500 Years of Correcting “Historical” Halloween Costumes

Ft. my attempts to re-draw them But Better. [The auction is now concluded.] FOOTNOTES 1. “A literal armful of skirt”: Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his Wife by Jan van Eyck, 1434 http://bit.ly/33ZToHd 2. 16th century split front skirts and square neckline, for comparison: “Portrait of Katherine Parr”, c. 1545 http://bit.ly/2BSUCs5 3. Examples of gowns cut in long panels: from “Le Livre des faiz monseigneur saint Loys, composé à la requête du cardinal de Bourbon et de la duchesse de Bourbonnois” (p. 195), 1401 - 1500 http://bit.ly/2WcpWLu 4. Exceedingly Extra sleeves: “Saint George Slaying the Dragon” by Jost Haller, c. 1450. Unterlinden Museum. Digital image from Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/2JksLFe 5. Hoods: “Le Livre des faiz monseigneur saint Loys, composé à la requête du cardinal de Bourbon et de la duchesse de Bourbonnois” (p. 205), 1401 - 1500 http://bit.ly/33Ya7e6 6. Cap? Fillet? from “Le Livre des faiz monseigneur saint Loys, composé à la requête du cardinal de Bourbon et de la duchesse de Bourbonnois” (p. 211), 1401 - 1500 http://bit.ly/33ZI0Lx 7. French farthingale: “Ballet des fées des forêts de Saint-Germain – Entrée des Esperculates” Daneil Rabel, 1626 http://bit.ly/31M3dal 8. Queen Elizabeth I effigy bodies: “Corset from Elizabeth I's wax effigy 1603” http://bit.ly/369ezJ5 9. “The Merchant Taylors”, 1749. The British Museum http://bit.ly/2JiYR42 Want to get started with hand sewing? 🧵 🕯Check out my Skillshare original course, “Hand Sewing Basics: