Costume Research

I got to the costume research point on my 15th century project where I'm sketching out everyone's costumes.  I love this phase of historical costuming because it's the first point where everything seems to come together.  I love being able to take bits and pieces from sources and put them together in a way that is reminiscent and possible in history but also fits my vision and ideal for the character.  I guess that's why a lot of people get a Jones for original design, but for me it comes out of having found a bounty of right answers and then picking the best fitting one.

The sketch of my 1872 Bustle Gown

Yet More 15th Ct. Resources

The research continues, so here's more links to great 15th century pages:

http://www.larsdatter.com/foolwear.htm

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/bessdarnley/Revised%20gown%20research.pdf

http://matildalazouche.livejournal.com/3658.html

http://amaliascloset.com/clothing/middle_ages/transitional_gown/doc/appendixg.html

https://sites.google.com/site/oneamericanseamstress/where-should-i-go-next/the-moy-gown

http://www.netherton.net/robin/FittedDressPosts.pdf

http://historicalrecreations.blogspot.com/2011/04/moy-gown.html

http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/articles/irish-articles/the-moy-gown-an-irish-medieval-gown.html

http://historiclife.com/pdf/15thCenturyMensClothing.pdf

http://www.revivalclothing.com/article-the15thcentury.aspx

http://www.oldandsold.com/articles09/clothes-24.shtml

http://histclo.com/essay/war/swc/15/sw15-rose.html

http://www.et-tu.com/wotrf1/pdf/wotrf-kit-standard.pdf

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOEHOM3.HTM

http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26260&p=315720&hilit=burgundian#p315720

http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23550&p=300007&hilit=burgundian#p300007

http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21787&p=287467&hilit=burgundian#p287467

http://www.larsdatter.com/wide-belts.htm

http://www.larsdatter.com/hoods.htm

http://www.johnnesfieldsretinue.com/kit%20ladies.htm

http://www.johnnesfieldsretinue.com/Kit%20guide.htm

http://www.johnnesfieldsretinue.com/gallerynew.htm

http://rosaliegilbert.com/15thcgowns.html

http://rosaliegilbert.com/underpants.html

http://rosaliegilbert.com/breastcoverings.html

Burgundian Research

 
I spent the day doing some crazy research and starting documentation for my Costume Con 32 Historical Entry.  I'm doing a 1460-70's English group, so men and women both.  Right now, though, I'm concentrating on women.  Here's a link-spam of my research today:

http://www.bettinas-pages.de/clothing/c_gr_as_dress.php

http://cadieux.mediumaevum.com

http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/medievaldress/Page_1x.html

http://historyunstitched.com/articles/free/14th-15th-century/20-burgundian-gown-and-kirtle

http://cerridwencreations.weebly.com/burgundian-gown.html

http://www.marariley.net/celtic/SentToKass/Scotland.htm

http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SCA-Garb/conversations/topics/98682

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/moy3.html

http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/blog/clothing-of-the-ancient-celtsmyths-and-tips.html

http://www.mathildegirlgenius.com/DocsArticles.htm

http://cottesimple.com/

http://cleftlands.cwru.edu/BurgundianCostume.pdf

http://garbindex.com/burgundian/links.html

http://caerleon.freeservers.com/images.html

http://sophie-stitches.weebly.com/burgundian-gown-1450-80.html

http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/bessdarnley/Revised%20gown%20research.pdf

http://sarahpeverley.com/tag/burgundian-gown/

http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/articles/medieval-articles/v-necked-thoughts.html

http://rosaliegilbert.com/15thcgowns.html