Dressing A Tudor Lady from the Court of Henry VIII

Dressing A Tudor Lady from the Court of Henry VIII
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Enjoy a talk describing the layers making up the gown of a Tudor lady. Sarah is dressed from her underwear into the final stunning ensemble; a French gown from circa the 1530s and the court of Henry VIII.
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[@danilearose5059]

This is so helpful. I’ve been doing extensive research as I’m making my own Tudor dress, and this saves me so much headache!

[@AdelaideBeemanWhite]

Great video, but a few minor corrections; the word “stays” did not come about until the 18th century. In the Tudor era they were only called “bodies.” Also, bodies did not come into style until the 1560s or 1570s. And what she calls “aglets” are actually called “ouches.” “Aglets” are the ends of laces.

[@Emma-ll5wv]

Good points! I would also like to know if Lady Zarina (sp) is a titled peer!

[@maryherbach9233]

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[@freckles4603]

Thank you!

[@AshleyLebedev]

Thank you!

[@JessieCochran37]

Exactly right, @Adelaide Beeman-White, a petticoat (with an attached bib top) and kirtle were used more often than bodies and farthingales. The kirtle would have layers of fabric with a layer of stiffened canvas and/or buckram to provide support, before bodies became fashionable. @Samantha Bullat has a great Tudor series on Tudor era clothes and how things were made.

[@autumnleaves-77]

This was fascinating to watch and listen to. It's a pity the lady talking didn't wear the french hood to finish off the look. The lady on the right is so beautiful she looks just like Anne Boleyn. She also has the poise and mannerisms of a Tudor lady. The costumes are fantastic. Very talented ladies. Thank you.

[@wendybutler1681]

I think the clothing itself had a lot to do with how the women moved and walked with so much poise--they couldn't slouch if they wanted to all trussed up like a turkey. I know, too, that the right costume can make a rough and tumble tomboy into a vision of charm, poise and beauty. I move differently in jeans and a sweatshirt than I do in a dress or skirt. Actors have always said that sometimes they don't feel the character until they don the costume.

[@danielrenos1647]

She could've had the English hood instead.

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

The long pieces of cloth that hang down from a coif or hood are called lappets.

[@tK-be6ns]

the 14-15th centuries was before the 'little ice age' which occurred during the 16th century. So the gown over the kirtle may have been a response to the colder climate

[@DipityS]

That was fascinating and very beautiful. Both ladies were gorgeous in their stunning gowns. Thank you.

[@katiejoy2960]

The dresses are amazing. They are so noisy! Imagine a court full of women, and all the dresses, swishing and swaying. The noise must of been so loud.

[@lyndawilliams4570]

The rooms were quite large though

[@Grace-ms7un]

I would swoon for that asmr 😊

[@Whoa_Lisa]

Fashion and feminity have always fascinated. Clothing and accessories, as I see it, are used to express individuality, the ideals and values of the time and as a piece of wearable art and iconography. There is so much more to clothing than just something to wear as it is most often used as so much more than to just cover our bodies.

[@jobes4525]

Fascinating, entertaining. My Lady is a natural presenter, offering expertees and humour. Loved this! Thanks 😊

[@jobes4525]

@@TheTudorTravelGuide My Pleasure 😊

[@janinabarlow621]

Fascinating and very informative Thank you , never knew they wore so many layers, beautiful gowns.

[@Celebrinthal]

Such an interesting and informative presentation! I'll be sure to check out more videos from this channel. One thing needs to be addressed though regarding Victorian corsets, as they were mentioned at least twice in the context of tight lacing. The purpose of corsets in the Victorian era was still the same as in the earlier centuries, that is: to support the bust and provide the base for the fashionable silhouette. The latter was achieved not by lacing yourself down to the point of not being able to breathe, as popculture would like us to believe, but rather by building the curves out. The corset smoothed out the belly and provided a sturdy base for adding all the petticoats, bum pads, bustles, whatever was necessary in particular decades, plus meters of heavy fabric on top of that - preventing it all from digging painfully into the wearer's flesh. With the help of all these hidden layers, the bust and hips were made larger, so that the waist appeared thin, regardless of its actual size. Yes, the practice of tight lacing developed during this time, and was practiced by some ladies (aided by photo manipulation - which is how we've got all these photographs of impossibly tiny-waisted women). It was definitely far from the norm though, in fact it was rather frowned upon by the society.

[@chipperterri]

As a lover off all things Tudor,...I thoroughly enjoyed this video..Both ladies looked beautiful.TY

[@Sun_Flower1]

This popped into my list out of the blue and I found it charming! Very entertaining and enjoyable. Thank you. 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@JenniferCurts]

A very informative talk. Thank you for sharing. If the store you mentioned is your big box everything store, I myself have worn my renaissance gown into our local Walmart on my way home from a re-enactment. Oh the looks I received!

[@silkwormandcottontails803]

Well I’m super impressed with this video Sarah . Serena has an amazing talent ,to be able to replicate these gowns and work out how they were constructed is just fabulous. I did a fashion degree and although I much preferred the design element , the pattern construction was very interesting . So you think way back into another century and figure it all out is just wonderful . As always you make your videos very easy to watch and full of interesting facts . I will be re-watching this one

[@silkwormandcottontails803]

@@TheTudorTravelGuide I had no idea it was so long ago until the end . I bet you have more than 4 dresses by now !

[@Chandos20]

You give very good talks about the Tudor age Sarah!x.

[@TheLeaveTaking]

very interesting. I can't wait to get my hands on your book

[@tonyaadkins3989]

That was very informative. I always wondered a lot about the Victorian Era. You did a wonderful job. Thanks, Tonya A.

[@rxsescentedtrash]

Month 9 of where quarantine has taken me, and almost 20 years of where KZbin has taken people

[@kateburns5796]

EdibleGlostick 16 months of late night breast feeding brought me here too

[@rxsescentedtrash]

@@kateburns5796 that’s rough

[@nancytestani1470]

Here,here….

[@bessofhardwick9311]

Very interesting. Thanks for uploading!

[@pamela7813]

Thanks so much for sharing, I am from the US but I do love the English history. There are a couple of ladies from here who have videos showing clothing they make and share one of them actually moved to the UK.

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

What a lovely presentation. and very informative. Bravo!

[@TheGoofygirl67]

I thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you. 😊

[@louisekember5746]

That was a brilliant and totally interesting talk! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@KayFaverus]

Gorgeous dresses and very informative, however, stays were not a thing in the early-mid 16th century, they would wear kirtles with stiffened bodices and sometimes even gowns with stiffened bodices. Stays became apparent in the late 16th century. :) so Anne Boleyn would probably not have worn stays in her life.

[@savvygood]

Thank you for posting!

[@ElinT13]

Very informative! Thank you!

[@lollipop96537]

Excellent portrayal. I feel like I’m alive again 👏👏

[@phieq]

Thank god for leggings and a comfy jumper :)

[@catherinejohnson2235]

Lovely and interesting. Only wish the camera had been closer. Thank you.

[@chiaroscuroamore]

@@TheTudorTravelGuide that would be great!!!

[@cryptgrrrl]

I agree

[@iamauntmeem]

I enjoyed your presentation. Having two ladies with varied backgrounds giving their experiences was wonderful. I would like to have seen you dress in the whole 'outfit' from the chemise, the stays/bodies the whole way up to and including the headgear. I was looking forward to how lovely you would look in a complete Tudor ensemble. Great visual enjoyment. Thank you.

[@esteraradisic6820]

Thank you for this video it is very interesting and very educational.

[@alwaystakemarktwainsadvice4269]

Just fyi pairs of bodies were not used at this time. They came around the 1590s. The bodice of the Kirtle would be stiffened. Also a pair of bodies and stays were different garments, and a corset was never designed to cinch the waist or used on that way. A pair of bodies came about in the 1590s, most likely because the increase of the whaling industry; Stays came about in the late mid to late 1600s; and a true corset came about in the 1830s

[@TheTudorTravelGuide]

I published a great podcast with Sarah Bendell who has studied women't underwear of the period. If you, or anybody else reading this is interested, you can check it out here: thetudortravelshow.podbean.com/e/shaping-femininity/

[@christineingram55]

Well explained and the gowns were just beautiful too .Thank you 🥰

[@TheTudorTravelGuide]

Thanks so much 😊

[@mommabearmanga3758]

Fantastic talk very informative

[@triffus]

What a great host and guide. So likeable and approachable!

[@kreyzaulqinaku3753]

Beautiful gowns, I would have loved to wear them at the time, very feminine and regal. Maybe they will come back to fashion, since they help in social distancing with all that structure and space they need .... 😄

[@kreyzaulqinaku3753]

Bring us back Tudor fashion 🙌

[@jaclynrichmond1049]

Unfortunately you would have to be a lady of wealth in order to wear them because its impossible to do any daily activities in them other than look pretty.

[@elvinadhludhlu5380]

@@kreyzaulqinaku3753 I think the same with crinolines and accompanying dresses. I hear they are quite breezy under.

[@breeinatree4811]

@@elvinadhludhlu5380 they had stockings on. Cotton or silk in the summer and wool in the winter.

[@emiliejayne_st]

😂😂yes I hope so

[@wendybutler1681]

I'm fascinated by historical clothing. Nicely done and thank you!

[@TheTudorTravelGuide]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DM-ps4oc]

This was wonderful thank you 😊

[@zaidedarcy]

I read elsewhere that in the first half of the 16th century stays were not used, and that the kirtle served as support....can you talk about when bodies/stays came into wide use among noblewomen, and whether you've found any historical mention of their introduction? Thanks for a highly informative video!

[@loriscook5231]

Rather sad about poor Eleanor of Toledo stripped of her beautiful funeral clothes after resting in peace for hundreds of years. They can now be viewed in a museum. Look her up an amazing woman, married at 16 died only 40 mother of 11 children

[@bessofhardwick9311]

That brown staining on the dress appears to be "body liquor", i.e. the liquid that runs out of a decomposing body. Another good reason to have left it on her! @___@

[@nancytestani1470]

Wedding gowns have transparent neckline now..beautifully made everything old gets new again….

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

Very enjoyable talk.

[@strangehobbyist]

Planning a trip to see Hampton Court in the future, do any of you give lectures like this one over at the building?

[@SophiaVonHelgastein]

You're gonna love it. Been there, lots a walking.

[@MicaRayan]

The dress really typifies something on the brink of medieval era and 'elizabethan' onwards.... it's not ostentatious and neither plain as well... just look so versatile and practical. Now I can imagine how the ladies can going through that small spiral staircase on that corner

[@kevinjena42012]

Love this

[@18daisydoll65]

Brilliant! Thank you

[@rosemarienin9823]

I would have liked to get a better view of the french hood and how to place it on the head.

[@patriciaescalantecarranza73]

Hme encanta la historia de ana bbolena y tambien los vestidos son hermosos!

[@contact3604]

Im looking forward to this video👍😊 I have subscribed! Moira From England.

[@contact3604]

@@TheTudorTravelGuide Thank you, so much for your warm welcome, it was very much appreciated! Yes lam indeed, looking forward to watching more. Moira From England.

[@Heatherfaeyy]

Wow!! I am researching creating an Anne Boleyn style gown and this was extremely helpful!! Question, does the outer dress with velvet have any stability to the bodice? I'm assuming it is at least lined...but is it boned or anything? Or does it simply lay over the stays? Thank you!!

[@bridgetcooper6331]

Is there a link for the lady who makes the cloths?

[@Alberad08]

The presenter and the other lady looked really gorgeous in their garments. Nevertheless, I had to cope with that 'granny' bonnet. I call it so because I remember, when being a small boy in Dortmund, Germany in the 60ties, some very old ladies (who obviously had been born in the last quarter of the 19th century) still wore that kind of plain white head dress.

[@molarmama32]

Exquisitely done. I wish I had a quarter of your talent. What was worn in the hot summer months?

[@molarmama32]

***** It was a pleasure viewing your video and I wish I were there. You should be doing the costumes for the cinema as your work is perfection. Too many films get the styles wrong.

[@beckygriggs7827]

The dresses were very beautiful back then, I've always wanted to go to a renaissance festival. Would be very interesting Christina's dress looks more like velvet than wool. The triangular headdress looked too much like a house on thier head, whereas the rounded ones looked softer and more feminine

[@jasminewadsworth6059]

Where can u buy these dresses because I would really wear this in the street

[@Memme14]

Prior Attire does bespoke period clothes and has a KZbin channel where she shows the layers of period dresses from around 1200 to late 1800s.

[@lisavolk8442]

Interesting point about children’s dress & childhood in Tudor times generally: There was no real concept of child development, & certainly no thought whatsoever of a defined period of adolescence before adulthood. Tudor society considered a person’s childhood to be at an end by the age of six. Therefore one was automatically considered an adult at six, (albeit a young one), since there was no other defined category into which a person could fall. That’s why you read about things like Edward VI having command of multiple languages by the time he was twelve, having been relegated to study under multiple tutors for 8 hours a day from the time he was six years old. The same for Henry VIII’s other two children. All three had their own separate residences with a full complement of servants and personal attendants. And they were dressed like miniature adults. Talk about uncomfortable! Children in the lower strata of society were put to work tilling fields, or tending to household duties or the care of younger children. There was no such thing as public school, and there wouldn’t be until long after the beginning of the industrial revolution. Play time was o-v-e-r at age 6. (When today’s kids are hitting first grade.) So it makes complete sense that there was nobody advocating for the needs of children (mental health, functioning, easy clothing, toys, entertainment, food etc.) during the Tudor era. This would have been considered a shockingly indulgent waste of thought, time, & money. On the other hand, nobody at that time was thinking in terms of mental health or nutrition for adults either. Child abuse you wonder? Oh hell yes! By our standards most assuredly, & even by theirs it was rampant. One’s children were one’s property, just like one’s livestock or one’s furniture, & one could dispose of them as one wished. There was nothing an adult could not demand of a child. Women had no rights in any regard either, but that’s another story. What a wild thought: an adult servant taking orders from a 7-year-old “master”. Yikes!

[@sarahnixdorf1]

Lady Jane Grey was introduced to adulthood at the age of 4, Princess Elizabeth when she was 3 months old was given Hatfeild Palace for her own use. King Henry VIII spent his childhood at Eltham Palace.

[@notrevieadeuxtonyetgregory7679]

Magnifique ♥️

[@micheleford4282]

i thought red petticoats meant they were a martyr or catholic mary queen of scotts went to her execution and her petticoats were red. but im not sure if that was the only reason.

[@robynwilliams8110]

On the subject of the hair of Elizabeth 1 not being covered - or less covered ... I have heard elsewhere that it was because an Elizabethan maiden or unmarried woman could her hair out until marriage - and Elizabeth 1 never married.

[@trojanette8345]

Best historical dressing demonstration I've seen, yet. Usually when such presentations come about either the presenter only wears it 'for show' prancing around in front of the screen. Rarely, does a viewer get treated to such a FULL presentation. For this you are to be commended for your efforts. Future suggestion: If ever you have the chance to do another demo (possibly JUST with you in front of a camera) it would be nice if we could get a close up of you WHILE you were demonstrating period clothing -- maybe while you are in a private setting; not necessarily in front of a live audience. FURTHER suggestion: To get an idea of what I mean you may want to tap into the channel called, "Prior Attire". Hope this helps. You did a nice job on your demonstration to your audiences.

[@Junoleda]

Jane Seymour did wear French Hoods. She owned more French Hoods than English, but she made her ladies in waiting wear the English Hoods only so she would look better next to them. The English Hood was perhaps regarded as more traditional but not old fashioned. Similar to comparing a Lamborghini to a Rolls Royce. Bodies were not worn until the reign of Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn would have worn a stiffened kirtle bodice, made with paste, a glued fabric. Also should be noted how very expensive a dress like this would be. A tv show showed a Hampton Court guides recreated dress would have cost a knight his entire years income. Even at the palace very few people would have dressed like this.

[@berenlevia8486]

in my 1st comment , in no way did i want to give the impression of disrepect of the fasions of Tudor times , as Anne B is a much removed Aunt , im very intersted in how she got 'dressed' . they were really no differnt from us showing off our wealth in fasion . thank you ,so much ladies .

[@artboxfashion4042]

This is so interesting! Where is a reliable source for historically accurate patterns?

[@TheTudorTravelGuide]

Check out the work of The Tudor Tailor. They are among the best around - everything is very carefully researched and authentically created.

[@charliekezza]

Beautiful dresses wish we still dressed so amazingly but minus the super flammable crenel stuff, one of my great great aunts was holding one of her babies when her crenel went up in flames she died soon after but the poor babe lingered on for a week.

[@Nana-vi4rd]

loved the video, thanks for uploading, about the hunting, they had of course the huntsmen who would drive the big game towards the hunting party.. They had also men of no ranks or stations called beaters that would drive out the fowl game and they had dogs that when a bird fell the dogs would fetch them and bring them to the huntsmen who brought them to the hunting party. The Hawks and Falcons were trained to drop the prey they caught for the dogs to fetch.

[@Nana-vi4rd]

@@TheTudorTravelGuide I am fascinated by all things medieval, Richard the second on up into the Tudor period. I would love to have one of those gowns you were showing in your video but alas, my check from Uncle Sam makes that only a dream. They are beautiful just the same.

[@jasminewadsworth6059]

How would they control there menustration of time of month no panniers or nickers

[@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo]

usually they used pieces of linen or cotton rolled up (either plain or sometimes stuffed with sponge) and used them as a tampon. or they would kinda improvise with folded fabric pads and some kind of contraption made of ribbons or laces to keep it in place.

[@brontewcat]

@@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo That’s interesting. I suspected it was something like this.

[@sophiereyucel4589]

Hoo so happy to be a sixties baby.A pair of jeans a tee -shirt ..happy😅

[@trojanette8345]

37:13 -- Whose supposed wedding dress is this? I couldn't quite catch the name of the person.

[@ThePhantazmya]

Elenor of Toledo

[@hayley8715]

Was the linen under garment worn to bed? I assume the robe was not, at least not on its at least non alone?

[@TheTudorTravelGuide]

Yes a linen smock would have been worn to bed with a linen cap on the head.

[@TessMArt]

So if the linen chemise was the first layer, and the ladies did not wear panties or sneakers, how they managed through those special days of the month? Did they let all running down the chemise or whatever? A beauty outside, a mess inside sometimes?

[@notever_everytime5074]

A menstrual belt and rags. Hence the phrase "on the rag".

[@SteveMHN]

What's the speakers name? She's great.

[@SteveMHN]

Thanks (-: I should of waited for the credits at the end.

[@elizabethmorton4904]

I wonder how they kept their necks warm, especially in wind and rain.

[@orchidsarepretty1422]

I wanna wear these dresses! Maybe I’ll make myself a Tudor dress!

[@magicbus63]

Were is Anne Boleyn buried!

[@gabrieldelacruz4278]

What is the name of that girl in a Tudor dress again? Lady Serena?

[@gabrieldelacruz4278]

@@TheTudorTravelGuide Ok, what's her last name?

[@emilybyrne9372]

I love history and I'm really interested in Anne Boleyn and if she really was accused of adultery and treason

[@maddiekrause5266]

Anne Boleyn was accused by King Henry VII, her husband, of adultery and incest. Probably because he either was tired of her inability to produce a son or he wanted to marry Jane Seymour and wanted Anne out of the way. There was hardly any evidence but since he was king he could pretty much create proof. Anne Boleyn denied all charges and she probably was innocent.

[@berenlevia8486]

Anne B is my Aunt several times removed , she as well as her brother , who would be my Uncle George were falsely accused of treason ans sexual immoraity . Saddly , unwisely , Anne made many enenies in court by her treatment of Cathrine and Mary who helped bring about her death .

[@JodyK68]

Wonderfully done and very informative. I have often dreamed of what it would be like to live back in the Tudor/Elizabethan era. Just the thought of those stunningly beautiful long swirling gowns and parties that were attended on an almost nightly basis. Then I think about practicing Catholicism when it was abolished in England, or what they considered treason back then and I am quickly shaken from my dream. The horrific remembrances of history, how ladies and gentlemen paid the price with their lives in the most ghastly ways imaginable. If you ask me to many men and women died very young being convicted and sentenced to death without even the smallest hint of representation. Sorry to get a bit off subject, but seeing the well thought out recreations of the dresses is really enough for me, I don’t think I want to live back then. Needless to say the fashions back then for women are still admired for their beauty today. But for men, I don’t know for sure, but probably not so much. What do you’all think? The one lady asked a question in the video about a garment worn by men back then, I think she may have been talking about the bulbous shorts. Thank you again for the informative video, really well done!

[@maryakuquartey4904]

READY SAINT QUEEN MARY

[@thedoormouse3371]

What’s a petticoat

[@thedoormouse3371]

@@TheTudorTravelGuide thank you

[@janeharris6925]

I really enjoyed this but it would be even more informative to have a gentleman’s example side by side of the same period to compare. Thanks very much.

[@brontewcat]

About bathing. It is not necessary to have all over baths in a rub to keep your body very clean. You can use a bucket of water and a washer. So I am not sure how unclean people were during these times.

[@ladythalia227]

Dr Kat actually has a really informative video on KZbin regarding bathing/washing/cleaning practices in the Tudor period. She ride us of the notion that Tudor people didn’t wash. Recommended.

[@annastinehammersdottir1290]

They wore their wealth.

[@nancytestani1470]

Where the cloth , soils and everything come from, where did velvet come from, would the ladies go get the material….

[@TheTudorTravelGuide]

Cloth would be bought from merchants in larger towns or cities. So the wealthy would send their servants to buy cloth that would then be made into gowns. There are voluminous records of cloth and the yardage being bought in the royal household accounts. It quite often says what the cloth is being bought for too, so 'X amount of cloth of gold for a gown for my lady Anne', for example.

[@rosierosie62]

The kirtle plus the forepart look very much like Bavarian/Austrian dirndels with aprons

[@yelloworangered]

So strange that she skipped putting on the stays. I don't understand that at all.

[@Angie2343]

What if Henry and his queens lived in our modrn era?

[@michelleg7]

Most likely they would have worn riding habits for hunting. Would have been beautiful ornate gowns but likely without the hoops so they could sit on a horse side saddle.

[@nancytestani1470]

Did a lady have a different outfit for riding and ride sidesaddle…

[@TheTudorTravelGuide]

There were different styles of gown: french, English gowns. The English gown always looked more suitable for riding to me but it is quite difficult to get specific info on riding attire.

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

So many layers on the body, then bare shoulders and upper chest. They must have worn fur partlets constantly in winter.

[@ambientsoda106]

Ive found shirts with jewelry embedded into them is coming back into fashion -Tuder Fashion is unmatched and a bastardised evolution of the European coloniser fashion - England gained French, Saxon and Italians fashion ideas...major cities like London are the result...

[@schuniza]

It must have been quite the challenge to use the bathroom in a farthingale....

[@berenlevia8486]

o hell to the naw , naw ! i'd upset a lot of Tudor people wearing my jeans print T shirt and flip flops

[@molnotmole3428]

My parents have those handles on their dressers, I can hear them in childhood mind as I realize I have to get up soon

[@avebernardelli9247]

Vorrei ricordarvi che esiste anche la lingua italiana!

[@wingthorn]

Please, not flea furs!. They had nothing to do with catching fleas - they were a status item, often made of a sable skin, with jewelled gold heads and feet.

[@zmijazyg1792]

on every portraits woman has the same clothes but in "The Tudors" actors were dressed more "modern" style . Is it possible that woman in this age wored clothes like in "the Tudors"?

[@ceralee2151]

I have a very stupid question. If Elizabeth I and these other ladies were wearing these stays in their coffins and they were removed, I assume there were put back onto the body of her Majesty? Isn't it a bit disrespectful to remove such intimate clothing from the Queen of England? She may have been the Queen hundreds of years ago, but she was still an anointed Queen, chosen by God. I just feel so bad, that their resting place number one is disturbed, but I understand why we do it because we want to study and keep this information for our children and grandchildren. But why must we strip these bodies down, isn't that disrespectful to who these women were? This is just a personal question for myself, because if I am interred in 400 years, not that anyone would really care I would just be some chick that died, but if I were it would offend me greatly for people to just rip off my clothes or remove them gently and have my body there in such an exposed way.

[@theaxe6198]

The stays from Elizabeth I came from her effigy…. Not from her. The effigy was a wooden mock up of her but in her clothes as part of her funeral procession.

[@ahippy8972]

Side saddle skirts. Or they rode astride. I’m a rider this is how they went riding but women didn’t go dear hunting or wolf hunting it was a mans sport, thank you.

[@lizamartin4705]

So they cover all their hair but it's ok to have their breasts popping out the front? Lol.