There are more text to come, but I wanted to share the page I've written on Ottoman kaftans and their Western adaptions.

http://aneafiles.webs.com/renaissancegallery/kaftan.html


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After waiting for this book for months and months it was finally published, and shortly after it arrived at my door step. It took a full day (the pain!) before I could gorge in it, but I immediately understood it was worth the wait. This book is fantastic ( Read more... )

Finally got around to update my website today. Because I know there are many of my LJ friends taking interest in the crimson Pisa dress and the similar funeral dress of Eleonora di Toledo, I wanted to share some Florentine portraits I recently found, depicting similar style of dress. There are many more than those posted underneath, but I tried to ( Read more... )

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If you're thinking of making a Florentine dress from the first half of the 16th century (Raphael, Bronzino, early Vasari etc), do check out the new patterns from http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/ . I wish I had these when I started making my Florentine dresses ( Read more... )

Sites for the Hamburg Phantom costumes are up.

http://aneafiles.webs.com/hamburg/slavegirl.html

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Very close to being finished... which of course means new pictures. The dramatic, manneristic arms is due to the attempt of showing off the feather light backdrape... I don't think I'm the new Madonna or anything ( Read more... )

Great.... I did major updates on my site on Friday. I was very happy with it and ready to share it. A few hours later Webs.com totally crashes. Or... they didn't crash, but there is an issue with their IP address which makes it impossible for thousands of their users to access any of their sites; it depends on one's internet provider. Now it's ( Read more... )

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