Cloth of Stars

1490s Florentine Italian for Candlemas 2024 In the beginning, I honestly had no thoughts about what to wear to Candlemas in February - I fig...

At my very first Gulf Wars, someone lent me a giant flannel houppelande on a cold night, which I threw on over my cotehardie, and I have wan...

 I’m in love with my new 14thC bycocket , but I had nothing to wear with it to the next event. It’s been years since I busted out ye olde co...

 After refitting my two Florentine-cum-Venetian dresses , I still had my old red velvet court dress to figure out. Here it is in 2013 when I...

  After completing the wine-colored linen Venetian dress , I set about making the same changes to my black silk Florentine dress :    Once...

So, I'm a Viking pretty much full-time, but we have an Italian-themed event coming up in October, so I thought I'd drag out my old F...

So I had this huge silk quilt.  The front was made from dozens of pieces cut from the edge banding on silk saris from India.  The b...

By request, the Caerleon over-sleeves I showed you the other day, with the Swiss kirtle: Black linen shell, with a gold line...

The first of three of my Florentine outfits from BAM weekend.  This one's my new Caerleon livery, a refit of what was originally going t...

Mmmmyeah, remember the hiatus?  Not so much!  It would seem that I have won the "free time" lottery - and boy am I already rocking...