Just when I was trying to motivate myself towards the late 15th Century...

[stellar_muddle]

Yay to the LJ feed of Loose Threads: Yet Another Costuming Blog by Cathy Raymond who posts cool stuff about Viking clothing amongst other things. I had been following sporadically when I remembered, and I know several people reading follow her already, but yay for feeds...

Amongst the cool stuff she has linked to:
Shelagh Lewin's Reconstructed Viking Woman's Outfit based on the Kostrup find (apologies to the scandanavians whimpering over the lack of proper lettering there...).
Hilde Thunem's Viking women: Underdress
Hilde Thunem's Viking women: Aprondress (in progress). Yay to archeological focuses in both of these.

Enough viking clothing links for now...

Comments

[cataragon.livejournal.com]

I like the short loops interpretation of Shelagh Lewin - it makes a lot more sense in the context of other costume history. I find it frustrating that she has gone to such efforts to be more authentic in all the textiles, and then has chosen inappropriate modern beads in a modern stringing formation - but that's really my own issue.