Monday, May 5, 2014

The Completed Cotehardie!

Cotehardie at Faire 7 Cotehardie at Faire 5

My completed cotehardie! You can read about the construction here, about the veil here and here, and about the hose here.

I'm wearing two dresses--known as cotehardies in costuming circles. The blue dress is a supportive layer that laces up, and could be worn on its own or with an overdress. The pink overdress is cut to the same pattern (except I should've raised the neckline a bit) and closes with buttons. I'm wearing both dresses over my Regency short sleeved shift. The blue sleeves are a little too tight to be comfortable over my 18c shifts. With a little wear they would be fine. I considered making a sleeveless shift (there are extant examples), but in the end, my Regency shift worked fine.



Cotehardie at Faire 2 Cotehardie at Faire 8

The side and back views. I really enjoyed lifting the pink skirt to show the blue underskirt. Apparently a little too much, as I don't have a picture of the back without lifting it! I am planning on wearing it at Costume College though, so pictures then :)

Cotehardie at Faire 1 Cotehardie at Faire 3

I wore a sash over the blue dress and hung a velvet bag based loosely on this one and my knitted kitty pouch. My hose are bias cut wool.

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The blue dress worn on its own.

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And a back view without holding the skirt up!

Cotehardie at Faire 10

And finally, a post faire picture. After a hot day (in the 90s!), it does feel very good to relax your costume a bit :)

7 comments:

  1. Very beautiful work! ALMOST makes me want to do that time period. Almost.

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  2. Lovely! One of rather few really good examples of American made medieval clothing I've seen :)

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  3. Fabulous job. All the pieces are lovely: it makes me want to sew some, too! Thanks for sharing about how you constructed these and where you got your information from.

    Best,
    Quinn

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  4. Love this dress, makes me want to make one as well!! :D

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  5. I love it. The fabric colors pair so well together. And I love the cheeky shot with the hose. :D

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