Researching & Re-creating Flemish and Netherlandish clothing from 1480-1620
Last year I got interested in a the regional costumes of Noord Holland, affectionately known as the “Cheese Girls”. I recreated that outfit and wrote about it here. Because I was under some time constraints, I...
Read MoreIt’s not very often that English language movies are made about our favorite time and place, but this year’s Tulip Fever is a rare exception. (It’s set in 1636, so close enough.) Based on Deborah...
Read MoreI woke up this morning to a question in the Medieval Low-Countries Reenactment group on Facebook: “I’m looking for references for Netherlandish clothing, and keep running into walls and dead ends. Anyone familiar...
Read MoreJust doing a quick site redesign, to make it cleaner, punchier and easier to navigate. If you see stuff changing, don’t fret, it’s us, not you.
Read MoreTwo costumers, 7 questions… 1. Favourite outfit of the year: Margaret My favorite outfit this year is definitely the one I made for Twelfth Night, 2016. It’s my most ambitious project to date. The Hendrick Avercamp...
Read MoreThis is not the post you were looking for promised, but last night my husband REALLY wanted to see Rogue One, and I REALLY wanted to support his initiative to do something fun. So that ate up the time I was planning to spend on...
Read MoreOn the 4th day of new content the Clothing the Low Countries Ladies brought to you:Â Margaret’s class notes on Dutch women’s clothing through the 16th century. (25MB PDF file) Margaret ran this class a month ago...
Read MoreOnce upon a time, in a post a fair way away I promised some measurements for the formal black Franco-flemish hood* that I constructed. This one to be precise: And lo, here they are: These measurements are for the following three...
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