My Current Project
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sca_attireI'm going to be in an SCA wedding this summer (in about a month, so I really need to get moving!)
It's Tudor-ish, and since I'm a groomsman, I'm doing male garb, and since I'm not male, that means crossdressing. Which is yay, because crossdresing is fun. It also means the first time I've really worked with male period clothing beyond the very basics. I was given patterns from the book "The Tudor Tailor" (on which I now have Opinions), and I started with basic shirt and basic hosen. Since I decided to do them entirely hand-sewn, they're all I have so far - I'll be adding a green velvet and gold slashed jerkin, panes and a hat, and if I have time, a doublet and a bonnet.
Here's what I've got so far (ignore the low-quality pictures, I haven't played with a self-timer for ages):
The shirt is *hilariously* too large; I know it's meant to be large, but after trying it on, I put pleats in both the shoulders to bring up the shoulder seams by about four inches each, because I couldn't see how sleeves that started below my elbows were going to fit into a jerkin. And now the shoulders are weirdly heavy and I have to keep pulling them to sit right, though I think the extra bulk will at least help with the crossdressing thing. Also, I currently have hook-and-eyes on the collar and cuffs, but they are really annoying and not staying on properly, so any suggestions for better fasteners would be welcome. (All previous period shirts have had either drawstrings or nothing, neither of which will work on this one.)
The hosen were fun! I've never sewn anything that fitted to the legs before (the picture doesn't go down to far, but they have fitted feet), and the probably are a bit too baggy still (especially at the ankles) but I like them! Also, the codpiece is fun, though I have to remember that, no matter how well-suited it is for the purpose, I shouldn't use it as a pincushion when there are boys around. (I have also made a leopard-print one I can swap out. And am trying to resist the temptation to embroider a Green Man on the green one.) My main issue with the hosen is how to keep them up; the pattern assumes you will be tying them to a doublet, but unless I have a lot more extra time than I expect, I won't have a doublet, just shirt and jerkin.
And now, a question I would like to put to the community: does anyone know of any SCA or period in general resources for crossplay/crossdressing, and specifically, for period-or-close-enough breast binders?
As the photos show, I don't need much, and if I fit the jerkin right I may not need anything, but I would like to be able to take the jerkin off and still more-or-less pass, and currently, that only works from a distance.
I found a muslin/linen binder pattern for Civil War re-enactors (by going on an adventure through the wayback machine, or I would link) but that's all I've found. If I don't find anything better I might try making a modified version of that one, but I was honestly quite surprised that I couldn't find anything SCA-ish on the topic when I looked online.
...I am also thinking of getting my hair cut in a period men's style (I've been thinking of getting it short anyway for the summer, so why not?) but another thing I was surprised to not find was resources for period men's hairstyles. Any advice or resources, or should I just start looking for hatless portraits?
It's Tudor-ish, and since I'm a groomsman, I'm doing male garb, and since I'm not male, that means crossdressing. Which is yay, because crossdresing is fun. It also means the first time I've really worked with male period clothing beyond the very basics. I was given patterns from the book "The Tudor Tailor" (on which I now have Opinions), and I started with basic shirt and basic hosen. Since I decided to do them entirely hand-sewn, they're all I have so far - I'll be adding a green velvet and gold slashed jerkin, panes and a hat, and if I have time, a doublet and a bonnet.
Here's what I've got so far (ignore the low-quality pictures, I haven't played with a self-timer for ages):
The shirt is *hilariously* too large; I know it's meant to be large, but after trying it on, I put pleats in both the shoulders to bring up the shoulder seams by about four inches each, because I couldn't see how sleeves that started below my elbows were going to fit into a jerkin. And now the shoulders are weirdly heavy and I have to keep pulling them to sit right, though I think the extra bulk will at least help with the crossdressing thing. Also, I currently have hook-and-eyes on the collar and cuffs, but they are really annoying and not staying on properly, so any suggestions for better fasteners would be welcome. (All previous period shirts have had either drawstrings or nothing, neither of which will work on this one.)
The hosen were fun! I've never sewn anything that fitted to the legs before (the picture doesn't go down to far, but they have fitted feet), and the probably are a bit too baggy still (especially at the ankles) but I like them! Also, the codpiece is fun, though I have to remember that, no matter how well-suited it is for the purpose, I shouldn't use it as a pincushion when there are boys around. (I have also made a leopard-print one I can swap out. And am trying to resist the temptation to embroider a Green Man on the green one.) My main issue with the hosen is how to keep them up; the pattern assumes you will be tying them to a doublet, but unless I have a lot more extra time than I expect, I won't have a doublet, just shirt and jerkin.
And now, a question I would like to put to the community: does anyone know of any SCA or period in general resources for crossplay/crossdressing, and specifically, for period-or-close-enough breast binders?
As the photos show, I don't need much, and if I fit the jerkin right I may not need anything, but I would like to be able to take the jerkin off and still more-or-less pass, and currently, that only works from a distance.
I found a muslin/linen binder pattern for Civil War re-enactors (by going on an adventure through the wayback machine, or I would link) but that's all I've found. If I don't find anything better I might try making a modified version of that one, but I was honestly quite surprised that I couldn't find anything SCA-ish on the topic when I looked online.
...I am also thinking of getting my hair cut in a period men's style (I've been thinking of getting it short anyway for the summer, so why not?) but another thing I was surprised to not find was resources for period men's hairstyles. Any advice or resources, or should I just start looking for hatless portraits?
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Date: 2010-05-06 05:07 am (UTC)I was looking at making a period one partly because I was hoping I could use leftover linen and not add to project budget, though, too. (Project budget >> all at the moment, alas.)