I 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 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 MoreAnnouncing: 31 pages of analysis and examples of women’s headwear between 1460 and 1530. (18MB, PDF file, click link to download) This is the handout from a class I taught at Rowany Festival in 2014. It covers eight types...
Read MoreOne of the most distinctive aspects of Netherlandish clothing are the hats. It’s probably the whole reason that I’m drawn to the style. While the ladies of England and France were wearing the ubiquitous...
Read MoreAs I was researching my outfit based on Hendrick Avercamp’s ice skating paintings, I found myself looking at the women in the background. Many of them were dressed in a regional style from North Holland. 1 I had previously...
Read MoreThe iconic and most easily identifiable item of female Netherlandish clothing is the heart shaped structured veil, or hovetcleet, seen in many paintings of the time. Most especially in the works of Gerard David and Joos van...
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