![]() Here are a few things that are good to consider before you begin. As a rough beginner’s guide it should be helpful though. Please note: I’m primarily writing this from a Swedish/Scandinavian point of view, which means dates or finer details may not always be applicable to the region you wish to recreate from. In short, it’s the guide I would have liked to have when I started out many years ago, making what I thought was a pretty decent medieval dress from a brown cotton sheet. My hope is that it will help you not to waste time, money and energy on clothing full of newbie mistakes. It is for you I write this beginner’s guide. I do however believe that I know more than those who haven’t even thought of the Middle Ages since history class in school but would now like proper clothes for a Medieval festival or similar. I’m in no way an expert on this I always learn new things, and that is part of the fun. ![]() ![]() I’m wearing the wimple and veil of a married women, and fashionable braids are peeking ut on the sides. Me, Sarah Wagner, in late 14th century clothing. Some are quite close to the period they want to represent, but unfortunately many miss the target – some by a hair, some spectacularly. ![]() This is a translation of a post that was originally written in 2013.Īs I love historical clothing, living history and re-enactment in general, and do late 14 th century with the other members of Albrechts Bössor (Albrecht’s Gunners), I have had ample opportunity to see people in what they consider to be medieval clothing. ![]()
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