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I Gave Myself a 16th Century Irish Makeover

Nov 21, 2025 · 47.1K views

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DescriptionThanks to Rosetta Stone for sponsoring this video! With the exclusive link, you can access all 25 languages for over 60% off an unlimited language lifetime subscription: https://partners.rosettastone.com/vbirchwood In this episode of the historical makeover series, I explore and reconstruct 16th century Irish women's More
Thanks to Rosetta Stone for sponsoring this video! With the exclusive link, you can access all 25 languages for over 60% off an unlimited language lifetime subscription: https://partners.rosettastone.com/vbirchwood In this episode of the historical makeover series, I explore and reconstruct 16th century Irish women's dress. This unique form of historical dress includes the distinct bag-pipe sleeve léine, the wool over-kirtle gúna, a tablet-woven belt called crios, and some other various accessories. 🕯 Support my art on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/vbirchwood ✨ Leave a donation: https://ko-fi.com/vbirchwood 🪡 Follow me on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vasibirchwood/ 📖 Business inquiries - sofie@helmtalentgroup.com Further Reading: Dunlevy, M. 1989. Dress in Ireland. London: Batsford Books. https://archive.org/details/dressinireland0000dunl https://www.englandcast.com/2024/03/the-paintings-and-life-of-lucas-de-heere/ https://cearashionnach.wordpress.com/2011-2/research-project-16th-century-irish-attire/ https://www.fitzpatrickclan.org/Traditional%20Irish%20Clothing.html https://matsukazesewing.blogspot.com/2017/06/whose-sleives-hang-trailing-down-almost.html http://moghroith.blogspot.com/2013/01/making-16th-century-leine-kerns-jacket.html?m=1 https://reconstructinghistory.com/blogs/irish/an-leine-crioch-the-irish-leine-in-the-16th-century https://www.englandcast.com/2024/03/the-paintings-and-life-of-lucas-de-heere/ https://www.geocities.ws/ladymairghread/cloth

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