[Ansteorra] easy clothes for Gulf War

Mon Feb 9 23:03:04 PST 2009

Your Grace,

The garments you speak of can be found in different times and places... following are links I found to help explain some of what you speak.

Roman versions of Peplos, Tunic, Tunica can be found of this page under the different gender links
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/radical_romans/costume.htm

Early Saxon versions...
http://mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr/link/med/england/anglo-saxon/culture/dress.html

"Celtic" versions...
http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/clothing2.htm

The Finnish version of the peplos here:
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/FTP_Files/Ancient_Finnish_Costumes.PDF

Coptic Tunic here:
http://housebarra.com/EP/ep01/07coptic.html

Maybe a tour of the Early period area might be in order...
they at one time had a "tour"... don't know if they still do.

with regard,

Lorraine DeerSlayer, 
OP, CB, etc.

--- On Mon, 2/9/09, willowdewisp at juno.com <willowdewisp at juno.com> wrote:

> From: willowdewisp at juno.com <willowdewisp at juno.com>
> Subject: [Ansteorra] easy clothes for Gulf War
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:27 PM
> Ladies 
> You are overwhelmed with making all the outfits for all
> your men  and you are worried that you will end up at the
> War in your under dress and blanket. 
> Don't worry that is period. Many years ago Mistress
> Aurelian showed me how to drape an early period Irish dress.
> You take a length of fabric and attach it at the shoulders
> with pins and then belt it with a wide leather belt. This is
> better if worn over an under dress because sometimes the
> wind makes it immodest.
>  I will be at the war and if you want me to show you how to
> do this bring a length of pretty fabric that goes from your
> shoulder to your hand and back again.,Stripes and checks and
> plaid do wonderfully. The fabric should flow so it will
> drape properly. You will need  two pins and they don't
> have to match and a belt with a buckle. Tie belts and Norman
> loop belts just don't work. And of course jewelery.
> Beads and Amber are great. Gold is great also.  Cuff
> bracelets look great  The Anglo Saxon ladies worn something
> close to this and they put holes in their belt and hung
> their stuff on it.  
> We could all get together and make an Early Period Day of
> it . 
> If you want to feed my Lord and myself for a meal. I have
> some beads and faux amber and brooches to trade.  
> Another very easy style to do is Coptic. You don't have
> to wear under dresses or shirts with this. And you can
> simply turn the edges down to finish the neck. I prefer to
> do this by hand because I can't make a nice edge on the
> sewing machine. The basic shape is a rectangle with two
> lines of decoration going up and down on it. 
> Sometime we have bought fabric and after it was washed it
> was too soft. That fabric makes great Coptic tunics. I will
> tell you that after a day of fighting that soft tunic feels
> great. 
> Gentlemen you don't know how to sew. Get yourself a
> loose weave Linen. Make a rectangle that fits over your hips
> and shoulders. Hand sew the edge to just under the armpit.
> Cut the other side so that its slit is same size. Get two
> brooches and connect the shoulders and put it over your head
> and belt it with wide belt. Wear a necklace. Wearing
> jewelery makes you look complete. In period men wore this
> outfit with sandals. 
> I am now going to say something that might make the Laurels
> take my Laurel privileges away. If you can't find any
> pants. Please do not wear blue jeans. Go get sweatpants. You
> might look at the local thrift store they may have elastic
> waist paints that are made from a non knitted fabric and
> sometime are in colors and patterns. Look in the larger
> women's sizes. Big baggy striped pants tucked into your
> boots are very Norse . 
> I have found that a pair of shorts under this keeps you
> modest. Most men do not know how to sit in short shirts and
> maintain their Modesty. They didn't get the lecture
> about keeping your knees together.
> I will try to find so Web Site with more complete info. If
> any of you out there know of any sites or these tunics or
> any quick and dirty garb ideas please past ideas along.
> If you have any questions call me or write me. I am stuck
> at home and would like the conpany. 
> 817-719-3602. If I talk to much just tell me " you
> think you have enough information at this time"  Ot
> "Thank you willow but I have to go and take care of  my
> cat now. "
> willow de wisp
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