Your photoshop skills at the end make this especially adorable
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
Haha thank you! I'm totally a novice but it was satisfying to accomplish that!
@cruxivar60263 жыл бұрын
She blends in! Ahh! 🧡💕
@romystumpy11972 жыл бұрын
Yes i agree very artistic
@zappawench60483 жыл бұрын
I love how the different solid blocks of colour provide quite a "jolly" and pleasing look. The clothing of a working Tudor woman looks surprisingly practical, with the attached purse and apron. The russet gown fitted you perfectly and looked great on you!
@mobrown75943 жыл бұрын
It’s funny how when you imagine that time you think every one dressed like Anne Bolyne lol, but you have to remember there were average people too
@darklymoonlit3 жыл бұрын
Lovely! That kirtle is to die for and I adore the black partlet - I've never seen one pointed in the back like that but it's so cool.
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You see them in some Breughel paintings and Book of Hours illustrations.
@boredofmindgames46623 жыл бұрын
Jeez the wealth of knowledge you have to pull from is literally awe inspiring
@sarahmwalsh3 жыл бұрын
This is such a beautiful ensemble. The turnback lined cuffs are kind of like the common woman's answer to the oversleeves lined with fur that you see on upperclass Tudor gowns, aren't they? That's so neat!
@eric38443 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this video. Always been the most interested in the clothing of the common people, and I've always felt it was somewhat underrepresented, at least on youtube. You did an amazing job not only showing the garments and how to wear them, but covering their history and the why's and how's of their colors and materials. It's wonderful!
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Common people’s clothing definitely doesn’t get enough attention and I hope to change that. I have a brand new working class clothing video for the Regency period going up tomorrow!
@candicefrost4561 Жыл бұрын
I prefer working and lower class GRWM because it’s like a connection to the people most of us actually came from. It also shows how people didn’t just wear bland sacks just because they were poor or not royalty. Their clothes were also often very valuable to them, so they took great care to protect it and maintain it. Women often made their own clothes or at least many parts of their outfit. People in this position couldn’t document themselves like we can now, and some may have been lost in records. Seeing their clothes is like seeing a glimpse of them.
@999Giustina3 жыл бұрын
I love that you reproduced the lady in the painting so incredibly accurately! Bravo!
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
I had a lot of fun with it! Thank you!
@CareenasAdventures3 жыл бұрын
EEEEE I got so excited when I saw this! I cannot get enough of historical commonwear videos. There are so few, and it is such an important part of fashion history.
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
Me too! I'll be posting a Regency working class video next Sunday!
@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Жыл бұрын
Definitely great to see - especially when you consider this would've been the vast majority of people at the time?
@CareenasAdventures Жыл бұрын
@@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Yes indeed!
@emmahardesty43303 жыл бұрын
Truly these garments seem much more appealing, artistically, than brocades and silks. Just gorgeous, and I appreciate your work. Kiss the cat.
@TGrrr894 жыл бұрын
That photo at the end is hilarious! Love the outfit as well.
@irenedavis46293 жыл бұрын
It is really lovely to see the dress hooks and pins that I make actually being used in a video! The next time someone asks me how to use them, I will send them to this video! I always seem to get those questions when it is 98 degrees at an event, and I am wearing a Roman tunica. This was a great video!
@e.urbach77804 жыл бұрын
I love seeing common people's clothing! Regarding the dress hook holding the wool partlet at the back, do you have a thread loop on the bodice for it to attach to, or is the hook just pushed into the fabric?
@ClueFinderDirtDigger4 жыл бұрын
Came here to ask the same question! Such a cool detail.
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
It hooks directly into the fabric. This method works well for wool, but I don't think I'd try it on silk or something more tightly woven!
@thebookwyrmslair67573 жыл бұрын
@@TheCoutureCourtesan I would imagine on silk or linen that you'd add a little loop for it to connect to. :) (Not sure which materials the Tudor middle and lower classes would use for a summer-weight dress.)
@janehollander19343 жыл бұрын
With your clothing and this video you made part of a famous Bruegel painting 'The Peasant Dance' come alive👏🏻. Thank you so much 👌🏻
@AnneOfCleves15154 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this! I loved this video, and I especially loved the outfit! All the layering and lining gives such a vibrant colour contrast. Even if you were a Tudor village woman who couldn't afford silk and velvet (and, I guess, couldn't legally wear it anyway with those sumptuary laws), I imagine you would still feel like the fanciest lady in the parish walking into church on Sunday wearing a dress like this-- and comfy too, from the look of it!
@lilrummager4 жыл бұрын
My goodness the quality of fit in your clothing is fantastic!! Well done 👏👏👏
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@asilverfoxintasmania99403 жыл бұрын
I do 15th Century Florentine, and I found the gap with the lace up kirtle a bit annoying, I noticed with your gown that you have a similar gap as with the kirtle. Do you find with cold weather that this can be an issue? Thank you for doing some earlier periods that don't seem to be quite as popular on Costube!
@Smallpotato19652 жыл бұрын
the detachable sleeves are very practical for a working woman; if they get wet or stained during work, you can quickly replace them with a new pair and you don't have to wash the entire garment just because a few stains on the sleeves. They are, in effect, like the apron: they catch most of the stains. In my language, we still say "there are always a few sleeves to fit that" when we mean "there are always a few ways for solving that problem", and it clearly goes back to this time of detachable sleeves, lol!
@sweetbriar064 жыл бұрын
Love it!! Every time you post these outfits, it makes me want to do pre-18th century again. 😆
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
Do itttttttt... :)
@OcarinaSapphr-3 жыл бұрын
I would love to see you take on Jacobean/ Stuart dress- from the insanely beautiful embroidery early on in the 17th c to the French-inspired block colour silks, lace & ribbons of the pre-English Civil Wars era
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
Yes! That will definitely be coming in the future! One of my favorite periods!
@OcarinaSapphr-3 жыл бұрын
@@TheCoutureCourtesan Cool- I will definitely keep a lookout!
@ktlovely3 жыл бұрын
Man, you are reaaaally makign me want to try out earlier period stuff...
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
DO ITTTTTTTT. You get to wear all the wool!
@ClueFinderDirtDigger4 жыл бұрын
You’re reawakening my desire to give Tudor sewing a try... This looks fabulous!
@dindranew.68083 жыл бұрын
The back pleating on the back of that gown is outstanding!
@SkyeAten2 жыл бұрын
Tudor is probably my favorite historical dress. Especially for the working class. I think the style is very forgiving and simple and would look good on most peoples body types as well. I wonder what they wore in summer though, because it would be suffocating with all those layers I'd imagine.
@zizkazenit78854 жыл бұрын
I love it, great video! Also interesting how much brighter the colors look in natural light, where they would have most often been viewed
@kimberlyperrotis89622 жыл бұрын
Beautiful kitty, I never can resist a calico or tortie.
@happygardener28 Жыл бұрын
Partlets also protect the shoulder seams/fabric from anything carried over the shoulder like dairy yokes, grain sacks or drips of food just as the apron protects the skirt/kirtle (less fabric on wash days).
@paulcarlachapman6283 жыл бұрын
I much prefer simpler dress like this. simple lines and colors are very appealing to me. Thank you for a lovely video!
@MollyWeiss4 жыл бұрын
Love it! Tudor dress is what got me into historical costuming yet I've never made an outfit from the era. This really makes me want to bump it up the todo list. What shape are your skirt panels to get the shape and twirl like that?
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! They are sort of trapezoidal? Wedge shaped? lol
@CrowingHen Жыл бұрын
That grey gown! Beautiful. That fabric would be fun to spin and weave. Love the video.
@chastitysenek74994 жыл бұрын
Fantastic outfit and wonderful research as always!
@crissykloth37213 ай бұрын
Uuuuuuh I love it, and I love more because it is cat approved; best consiglierie. At present I am in my first 2 m sewing ever with only the ZWIRN, needle and the slight yellow big piece of material (second opportunity after a job I did as I waitress - decoratiion light covering) I am longing for purchasing cuttings? garment and so on... So hopefully this site will still be available during spring and summer of 2024. I am pretty convinced for my purposes and sensitive skin and nervs and energy field - this dress will be a fine compagnion for a long long time... thank you and the lovely cat, bye bye Crissy
@XenusMama3 жыл бұрын
This video makes me want to return to Tudor garb..... haven’t made any since 1990!! But my maiden name is Boleyn & Tudor garb is my 1st love.....
@puckdefellow29873 жыл бұрын
It's destiny then 😊👍
@dawnvickerstaff2429 Жыл бұрын
I hope you come back soon. I enjoy your videos and always learn something. I hope you are well.
@LeannanStair4 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, this is PERFECT!!! So, so well done!
@nickmann95499 ай бұрын
I love the cameo of your cat!
@emmamarentette4 жыл бұрын
I'm so in love with this outfit, it looks incredible!
@thetillerwiller46963 жыл бұрын
I love seeing common people clothing
@EM2theBee2 жыл бұрын
I have a whole new appreciation for art from these periods. Thank you!
@wynnewhitten-holmes50903 жыл бұрын
The black partlet is so sharp! I'm warm and cosy just watching you put on all this snug wool.
@franz38102 жыл бұрын
stunning, and your kitty is a really good addition
@emilysmith27843 жыл бұрын
Those seams in the back of your kirtle are amazing. It fits you so well. Wish I had your skill.
@FaerieFenergles Жыл бұрын
You look so pretty without makeup on! I wish the fashion today was like that . . so nice and feminine.
@idahoog14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a great video and a very well put together outfit. I really love to see a well made common person's clothing.
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Well done common people's clothing definitely has its own beauty!
@manthasagittarius12 жыл бұрын
Beautifully executed and the research looks very careful and down to fine detail. Always nice to do pre-Elizabethan Tudor, with the whole world of Holbeins portraits and sketches to draw on. There is a great sketch of a woman thought to be Margaret Roper, Thomas More's daughter, in a wonderful executed ordinary daily gown.
@clare5one3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful cat!!! Older Japanese Kimonos were also lined in red silk, to afford "protection" to the wearer. Was this a superstition? Like your videos very much, subscribed.
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
How interesting!
@emilyb47027 ай бұрын
Your clothing is beautiful and the backs are especially lovely! Although, I think my favorite accessory is the cat.
@juliac39333 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful, I love the colors
@adrianjohnson7920 Жыл бұрын
I would like to see how you put on and draped that linen rectangle as a veil!
@elisabethm96553 жыл бұрын
I LOVE that parting shot where you join the dance! Beautiful gram -thank you !
@lamoinette233 жыл бұрын
Very pretty clothes. I love when common ordinary clothing is done so well.. Linen does take a variety of colors, but requires an alum, tannin, alum fixing bath to keep the color fast. So, 3 mordant baths to fix it. It just more work, not an impossibility. Documentation for your time period of course is important.
@GraciePattenSewing4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this! Is there a modern equivalent that can describe the weight/hand of russet?
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! The fabric I used was sold as "coarse broadcloth" but it's not nearly as heavy as a modern melton or anything like that. It also isn't fulled to the same extent as broadcloth. You should be able to still see the weave. I think of it more as a medium weight flannel? But again, not as brushed or fuzzy as a flannel. I hope that helps!! The Tudor Tailor sells reproduction russet but it is an investment lol
@GraciePattenSewing4 жыл бұрын
@@TheCoutureCourtesan That's super helpful thank you!
@samanthaesra40354 ай бұрын
Stunning.
@lungsnlipslockd4 жыл бұрын
This is so pretty! 💕💕💕 I've always loved 16th c. working womens clothes. I would love to make an outfit like these some day! ❤🤗
@bibbidybopp7602 жыл бұрын
Would you ever do a making-of video of this style of kirtle? I've got the book and the patterns and am slowly making mockup after mockup to get the bodice portion to fit right. I'm almost there! I reference this video and your making of the Anne Boleyn gown video any time I work on my project to help guide me in the direction. 🥰
@missannie80123 жыл бұрын
Beautiful work
@BeeKool__1132 жыл бұрын
Wow! Absolutely brilliant! You really look like you stepped out of a painting of this time period. And, then adding the cute photoshop at the end really solidified that. Very cool! Also, I love your cat! Your video on noble women attire brought me to this one. Looking forward to more great videos!
@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Жыл бұрын
So lovely to see working class clothing! (There tends to be quite a focus on more expensive garb in much of costube, so I really enjoy seeing people closer to my own situation represented?) Your final editing of yourself into the village festival painting was #chefskiss! 😄 I'm super-impressed by how perfectly fitted all your outfits are!! Such skill! The dress hooks are intriguing too - not something I'd heard of before, feel like I need to go Google & learn some more now? 😊
@catfreak1923 жыл бұрын
What kind of fabric and hat or headdress (is that the right term) would have been used in summer? I have been attending a ren fest since I was a teenager and am wanting to try some "realistic" costumes next year (ran out of time this year) instead of my closet of fanciful costumes (even though I still love them too) but wool in May in humid North Texas just sounds like the perfect way to get heat stroke.
@laurat49773 жыл бұрын
Quite a difference from my yoga pants and t-shirts. :D I can't imagine how they accomplished all their physical work in those tight layers. Beautiful job on the clothing!
@britneymortenson87724 жыл бұрын
Love this video!
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
Aw shucks
@elizabethraitanen50574 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video! Thank you for going over the names of the pieces of clothing and the materials used. Love the cat and the piano!
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I was quite surprised that Calimanco (the cat) stuck around for the whole filming but she seemed to want her time in front of the camera lol
@caitlinallen84003 жыл бұрын
Wow, you are so skilled! And beautiful 😊
@marastuff92564 жыл бұрын
Your video is fantastic, i really hope that we will see more of you :) The only fault is it wasn't there 2 years ago, when i was struggling with my own Tudor gown :P
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm definitely hoping to do more! I have my 1530s elite gown to contrast with this outfit.
@TeacherBeesABCs-123s3 жыл бұрын
You’re awesome!! Make more videos!!!
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! That's the plan!
@fionnagrant66363 жыл бұрын
Looks comfy
@dis26663 жыл бұрын
Beautiful garments that look very well made. I like your video and thanks for sharing.
@margokwiatkowski30213 жыл бұрын
I've watched many wonderful " getting dresed" vids. I absolutely live how informative yours was. I learned new things and I watch many, many of these. Love seeing commoner clothing too.
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@SuperMrsMar3 жыл бұрын
I joined a Renn faire guild (before covid), but at every faire I would end up with heat exhaustion. I was dressed in 100% cotton (because it was my first costume and that was all I had) and dressed lower class, but no matter what, I would end up overheated and feel sick. I don't know how the other guild members managed, they said they were just used to it. You would have to be to be in the Renn faire when it is 90°F outside... Any tips for staying cool?
@mastersnet183 жыл бұрын
Linen is even better than cotton on the summer, as well as some lightweight wools. Also, make sure your face is covered from the sun and to drink plenty of water.
@kimberlyperrotis89623 жыл бұрын
I never knew that the kirtles and gowns had the opening over the tummy.
@lajsa81602 жыл бұрын
I'm soooo late to this, but I just found your channel and been binging. I got so happy and surprised when you mentioned the hat is from Sally Pointer, it's so much fun when someone you recognize or follow pops up in someone else's video. Sally is so amazing, and so was this video!
@healinghousefarm55623 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@joycekellner9957 Жыл бұрын
I love the details about the pins and clothing hooks, but how did women avoid stabbing themselves on hte pins? I'd love to know about shoes of that era too.
@sullyroddy3 жыл бұрын
Many of the habits Catholic nuns wore up until the late 1960s were designed when an order of nuns was established, and remained unchanged , sometimes for centuries. And the habits were based on the clothing if common people. So you might get some tips about headwear by looking at old habits. One of the most famous was the linen head dress if the Daughters if Charity, which was modeled after the head scarves of french peasants.
@JessieCochran372 жыл бұрын
I love learning about the Tudor commoner and what their lives would've been like. Like you, I really like the plainer and simpler clothes, as well as the gorgeous gowns of the nobility. I really like that outer gown a lot, although not pinned up-all the colors seem to clash in my opinion. I wonder if I would ever look good in that mustard yellow color with my fair skin? Great video, thanks for uploading! Say, do you know any traditional sewing techniques and stitches?
@judyrowse73542 жыл бұрын
I love watching this video. Do you have a pattern to make the woollen partlett please?
@kaseyroth99114 жыл бұрын
Looks wonderful!
@sewmanyhobbies9423 жыл бұрын
Oohhhhh! That's amazing!
@meihwadeclerk31472 жыл бұрын
Very informative, thanks so much! I love the colours and cleaver use of pins. I want to try out that veil thing just because I want my hair covered when gardening, might be a bit cooler than my hat.
@alagorical80012 жыл бұрын
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
@freddietreehugger81443 жыл бұрын
I love this outfit! So much simpler to wear and work in, and it looks colorful for court too! Hmmm, maybe I can get some help in making this type of outfit.
@iowesa3 жыл бұрын
Love this and your videos on working class garments!
@sloanschwindt97183 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! I love the black partlet! Where did you find the hooks and did you make your shoes? I would love to take a class or 6 with you!
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
I got my hooks from "The Treasury" on Etsy and my shoes are from a company that seems to no longer exist... But Boots by Bohemond also has Tudor shoes.
@sarahburke89553 жыл бұрын
I'd love to dress in a kirtle daily! Question: Do you feel fairly secure up top? I sometimes wear a corset, and am usually self conscious about "spilling out" if I lean over.
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
Kirtles are SO comfortable and I would love to wear them every day! I do feel secure in them, because I fit them myself to the degree that they are holding everything in, so to speak.
@purplecleo2 жыл бұрын
I am on a smock/chemise deep dive and I am trying to accumulate information in my brain about working class smocks. The assumption seems to be that they were sewn in the same way that 14th century smocks were - the tighter fitting sort of smock I mean. But I am not having any luck finding real examples or evidence, I know that is our challenge now but if you have any special insight into how a working class smock from the 16th century is made then I would absolutely covet that information
@jimcowhand17493 жыл бұрын
Love it! 👸🏻💖💕
@dawnvickerstaff91483 жыл бұрын
Where would I find a pattern for the pointed back partlet? I just love the look!
@TheCoutureCourtesan3 жыл бұрын
I just altered the partlet pattern from The Tudor Tailor book!
@ChrisSmith-fk3ru3 жыл бұрын
This is great! Wonderful presentation! You are very talented and extremely creative. Can't wait to see more from you. Thanks for sharing your talents!!
@amandaperry6603 жыл бұрын
Good stuff
@stanzavik4 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video with ancient Sumerian and/or Egyptian women's attire?
@TheCoutureCourtesan4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I know nothing about it!
@ailsadixon4083 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful!
@lushball9923 жыл бұрын
Great video. Looking at costume for volunteers at Wollaton hall and this has really inspired me.
@debbralehrman59573 жыл бұрын
I really did enjoy this video I appreciate that new information I thought they stace at this time in history. I like watching videos like this thank you very much.
@bumpagab3 жыл бұрын
beautiful work. I really enjoyed this. Loved seeing the portraits during the video!
@nancyablceranable98623 жыл бұрын
SOOOO HELPFUL 💛thank you
@minerva50253 жыл бұрын
Lovely very much enjoyed watching your video. Thank you
@babuybabuyan3 жыл бұрын
Would you also be doing Medieval noble women's clothing?
@catherinejustcatherine17783 жыл бұрын
This is great to see, thank you.
@martharice11103 жыл бұрын
I love this video! Thank you for making it. Please share where you got your adorable shoes. Thank you.