[Elfsea] Thank you; and pants pattern please

[Michelle Dodd]

I have seen documentation that the "gwazee" coat, with the "boobs exposed"
under a chemise is from much earlier that 1630. The coat itself is actually
underwear & was usuaslly worn with another coat over it. The complete outfit
of a Gwazee included pants, skirt, sleeved top, gwazee & outer coat. Duchess
Larissa, in Steppes, can possibly help you with the documentation. The coat
itself is very easy to make & is very comfortable to wear in the Ansteorran
summer.

Ly Gabriele


>From: "Lisa Duke" <arabella at elfsea.net>
>Reply-To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
>To: <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: RE: [Elfsea] Thank you; and pants pattern please
>Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 13:32:13 -0700
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>Anabel,
>I have some documentation for the Turkish coat.  What most people are
>wearing with the boobs exposed is about 1630 or later.  Make a trip down
>here and I'll show you what I have.  There is Indian/Persian version in
>period that has a narrow slit at the breast and a button or faster just
>below the neck every thing is mostly covered up and from the looks of the
>illumination there's something under the coat.  So no cleavage. I have
>found
>documentation for a short sleeved short coat version. All are wearing
>pants.
>Let me know
>
>This sure sounds like a research paper.
>
>Arabella
>Hi, Anabel,
>
>I have a pattern (somewhere) for a Turkish coat pattern from the Topkapi
>Palace.  I got it at King's College in Namron.
>
>Xene
>
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>Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 8:01 AM
>To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
>Subject: RE: [Elfsea] Thank you; and pants pattern please
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>
>Beautiful pants pattern Pyro!  Thanks indeed for your hard work and
>research.  Now I have another question.  From what I've been told, the
>guazi
>(sp) coat is NOT period.  Is there a coat-like item that IS period that
>could be made for hot-weather eventing?  I don't do much Mid-Eastern, but
>it
>is some of the coolest clothing when the weather is overly warmish.  Any
>ideas about where to get patterns?  Websites that you know of?  Any help
>will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Lady Anabel
>
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