The work of Honorable Lady Simona della Luna, as part of the Society for Creative Anachronism. I'm in Bryn Gwlad, Ansteorra - also known as Austin, Texas. My main interests are 15th and 16th century tailoring in Spain and Italy, as well as bookbinding and other pretty things.
Showing posts with label Burguen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Burguen. Show all posts
Monday, March 2, 2015
Surviving Tailor’s Manuals
This is another appendix from the documentation for my gold silk doublet, which competed at Kingdom A&S February 2015. After some consideration, I decided to simply pull all the pictures off. The links to where I got them are in the text.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Mix and Match
I've decided I'm not going to worry too much about combining different tailors from the same general geographic area, and same general time, as long as the end result looks reasonably like something I might see in a single portrait of the time. So, Burguen + Alcega. It's like peanut butter and chocolate, right?
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