The Armour Archive

Tailoress

Dafydd,

I sent it. Hope it helps,

Tasha

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Looser gowns can be seen layered over other clothing throughout the 14thc. In some circles, loose gowns never go out of style while the young, wealthy, and fashionable take a turn for the naughty with their tight clothing layers between 1340ish and early 15thc. James, you're probably thinking specif...

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Hi there,

I'm recalling that there are pictorial sources showing cottes in various stages of unbuttoned-ness, but I'm not sure what you mean by unbuttoned = good coat.

-Tasha

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BTW, Shoes and Pattens isn't that expensive after all. I did a quick lookup on addall.com and there are a number of copies going for about $31 and a number of others in the mid-too-high $30s. I didn't look too closely so you might be getting the original printing, not the reprint, but I don't know i...

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CCCCLUUNNNKK!!!!

-- The sound of me falling over in a dead-faint from pure, unadulturated, greedy desire.

-Tasha

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All the arguments aside, I enjoy keeping my site tokens from Pennsic. They're just about the only SCA knickknacks I like to keep and gaze upon fondly every once in a while. If all else were legal, I still wouldn't give mine up for this reason. Also, when you teach, they give you some nifty periodesq...

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When I mentioned Italian men's hats, I was thinking of Niccolo da Tolentino as portrayed in The Rout of San Romano.

You can see what I mean here:

http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/u/uccello/4battle/

-Tasha

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Thanks Steve! I'm sending that link to my dad, the avid flyfisherman. I know he's going to get a major kick out of it.

-Tasha

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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, that even though you've threatened to get "something" in my eye, you are also welcome at our fire. We always have guests, every night, because our fire is fun. Party come to us. We supply loopy-juice and funny talk and people come back year after year. House Kaffa, on E...

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Korg, As long as you cover your naughty bits and rear end, you can go naked on the rest of your body and be legal at Pennsic. You could also hang out completely naked at the "classic" swimming hole. I would avoid live animal slaughter altogether as a precaution. Bringing in a whole animal already de...

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Hew wrote:Hew make "ha-ha" noise long time. Hew's stomach hurt. Water come out of eyes.

Tasha know who is Hew. Know where Hew live. Send agents in far-off tundra to "speak" with Hew.

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Randall, I have heard that the paper on this site is useful, though I haven't read it myself:

http://www.nachtanz.org/archive.html

Italian male headress could be *very* fun.

-Tasha

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Has anyone mentioned those cheap linen drawstring pajama bottoms you can find at Target these days? They might be a hot-weather solution to the pants problem -- preferable to jeans for both breathability and looks. I know they're not the most historically accurate solution, but they seem like a good...

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"The Art That Dare Not Utter Its Name"? "A class devoted to that most confusing and sensitive of issues... that's right, male-perpetrated embroidery. Topics covered: disguising those embroidery supplies as armour tools, manly coping skills for dealing with pricked fingers, cunning methods for maximi...

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AND he taught me a new pattern. Would that be a "A lace bend round of 'Uh.... I meant to do that'"? As for the actual topic of the thread, I came into the SCA from the pretty-pretty princess angle -- I loved making cool gowns and worked from Hunnisett. It took about two years to really begin to get...

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Baron Alejandro wrote:Alejandro give Marcele safety goggles for Korg Nudey Run. Marcele need goggles. Goggles good.

Marcele thank Alejandro for protecting delicate sensibility of Marcele. Marcele put tinfoil over goggles just in case.

Marcele regret derailing thread!

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I'll take your word for it Thomas; I am cheerfully "blind" to such things.

-Tasha

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Korg70000BC wrote:Korg run funny. Tasha might get something in her eye.

Eeeeeeeeeewwwwwww! <runs away screaming>

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Korg:

Make announcement when run free without covering happening. Will gather clan. Will watch. Will point. Will laugh. Will marvel at silliness. Will enjoy.

-Tasha

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Apparently that flamingo thing might have started in my home SCA shire... There was a recent email on the local shire list about the growth of the flamingo joke from their encampment's use of plastic flamingos last year and an encouragement by the poster to continue its use at Pennsic this year in t...

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Also, can we ask the question, "Who is the person who will insist on changing the majority's rules to suit only themself?" I'm not talking about a woman wanting to convincingly cross-dress so that she might participate in a Hastings re-enactment. I'm not talking about the black man who really wants ...

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I had the same exact reaction, Dufnial.

-Tasha

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Actually, what made my day was that you had decided on-the-body fitting was the best way to go. It's more a philosophical approach, not a competition thing for me.

-Tasha

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Klaus the Red wrote: BTW, I've become a firm believer in the principle that custom fitted items like this can only be done right if I can fit them on the client in person (I have had to let several orders go recently due to distance),

Well, you just made my day, man.

-Tasha

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And while we're at it, please do give me a call too -- we need to discuss editing stuff for you-know-what.

(Sorry Morristh, I know I'm piggybacking on your post, but it's technically an on-topic sort of piggyback!

)

-Tasha

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Just wanted to cross-post this for those who don't often check Classifieds: I want to thank all the volunteers who came forward for this request. I talked to a number of folks (and a great number I TRIED to call but for whatever reason got disconnected or bad numbers, c'est la vie, I suppose) and ha...

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I want to thank all the volunteers who came forward for this request. I talked to a number of folks (and a great number I TRIED to call but for whatever reason got disconnected or bad numbers, c'est la vie, I suppose) and had a very hard time picking just one person for the modelling during my class...

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There are certainly a lot of other questionable combinations of armour and clothing throughout that particular manuscript (Francais 598 at the Bib. Nat.), and the topic of the manuscript is on great historical and allegorical women, so yeah, the thought has crossed my mind. The problem comes in wher...

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grimstone bar wrote:It does not look like a jump suit as in say the judicial combat or even sailor outfits that one sees sometimes.

This sounds interesting... tell me more.

-Tasha

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Klaus, it's not on the Gallica site, AFAIK. One of the many cool manuscripts not on the web. I got my pic from the Paris 1400: Les arts sous Charles VI catalog. Yeah, I've wondered if it were simply cut with two curves and a center point too. That's another obvious possibility -- it just leaves me w...

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that is a 'typical' early 15th century doublet and hose arrangement, the doublet coming down to the upper thigh and hose pointed to it, the doublet getting higher over time. Are you sure that's typical? I ask only because I've seen this image discussed over time as an anomaly, not a typical example...

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It is a detail from a larger fresco (or series of) in the castle at Mantua Piedmont, Italy, Castello della Manta . There are seven women and seven men, all sumptuously decked out. Quite a gorgeous piece of work. Here's a link for visiting information at the Castle. There's a small color picture of t...

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ARent there period portrayals of wheelchairs? I could have SWORN I saw at least one.. Maeryk Here's one from the Luttrell Psalter: http://www.cottesimple.com/misc/luttrell_1_medium.jpg It's kind of more a wheelbarrow than a chair, but it appears to be a realistic portrayal of a disabled person bein...

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Klaus, I know that you know (that I know that you know, etc.)...

I was just summarizing for the folks who might enjoy reading this discussion but who haven't looked into the specifics yet.

-Tasha

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However, I find that far less inappropriate (assuming they were covered) than the ogami-bodice that forms the dreaded boob-shelf. teh St-pauli-girl is not a period painting.. but big cans and gravity are universal constants. Maeryk Oh Maeryk... If only they WERE boob SHELVES. They are all too often...

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