This Weird 1660's Coat Changed Fashion Forever!

Let's make a 1660's open coat! These wacky coats are the awkward transitional garment for masculine-presenting people, wedged between two more famous garments: the doublet, and the justacorps! These coats are a fascinating piece of history, as their change in design singificantly marks changes in masculine fashion that will be in place for entire following century! Featuring an open center front, open sleeves, and a surprise peekaboo back, these coats are rather strange to our eyes--but are absolutely fabulous in their own right! Like many 17th-century styles, the open coat is very underrepresented in the historical costuming community, partly because there aren't any resources out there for us to study--the few that exist are from books that aren't in print or are 40 years out of date. Or both 🙄 Between the scarcity of information, the fiddliness of a tailored garment with 27 (yes, 27!) handmade ORNAMENTAL buttons, and the fact that this is a completely shapeless garment made for masculine bodies going on a very curvy feminine body, this make is one of the most difficult I've ever done on this channel--and we haven't even decorated it yet! This is part of my 1660's Peacock project. Here are all the videos in the series: The shirt: https://youtu.be/Obce-sfA90g The breeches: https://youtu.be/mRWvFxChxic The full Peacock: https://youtu.be/0ywsozUrpXY Resources: Both books I reference are no longer in print: -The Cut of Men's Clothes by Norah Waugh -The Evolution of Fashi