La Belle Robe Médiévale

In my infinite wisdom as a new SCA member I chose a name on a whim. I wanted something French and Celtic, and Fancy.  So I ended up on Wikip...

  This is an extant 15th century cut velvet piece that was acquired by Charles de Bourbon that he graciously allowed me to handle.  I suspec...

Well after a year of hand stitching the out shell is wearable!  The lining isn't tacked in yet, but the next phase will be Gold Work emb...

Death has once again touched my house. So in a weird way of coping I've gone down the rabbit hole of how Medieval people handled death w...

So if I'm going to have a fancy velvet houppelande then I'll need a fancy cotte to go under it right?  Looking at my favorite manusc...