Garb

New as of August 2, 2006

How to make basic trunk hosen
Venice 1520s Brown Ribbon-Tied Dress
Florence, 1590s Doublet-Style Over Gown
Dark Age Stitch Types
Cotehardies from Greenland Gowns
14th Century Sewing & Textile Information
Elizabethan Accessories
Review: Simplicity Patterns' New Elizabethan Gown
Introduction to Basic Medieval Patterns
Elizabethan Petticoats
Period Pleats
Women's Clothing in 15th Century Florence
Glossary of Fabric Terms
Understanding Fabric
Pre-Costuming - the basics of fabric and sewing
Sewing Jargon and Technique
Survey of Notions and Equipment
Understanding Patterns
Preparing to Sew
La Couturi�re Parisienne
Removing Darts
Blackwork for Beginners
Commercial Patterns for Period Use
How do you fade fabric?
How to make a pleated ground for your embroidery
Pleatwork Embroidery
Overview of Embroidery on Pleats in Men's Clothing
The Evolution of the Kilt - Highland Women�s Dress
Elizabethan Costuming - Dress Diaries
Cartridge Pleating
Ruffs
How to make a Coif: 1 and 3 piece patterns
A Late 15th Century Italian Chemise Pattern

Articles

Milieux:The Costume Site
Delectable Morsels Of Information Regarding Historical Attire
Sumptuary Laws in Renaissance England
Misperceptions about Medieval Clothing
Historical Costuming FAQ
A comparative study of extant garments relevant to East Denmark in the mid-to-late 14th Century
A new theory on the costumes of the Oseberg Queen and her attendant
Women's heraldic surcotes
Costumes and Clothing Medieval
Queer Play: The Cultural Work of Crossdressing in Medieval Drama
Your First Garb
Medieval Clothing Pages
Extant Clothing of the Middle Ages
Archaeological Sewing

SCA Garb

Introduction to Garb: A Seminar
Confessions of a Garbaholic
Archives of SCA-GARB
Wardrobes of the Knowne World Unlock'd
Articles on SCA-Garb
Sewing for babies in the SCA - some hints
What to Wear

Faire Garb

Renaissance Middle-Class Costume
Fast "Faire Legal" Garb for Menfolk

LARP Garb

The Garb Bag - Fantasy Costuming
Costuming Tips and Resources
LARP Garb

Various Times and Regions

Garb - Clothing Suitable for Sailor Boys and other Middle and Lower Class Men
Fifteenth Century Visual Sources and Costume Research: An Analysis
Garb Seemly and Proper, Part IV: The Fourteenth Century
Clothing and Hair Styles of the Bog People
Ariadne la Noire's Cotehardie Documentation Page
Costume Picture Gallery: In the Kitchen and Market
THE HISTORY OF COSTUME By Braun & Schneider - c.1861-1880
Jessamyn's Regency Costume Companion

Anglo Saxon

An Anglo-Saxon Cyrtel
Anglo Saxon Women's Clothing for the 11th Century
Guide to making Anglo-Saxon Weapons and Equipment

Asian

How to Make a Kimono
The How to of a Chinese Long Jacket Or a Mongol Del
A Brief Guide to Historic Mongol Costume
Mongolian Dress
A Brief Guide to Historic Mongol Costume
A History of Kimono
Japanese Women in the Heian Period (794-1185)
Oriental Costumes - Their Designs and Colors
History of Japanese Clothing

Burgundian, French, Flemish

Men's and Women's Work Clothing: A Portfolio of Images
15th Century Female Flemish Dress: A Portfolio of Images
Genevieve as Venus at the Judgment of Paris Pas d'Armes
15th Century Burgundian Costume
Understanding Houpelande and Burgundian Clothing Construction
Variations in Late Fifteenth-Century Style: the Marie de Bourgogne Gown
Variations in Late Fifteenth-Century Style: the Marie de Bourgogne Gown

Byzantine

A Clothing How-To for Garments of the Byzantine Empire
A Clothing How-To for Garments of the Byzantine Empire

German

Gerry and Julie's Landsknecht and Costume Site
German 16th C. Women's Costume
The Handbook of German dress
Woodcuts of Landsknechtes

Irish, Scottish

The Early History of the Kilt
The Leine
Celtic Dress of the 16th C
Pr�ach�n Fuilteach Kit Guide
Instructions for wrapping the plaid
The Quick and Dirty "Great Kilt"
Eachna's Celtic Clothing Index
Period Irish clothing - Links
Wrapping a Great Kilt
Celtic Clothing
16th & 17th Century quotes concerning Scottish Men's and Women's Attire
Kilt Pleating 101
Lady Meghan Paget - Making the Irish Leine
The Plaid
Books and Articles with Descriptions or Depictions of Historical Scottish Clothing
Pseudo-16th Century Leine Pattern
Descriptions and Depictions of Historical Scottish Clothing - links
Scottish Men's Clothing
Scottish Women's Clothing
The Evolution of the Kilt
Wearing the Great Kilt

Italian

Garb - An Italian Renaissance Gown
Middle Class Italian Renaissance Gown dated 1460 to 1485
Early 16th Century Italian Costume (1490-1530): A Portfolio of Images

Middle Eastern

Garb - Costumes of the Levant
16th Century Persian Women's Clothing
6th and 7th Century Sasanian (Persian) Clothing
Notes on Clothing from Social Life Under the Abbasids
Persian clothing

Garb - Women from the Kings book of Kings and other Mugal and Persian Manuscripts
Middle Eastern SCA Garb articles
11th Century Andalusi Garb: A Brief Introduction
Garb - Choli Pattern
Garb - 15th and 16th Century Gypsy Women�s Costume
Jewish Clothing in the Middle Ages
Making the Ghawazee Coat

Polish

Polish Garb
Garb - Polish Costuming Resource

Roman

How to Make a (Roman) Tunic
Make It! (Greek) Tunica
ROMAN CLOTHING - MEN
ROMAN CLOTHING - WOMEN

Russian

Patterns and Instructions for Medieval Russian Costumes
The Russian Sarafan
The Rubakha: Simple Russian Garb

Tudor, Elizabethan

Tudor Costume
Court Elizabethan Outfit
Elizabethan Costume: History and Technique
Tudor Costumes
DawnPages - Elizabethan Ruff
Elizabethan England Fashions: Women and Men
Sempstress.com - Elizabethan garb howto
Tudor Dress: A portfolio of images
DawnPages - Men's 16th century doublet from Butterick 5656

Viking, Saxon

The Grey Company: BASIC DARK AGES COSTUME
Viking Outfit, Tenth Century Danish:
Rus Male Costume
An Archaeological Guide to Viking Men's Clothing
Viking Women's Garb in Art and Archaeology
Bibliography of Sources for the Construction of Viking Garments
The Viborg Shirt Seams
An 11th century linen shirt from Viborg
Women's Clothing in Kievan Rus

Cloaks

Semi-circle, three-quarter, full-circle cloak patterns
Fitted cloak pattern
Cloak Making Guide
Making a Cloak For Use in The SCA
The Ravens Warband - Cloak
DawnPages - Cloaks, Capes, and Wraps

T-Tunic

TUNICS - How to make an authentic V�king Era tunic
The T-Tunic
A Beginners T-Tunic Class
Viking Tunic Construction
'T-tunic' - the period way
The Ravens Warband - Tunic
The "But I don't know how to make garb" guide to Norman Tunics
Practical Worksheet for Tunic Construction

Shirts, Bodices, Corsets, Tabards

DawnPages - How to Make a Tabard
Easy Slash & Pouf Sleeves (MS Word 7.0 document)
Heraldic Field Tabards & Surcoats
The Compleat Corset Page - Links
How to Make Self-Supporting Bodices
DawnPages - Simple Bodice or Corselet
DawnPages - How to Fit a Bodice
DawnPages - Shirts

Pants

The Ravens Warband - Trousers
DawnPages - Fitted Breeches
DawnPages - Simple drawstring breeches

Dresses, Skirts

Easy Gathered Skirt
Simple Gored Skirt
Variations in Late Fifteenth-Century Style: the Marie de Bourgogne Gown
European Dark Ages Dress
Mistress Cori on Kirtles
The Ten-Gore Dress: Cotehardies from Herjolfsnes
DawnPages - A Simple Gathered Skirt
Houppelande Construction
Garb - Gunnas to Houppelands: A Thousand Years of English Dresses by Affreca McNaven
15th Century Female Flemish Dress: A Portfolio of Images
Medieval York - Dress

Underthings

Bloomers
How to Make A Chemise
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THAT MOST DELECTABLE OF SUBJECTS: CODPIECES
Modesty to Majesty: The Development of the Codpiece
15th century Undershirt
The Chemise
The Tunic of St. Louis
DawnPages - How to Make a Bum Roll
How to make a Chemise

Headwear

The Auld Garb Monger's Free Sewing Projects - Two Hat Patterns
Cavalier's Hat
Tudor Flat Cap
Focus on Headwear and Hairstyles
Fifteenth-Century Men's "Acorn" Caps (and How to Knit One)
Fifteenth-Century Men's "Acorn" Caps (and How to Knit One)
Mongolian Hats
To Make A Simple Mongol Hat
A Lady's Fourteenth-Century Style Knitted Hood with Lirripipe
What is a snood, anyway?
Temple rings, and female headdress of the Eastern Slavs in Rus� (Part I)
Cavalier's Hat
The Auld Garb Monger Sewing Projects - Tudor Flat Cap
Headdress Classification-Visual
Headdress Classification-Verbal
15th and Early 16th Century Headdress: A Review of Literature
Relative Frequency of Headdresses by Type Found in a Sample of Visual Sources, 1400-1519
Late Medieval Men's Headdress Classification Chart
Verbal
Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Headdress: A Review of Literature
Relative Frequency of Headdresses by Type Found in a Sample of Visual Sources, 1400-1519
Mistress Cori on Headrails
How to tie a basic Three Strand Turkshead
Italian Renaissance Hair Taping
DawnPages - Make a Soft Cap
DawnPages - How to make a Hood
Hairstyles of the Elizabethan Period
Tudor Gable Headdress: A Portfolio of Images
Tudor Gable Headdress Illustrated: Step by Step Directions
Circlet, 14th Century from the Museum of London's Dress Accessories
Quick'n'Easy Cauls for 1400s Headresses
Heart-shaped "henin" project preliminary notes and conclusions.
How to be a HOOD-lum: Medieval hoods
Men's Stuffed-Roll Hats - A Workshop & Notes
The Dreaded Muffin-Head Effect
A very quick overview of one method of making a reticulated headdress
Simple Steps to Look Great in a Veil, or Veil-and-Circlet
Women's Roll Hats - A Workshop & Notes

Footwear

Early Irish & Scottish Shoes
A Simple Medieval Shoe - Construction Notes
Fragment of Medieval Shoe from Newcastle upon Tyne
FABRIC PRINTING IN THE RENAISSANCE AND SHOE TIDBITS
A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOSIERY
The Bata Shoe Museum
Jorvik shoe pattern
Making a pair of medieval �bag� shoes
Re-creation of a pair of Medieval Hide Shoes
Venetian Chopines
HAND KNIT HOSE - a Knitted Stocking Pattern By Donna Flood Kenton
Footwear for Scottish and Irish re-enactors
Footwear of the Middle Ages
Poor People's Poulaines

Accessories

Pouch Making Guide - Introduction
A Stitch Out of Time - Medieval Embroidery for the Modern Era
3 Fingered gloves
A Brief History of Eyeglasses
Women's belts
The Henna Page - a Guide to Henna Body Decoration
Two Late Saxon Combs from the Longmarket Excavations
Fan maker
History of the Fan
DawnPages - Pouches and Purses
Rose Beads - Your Link to History - Suite101.com
Elizabethan Applique: Late 16th Century "Slips"
Folly Bells

Tips and Tricks

Seam Finishes
Costuming For Larger Figures
Garb - Making a Keyhole Neckline

Fabric, Dying

Dark Age Fabrics and Colors
How Much Is Enough?: Yardages Used in Late 16th Century Women's Clothing
AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF DYES, DYING, AND FABRIC COLORS IN THE RENAISSANCE
Textile Resources for the Re-enactor

Garb Merchants

The Renaissance Tailor - Recreating 16th and 17th Century Clothing
Garb the World
Camelot Creations - Garb merchant
Dragonfly Design Studio - Garb Merchant
Alastair's Footwear - historical shoes for modern feet
AlterYears - Patterns
Bootmaker.com - bootmaking and shoemaking
Bohemond Bootmaker & Cordwainer

Patterns

Adapting modern patterns for use as SCA Garb
T-Shirt and Tape Bodice Pattern
Garb - Tunic and Pants Patterns by The Grey Company
A Reasonable Attempt at Garb - Quick n' Dirty patterns page
Period Patterns Review
MidEast Ethnic Patterns
Make your own dressmaker's form
Early Medieval Clothes Patterns
Drafting a Houppelande Pattern
Dawn's Costume Clothing Guide - Garb Articles and Patterns
Dawn's Costume Guide - Patterns

Links

Reconstructing History - THE source for Information on Historical Clothing on the Web
Julie Zetterberg's Costume Page
SCA-Garb Art and Photo Gallery Links
Gander Academy's Medieval Clothing - Links
But I have nothing to wear!!! - Garb Links
The Costume Page - Costuming Resources Online
Costume History (European/Western) - Links
Clothing Links
Textile Arts
Garb - The Well-Dressed Wench - Garb Links
Milieux - the Costume Site
Clothing and Costume Links
How To Articles - Garb Links
Medieval Links - Garb
Fantasy Costuming Links
A Wardrobe in Time Link List
The Costume Gallery's Online Library - 1500's Sites - Links
Italian Costume and Culture links
Garb Links
The Well Dressed Wench: Medieval and Renaissance
Milieux: The Costume Site
Costuming Links We Like
Toga Links

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