I’ve switched my focus a little from women’s clothing to men’s, partially thanks to the variety of illuminations that I now have access to, and partially as I need to clothe my other half in better gear than...
Read MoreI read widely, and over time I amass a variety of articles relating to the history and clothing of the Low Countries. Here’s some that you may find interesting: A biography of Mary, Duchess of Burgundy. Daughter of Charles...
Read MoreBack in 2007 I decided to make a gown that would have been worn by a well-to-do woman in the Low Countries, a prosperous merchant’s wife or woman of the gentry. I perused the images of women depicted in triptychs of the...
Read MoreFrom Ludovico Guicciardini, The Low Countries Seen by an Italian, published 1567: “The woolens of the country are somewhat coarse, inferior in quality to those of Spain and even more to those of England. One reason for...
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