This 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 MoreAs promised back in February, here’s the 20 page research paper on the history, varieties and potential construction of the Hovetcleet (know in modern Dutch as a sluierkap). It includes a visual survey of the change in...
Read MoreHSF Challenge #7: Tops and Toes The huik (also spelt heuk, heuke, hoik or hoyke) is a cloak-like garment with a distinctive “duck-bill” which appears in the artistic and written records of the Netherlands from around 1520,...
Read MoreIn preparation for a class on women’s headwear in France and the Low Countries that I am teaching at Rowany Festival I have started a count of the frequency of each hat type as represented in art. I thought I might...
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...
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 MoreWhen researching what people wore in different times and places there are three sorts of evidence we can look at, textual descriptions, artistic representations and actual items that survive from the period of interest....
Read MoreThis year for Christmas I got some lovely things and one not so lovely thing – a week long flu virus. So instead of the 2.5 weeks of holiday I thought I had with some of that devoted to sewing projects, I ended up with a...
Read MoreThe world-famous auction house is holding one of its regular auctions of Old Masters artworks. While I don’t have spare hundreds of thousands of pounds to buy one of these items, it does give a good chance to find works...
Read MoreThis article popped up on medievalist.net today: What did the Renaissance man wear? Historian recreates outfit from the 16th century Accompanied by this video: A couple of days ago I expressed a deeply held dream to my...
Read MoreVisual evidence for clothing of the Low Countries comes from a variety of media. Paintings are the most obvious and well-known, however there are also the engravings and drawings of Lucas van Leyden, illuminations from various...
Read MoreI recently took over the position of Arts and Sciences officer for my Barony[1], and so last I was trawling ‘teh internets’TM last week to see what was out there that may be useful for novice costumers as it had been...
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