While looking for info on Scottish furs, I came across a few pages of interest that I wanted to note here.

Wild Beavers return to Scotland!

Olde Fabrickes. "Here are a few terms used to describe fabric and cloth over the centuries." Also includes Fur & Leather, and Wildfowl & Fish. Seems to be mostly 16th-17th century focus. Not sure how accurate ( Read more... )

{I posted this to the Tribe list of Elizabethan clothing, and thought I would share it here for my own amusement (and to annoy some).}

I now have proof that Jedi Knights are period to the 16th century!

I present Master Obi-Juan Kenobi (hiding in the deserts of Spain it seems).

bwahahahahaha! (ducks and runs)

In my running around today, I got by the library because they had a book holding for me. The book is "The Italian Renaissance Interior, 1400-1600
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Pants Optional


Came from the GBACG list just now. This is very amusing, for those in to 16th century fashions. Sort of a Fashion dos or don't, using period fashion plates, modernized with Photoshop.

I could envision a set of playing cards using the Bavarian fashion plate originals, which doing a quick google search, found really good copies here, ( Read more... )

Courtesy of myladyswardrobe. I must get the catalog!

http://www.abegg-stiftung.ch/e/museum/sonderaus/2008/bilder.html
2008
Bourgeois Pride and Princely Splendour.
Costumes from the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century20 April - 2 November 2008 ( Read more... )

Ok, a different image has caught my eye for late Elizabethan style (c. 1597), that I think with time I can make up nicely ( Read more... )

I came home last night before the kids got to bed, which was a good thing, as I missed them very much. I missed my husband, too. But the 24 hours or so I spent in the Bay, and getting to meet with ninya_mikhaila and Jane on Friday, along with cileansdreams, and a few from various mailing lists I knew (Cynthia Barnes, and others), and many others who came to enjoy their talk ( Read more... )

... and this one's a beauty.

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I am trying to find images of women during the 1590s that I find interesting, maybe to find one as an inspiration piece. ( all behind the cut... )

I had a great time at Queen Bess & the Pyrates, which is very much a fantasy faire. Where else in this area would you find later period dressed Pyrates, including Jack Sparerib (a Jack Sparrow lookalike), hobnobing with Good Queen Bess, with flighty fairies abounding ( Read more... )