[Ansteorra] Ansteorra Digest, Vol 5, Issue 43

[elizabeth at crouchet.com]

Ok, John, I do a lot of costuming and even I did not understand the description. 

JP, please post a picture! I want to see a waffenrock!

Claire 


On 19 Sep 2006 at 11:11, Jean Paul de Sens wrote:

> Keeping warm in Ansteorra is usually not a problem, but for those
> rare
> events where it is, layers are the solution.
> 
> Good undergarments (whether period or no) with a undershirt,
> outshirt, and
> then a heavy wool "item" are a pretty common trend through the
> ages... and
> really not different than what we do today... I have on a t-shirt
> under my
> dress shirt, and a jacket that I put on when I go outside.
> 
> My time period (late 1400's) i'd wear a small braes, joined wool
> hosen, a
> linen undeshirt, outer wool wams, a waffenrock if it was chilly (or
> I was
> wealthly) and then a cloak if it was downright cold.
> 
> JP
>