Welcome back Bjarne! What time period will these outfits be? The renaissance covers a lot of centuries. That might help identify what a wide dress or a narrow dress is. For example, I might classify a 15th century Italian dress as "narrow," (or perpendicular) but a 15th century Italian dress as "wide." The description might depend on the silhouette of the dress.
For ruffs and cuffs, I'd recommend a silk organza or a stiff linen (it can always be starched). Kathleen Norvell -----Original Message----- From: Leif og Bjarne Drews <drews...@post12.tele.dk> To: h-costume <h-costume@mail.indra.com> Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 10:25 am Subject: [h-cost] some questions about renaissance, Hello the list, its long time since last. have ben asked to make some renaissance costumes for a shool projekt at a anish castle. the teachers are going to be dressed up in renaissance costumes, man and a woman. They work at a danish castle wich is a museum. am going to start this projekt in july. n some danish inventory lists, wich all are written in german ( it was the anguage used then in Denmark) it is often mentioned with wide dresses and arrow dresses. y question is, could a narrow dress be the same as the english word “a kirtle” ts hopeless with danish study of danish renaissance costumes, because nobody nows the danish terms for different costumes (costume parts) No danish words or anything except the major things like ruffs, cuffs and the like. nother question i have for you is: wich fabric would you recomend to use when i ake ruffs and cuffs? They should be able to wash them often, and i thoaght bout maybe using a synthetic fabric wich will hold the shape, and dont need to e ironed, or perhaps to use silk organza, as this also is stiff and keeps the hape. ny suggestions and any help would be greatfull apreciated. Bjarne ______________________________________________ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
