That is confusing! I'd say the trunkhose are pretty similar throughout the 16th century. It's an article of clothing that doesn't change very dramatically (there are two styles: the kind with a fitted butt and the kind where the panes are lose and go over the butt; the former seems to be more German and I wouldn't worry about it), so using the pattern on page 106 to start should help. If you do manage to make them in time, you may want to replace the codpiece on the hose with a flap.
But wow the sizing in the book was off.
Yeaaaah. I like the book, but would not want to use the patterns except as a very general guide. It has...aspects.
I haven't tried making a shirt with hooks-and-eyes, but the buttons stay buttoned. There are a bunch of extant shirts with similar ruffles and narrow cuffs that are fastened with ties--the eyelet-and-tie method is actually pretty unobtrusive. Let me see if I can remember to scan a couple pictures for you. But buttons and loops are easy and stay fastened well.
I am fairly sure it's not documented to any level of historical accuracy that SCA would approve of, even if it was in period.
Heh. Well. The SCA's idea of an "attempt at pre-17th century clothing" encompasses sweatpants, so...well. Anyway, I'm not planning to enter it in an A&S competition, but linen sounds comfortable to me and I'm investigating the possibility of playing a male character in a reenactment group, so this is useful stuff! Thanks for the links!
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Re: Long comment is long
Date: 2010-05-05 05:30 am (UTC)But wow the sizing in the book was off.
Yeaaaah. I like the book, but would not want to use the patterns except as a very general guide. It has...aspects.
I haven't tried making a shirt with hooks-and-eyes, but the buttons stay buttoned. There are a bunch of extant shirts with similar ruffles and narrow cuffs that are fastened with ties--the eyelet-and-tie method is actually pretty unobtrusive. Let me see if I can remember to scan a couple pictures for you. But buttons and loops are easy and stay fastened well.
I am fairly sure it's not documented to any level of historical accuracy that SCA would approve of, even if it was in period.
Heh. Well. The SCA's idea of an "attempt at pre-17th century clothing" encompasses sweatpants, so...well. Anyway, I'm not planning to enter it in an A&S competition, but linen sounds comfortable to me and I'm investigating the possibility of playing a male character in a reenactment group, so this is useful stuff! Thanks for the links!