Danae Tankard, Clothing in 17th-Century Provincial Englanddoi:10.3366/cost.2023.0250Pat PoppyEdinburgh University PressCostume
16th and 17th Century Clothing: Renaissance tailoring techniques, technical advice, manuscript sources, and clothing construction demonstrations for underwear, corsets, farthingales, doublets, dresses, and more.
Most 16th and 17th century costumers are familiar with the now reprinted facsimile of Juan de Alcega, 1589. There is also a printing of Alcega's pattern book from 1580, containing some extra patterns left out of the more famous 1589 version. The formats of the other spanish texts are ver...
It is also known asHan Yiguan(汉衣冠),Han Zhuang (汉装),andHuafu (华服), which was formed from the reign of the Yellow Emperor to the middle of the 17th century (late Ming and early Qing dynasties), in the main residential areas of the Han nationality, with "Huaxia-Han" culture as ...
artists and clothing from the 17th century, when a more complex and sophisticated attitude to dress first appeared, to the early 20th century, when the boundaries between art and fashion became more haute couture could be seen as art, and art used textiles and clothes in highly imaginative ...
When the Manchu came into power in China in the 17th century, their style of clothing was also strongly encouraged. Chang Pao consisted of a robe that reached to the ankle with long, horseshoe shaped sleeves that could be rolled up. In other words, this is more of a one-piece cloth tha...
So why do women's clothes button from the left?History really seems to matter here. Buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. For the mostly right-handed servants, having women's shirts button from the left would...
Hanfu is a name for pre-17th century traditional clothing of the Han Chinese which is1.the predominant ethnic group of China. In the last few years it I ((make) a comeback. It is estimated that by the end of this year, the number of people using hanfu2.products in Chin a will rea...
During the 17th century, with the flourishing of absolutism, France achieved the dominant position in fashion. Luxurious, lavishly ornamented aristocratic clothing was produced, which was entirely subject to the etiquette of the royal court. During the first half of the 17th century, masculine court...
1.(Clothing & Fashion) loose wide breeches or hose, esp as worn by men in the 17th century 2.(Clothing & Fashion) leather leggings, as worn in the 19th century [C16: from obsolete Frenchgarguesques,from ItaliangrechescoGreek, from LatinGraecus] ...