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Concept: A 1570s kirtle and fitted gown copied from Lucas De Heere’s drawing of An English Lady and Young Lady
Fabrics: Black wool gabardine (Fashion Fabrics club), green-blue linen (NY Fashion Center), white silk taffeta (Renaissance Fabrics), linen canvas (William Booth Draper) .
Accessories: Hat (Truly Carmichael), Neck and wrist ruffs (Renaissance Tailor).
Notions: Black silk thread, black silk buttonhole twist, orange velvet ribbon (custom order from Renaissance Fabrics).
Pattern:
- Kirtle – self draped.
- Gown – heavily altered English Gown from The Tudor Tailor.
- Sleeves – Margo Anderson’s Elizabethan Lady’s Wardrobe
First worn: 2013 Much Ado About Sebastopol
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