Hem & H.A*
(Historically Adequate)

I decided I needed a quick, last minute project for this year's Renaissance Faire (I like to try for at least one new piece every season, even if it's just an accessory) and settled on the short waistcoat from The Typical Tudor.

PART 2: COST EFFECTIVE (Previous post: Part 1 Elevative ) Welcome to a Part 2 of a recent talk I gave at the Westcoast Elizabethan Clothing Symposium entitled: " Wearing vs Styling: Accessorizing to Create a Period Look ". ~ Cost Effective By their very nature accessories are an extra expense; either in money, labour, or resources. And some pieces (like weapons, hats and shoes) can end up representing a significant percentage of the final cost of an outfit. 

In  preparation for a presentation for the "Westcoast Elizabethan Clothing Symposium", I decided to attempt to recreate several of the outfits worn by women in the crowd of "The Field of the Cloth of Gold" (1545). The idea was to use my red kirtle as a base and then accessorize it as needed to create four different looks (as highlighted above).

Another attempt at "Medieval Cosplay"! But this time with my new red kirtle. I know basically nothing about clothing pre-1500, so this is very much me playing historical Dress Up... But I do love this ridiculous bycocket hat (originally made for a similar attempt at styling my blue kirtle ) and will take advantage of any opportunity to wear it.

This is another project that has been on my to do list for a while. It started almost exactly a year ago: I made my first mock up during the July long weekend last year and took these photos over the same holiday weekend this year.  It was meant to be a quick summer project, but it was almost immediately derailed...because I have the attention span of a gerbil.