I just got the Tudor Tailor as a gift, and had not thought to look there. Thanks for the advise, I am toddeling off to the bookshelf right now.
Jordana On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Becky Rautine <zearti...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > If you search online, you'll find a site that has made these type leggings. > I think it is in the Tudor Tailor book as well. The pants/leggins were > woolen and shaped to fit snuggly. But I wondered if the tummy bulges helped > or hindered the stay-up-ness of the leggins. I guess if you sweat, it could > act as glue to keep them up. > > Sincerely, > Rebecca Rautine > > > > > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:13:49 -0400 > > From: jaur...@gmail.com > > To: h-cost...@indra.com > > Subject: [h-cost] Men's Outfits in Brueghel > > > > I am going to be making my husband an outfit for sca wear. I would like > it > > to take after the Brueghel paintings, and at the end of the email I will > > list links to several of the paintings that I am refrencing. > > > > Ok, first issue--I know, these works span a great length of time, but I > > think my question applies to all of them, and they show the leg > > coverings/hosen as being fairy consistant--of couse, this could be > because > > the paintings in the ovre were ferequently copied, but I am not intrested > in > > doing any more research into this then enough to make the costumes at > this > > moment. > > > > So, here is the question. It is obvious that the hosen have points to > tie > > them up to(I assume) the vest that seems fairly standard. It is also > fairly > > ovious(looks at the harvester painting) that the pants stay up on their > > own. HOW??????? > > > > Secondary questions > > 1) It looks like these will show modern men's underpants...any ideas > on > > how to work around my husband's fairly obssive need for them? should i > make > > very lightweight linen shorts for underneith the pants? he also really > > likes, i mean, really, his modern athlic shoes.... He also has an > adversion > > to any heavy fabric, and is pickty about colors, but well, he is willing > to > > buy me as much fabric as I want for my garb, and does not complain about > > sewing/knitting/traveling expenses, so I think it he is worth dealing > with > > :) > > > > > > 2) Anyone have some good web sources on this type/period for men? I > have > > been making my garb out of the "Well Dress'd Peasant" by Drea Leed for > > several years, and since we have had a tragic accendent(his garb has gone > > tottaly missing, we can't find it, have looked everywhere, i swear, i did > > not lose it on purpose-found out two weeks ago when i wanted to do a > survey > > of it to see whaty needed attention before summer sca seson started) I > might > > as well do his stuff to be nice. > > I have Master Richard Wymarc's very nice handout that can be found > > http://www.wymarc.com/artifacts/artifacts.php, but am not finding much > > else. But my google-fu is not as great as it could be. > > > > 3) One of the > > > > Thanks for any time or info that comes back. > > *Summer*, 1570 > > Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, > active > > by 1551, died 1569) > > Engraving; first state of two > > Source: Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Summer > > (26.72.23) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum > of > > Art <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/26.72.23#ixzz1KelyC2bv> > > http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/26.72.23 > > > > > > *Peasant Wedding Dance* > > 1607 > > Oil on panel > > Mus�es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels > > http://www.wga.hu/art/b/bruegel/pieter_y/wedding.jpg > > > > > > > > *Peasants Making Merry outside a Tavern 'The Swan'* > > c. 1630 > > Oil on oak panel, 55 x 69 cm > > Private collection > > http://www.wga.hu/art/b/bruegel/pieter_y/peasants.jpg > > > > > > The Harvesters > > 1565 (180 Kb); Oil on wood, 118.1 x 160.7 cm (46 1/2 x 63 1/4 in); > > Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York > > http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/harvesters.jpg > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
