(Crossposted from the original blog post, http://www.kimiko1.com/blog/?p=79.)It's been awhile, I know. Was busy finishing a project that I'll share soon. Also dealing with personal issues and taxes. I hope to post more on projects soon ( Read more... )

Last night, while otherwise occupied, I was reading through a few more pages of "Lost from Her Majesties Back" by Janet Arnold. It is a copy that I received from a friend with great thanks some time ago. I've scanned through the pages some time back, but not actually *read* the entries and all the details it has. Someday I will do a database or ( Read more... )

After many tries, with many configurations and ways of keeping my hair up, I finally figured out how to keep the hair plaits up underneath a French hood with a minimum of hair pins - and without the hair pins getting bent out of shape with my thick hair. And the hair plaits were so sturdy on my head that it kept the French hood I wear on it without ( Read more... )

Found these while hunting for something else, and thought I would share.

Portrait of a Man with Three Sons, c. 1530. Nice image of what watered silk looked like back then, as well as good images of period boys clothing.

Portrait of a Donor, c. 1505 by Jan ProvostIt is this second one that has made my day. Early hood, clear in details, including ( Read more... )

For my class in Henrician hoods in August, I wanted to make up various hood versions from each decade, to show how things changed over time.
"Ladies of England wore many types of headwear during the reign of Henry VIII. The most popular was some form of hood. This class will show the various styles available, with examples of how the hair was worn ( Read more... )