late-15th Century.  It is constructed from unlined medium weight olive wool and features a wide front opening with rust-coloured wool placket.  The spiral lacing across the placket is definitely the attention-grabbing feature of this simple dress.  I am wearing the kirtle with a fine linen smock, a ( Read more... )

The tabard is constructed of burgundy fine wool twill lined with brown velveteen.  It has hanging sleeve, open at the top, and the sides are completely split up to the underarm. It is bordered in blue heavy, fulled wool, and beaded with pearls and coloured beads.  At the bottom of the tabard, in the front and back there is a deep border of heavy ( Read more... )