Working Women's Flemish

[mrsbrown]

I shouldn't be looking at this stuff - I really need court appropriate garb- that I can pitch tents, watch dishes and feed a baby in, hmmm...

Anyway, doushkasmum wanted to find the Working women's netherlandish that I've talked about a few times. The bodice is made with a single rectangle of fabric.

There are four posts -

The research and pictures
The bodice
The skirt
Accessories

Comments

[teffania.livejournal.com]

Quick to put on how many kilos of bronze?

I reccon 12th C court is quicker until you do the hairstyle. Whisk off the dress, pop on a fancier one, maybe a belt and a different veil. Of course the downside is that you've sewn all that decoration on the dress, so when you spill wine on it you get very upset.

But seriously, opulent overdresses to suit the kirtles you already have does seem the way to go. Because court garb is never for putting tents up in. You might even be able to get away with cheating on fabrics more than usual too - court garb is unlikely to be worn in rain, near fires, or to do physical work in, so half the reasons for not using synthetics are out. (the other half of the reasons depend more open having the right variety of cloth, not just the right fibre content, so the affordable right fabric might just be a dream).

p.s. you are aware that Bess of Buckland is the Australian distributor for reconstructing history, aren't you? http://www.coteandcutler.com
If she has the pattern in stock you'd have it within the week.