Good Day, one and all!
Having just purchased some delicious wool for a fantastic price ($4 a meter!), I am looking at some options for new outerwear for both m'lord and I. We each already have a full length cloak, with a hood, and while we love them, we would like to have something a little less prone to flying open at every wind gust. Our festivals in Ontario tend to be in wide open spaces, so the wind is a little too effective.
I have seen the Coat in Tudor Tailor as an option. I also have several cloak options, some with sleeves, from my hoard of patterns.
What else is there?
While we do Ren, was also do fantasy, medieval, and a few other eras - so the cloaks will still get use as they are the most era friendly.
I was thinking of a hooded cloak, a little shorter, with wide sleeves so it would fit over a variety of sleeve styles.
Any reccomendations for hood shape that wont flop?
What about a very wide Elizabethan Ruff? What do I have to think of if my ruff stands out 6 inches on each side?
Ideas and suggestions, please!
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The above is a side view of my Elizabethan Spanish Surcote. I *love* it. The sleeves can be buttoned when in use or you can unbutton them and shrug them off to have them hanging behind you - like I do here.
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Not the best photo but the brown linen item I'm wearing in this photo is a dutch cloak. It's made in much the similar manner as the Spanish Surcote but it's shorter. I don't have hoods on either of them.
Isabella....I've been having trouble viewing your images for a while... and I don't know why... but I would love to be able to see them!
Do you have a blocker at work? I use ipernity which is a French based company to host all my images. Some blockers/firewalls block them because they are French. If you are at home, you have to add ipernity.com to the "okay" list on any firewall or anti-virus program you may have installed.
Yes, work likely blocks a fair bit - I'll add it to my home versions so I can see!
Did you draft the patterns yourself, or can you suggest resources to get the correct shape for these?
I used a variation on the "loose gown" from Janet Arnold, 55 and the silk gown patterns from Tailor's Pattern Book 1589. Using those as the base, I drew out the pattern to my specifications. It's basically a trapezoid with armholes. ;D