15th century clothing

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Racinets Medieval costumes - French royalty - 12th thr 14th century - Garments in the Middle Ages

This pattern will create a woman’s late 14th/15th century cotte/gown. Click here if you’re looking for the Men’s pattern. When drafted the pattern includes 1/2″ seam allowance on all edges. Because of the tight fit this will need some type of closure (rather than pulling it on over your head). For women, on a supportive layer I recommend you use…Continue Reading→

Upper class women's diagram of standard dress format

This post is about my work with 15th c dresses for the Golden Egg challenge I do in the SCA, and it will be something like an overview on dresses. If you want pattern outlays and sewing tutorials, …

This gown, a tran­si­tional style between a cote­hardie and a houp­pelande, is based on 15th cen­tury Ital­ian sources. The dress is made of red wool and fully lined. The dress laces on the sides with hand sewn eye­lets and hand made fin­ger loop braid. The neck­line is accented with gold silk and span­gles, a pre­cur­sor to mod­ern sequins. The gown is worn here both with braided hair and with a dec­o­rated hat.

Posts about 15th century written by Andrea

Italian renaissance gown.