When I stayed at the Greek island of Chios in 2010, I was so close to Turkey my mobile sometimes automatically switched over. Look at the map, and you'll see what I mean. Since I was writing about the Medicis, I visited the Medici Archive a lot. One day I checked out if the area I was in was present in the Medici archive at all. Indeed it was. And ( Read more... )

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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Cause I love Greece, and I love the Renaissance style... It should however be noted that what was considered Greek in the 16th century has switched borders probably several times. Greece as such didn't exist, but Greek as a people, language and culture did. Most of it was under the Ottoman empire; some also under Venice and other European powers. ( Read more... )

I've browsed through a couple of dress/lace history books today. Posting about it here both for my own reference, and to pass on a recommendation. Some is stuff I've posted about before, I ssupect.

"Lace, a history" (1983), Santina M. Levey (V&A Museum/W.S. Maney & Son Ltd)Nice chronologic book on lace. First half is on the history of lace ( Read more... )