Costume Showcase: Getting dressed in a 16th century Flemish outfit

Costume Showcase: because older costumes deserve love too!
Get dressed with me in a 16th century Flemish outfit, everything except the shoes and socks made by me.
Music used:
-Blacksmith
-Bouchedag
-Bonfire
By Alexander Nakarada
freepd.com
-Achaidh Cheide
-Celtic Impulse
-Master of the Feast
-Lord of the Land
By Kevin MacLeod
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-What Lies beyond
By Vindsvept
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[@MelzoA.]

This looks SOOO good! I specially like the shift. The neckline doesnt look too wide like it falls of the shoulders. It is more snug. Really pretty 😍 and the kirtle: 10/10. Dark blue is my favourite color. I have a renaissance gown also in dark blue linen. Its like a 1480 florence gamurra👍🏼👍🏼

[@mjlSews]

Thank you! The shift turned out perfectly, and was quite satisfying to make. And I love gamurras, I've always wanted to make one!

[@TheGabygael]

i strengthened my eyelet channel with a extra band on linen, it wasn't necessary and now there's white peeking out at all time, also my bodice is a bit too big, so i have the opposite problem from yours my gap could close at the bottom (i wanted it to fit more like yours). On the whole rolled pleats controversy, i used to believe that rolled pleats were the way to go because it's what i saw everywhere but when i tried it, it looked much more modern and complex than the painting i used as a source, i ended up doing 2cm wide gathers and in the front i oriented them to face the back like knife pleats and in the back i attached it like cartridge pleats and i'm glad with the way it falls, it doesn't fall *quite* right yet (but pretty damn close) but it's probably because i used cotton instead of wool and i have like 2m or so of fabric. I might try doing proper deeper knife pleats in the front next time and i'll look at 1880s-1900s fan pleats because it's quite similar

[@mjlSews]

Yeah i wasn't sure rolled pleats would have been the preferred method, but i wanted a lot of fabric in the overdress and those pleats looked best. I like your solution to use gathers but arrange them like knife and cartridge pleats, that's interesting. Cotton and wool do drape differently, so I imagine the same pleats would look different on both, yes. I'd love to do more with wool, but it's expensive XD

[@RavenUniverze]

Not my fav time period but love the outfit. And my thriftstores don't have all these awesome fabrics lol. Skanky curtains is all. ;)

[@mjlSews]

Thanks! Thrift stores can be very hit or miss, yes. Blessedly I have one with a great fabrics/sheets/curtains section, though in this case I got the linnen directly from ikea's own discount bin, and bought the wool new.

[@Elise-si2tn]

This is such an interesting video!! Your outfit looks gorgous! OoO

[@annalou1193]

Can I ask, did you use a pattern for the blue kirtle, or did you draft it yourself?

[@mjlSews]

I drafted it using the resources on www.elizabethancostume.net/! I did make a mockup first and altered it before using the mockup as the base layer for the kirtle. I believe I added in a bit more shaping to the side seam compared to the pattern the tutorial gave me.

[@annalou1193]

@@mjlSews Thank you. You did a lovely job!

[@savvygood]

I know we’d be friends. I’m about to follow you on Instagram.

[@amelinabellemont2722]

What is your Instagram? Would like to have a look

[@mjlSews]

@Mjlvankraanen, enjoy! 😊