Ready to wear (1640s style)

Thanks to Chris Thomas for the bulk of the text here. I've just added some pictures.  17th century buttons were not pierced with two ...

The shoe that was worn most by Civil War soldiers is generally accepted to be what is now known as the latchet shoe. As far as we can tell t...

This piece courtesy of Tom Aldwinckle who also supplied the photos. The two styles of snapsack illustrated are both based on the `duffle...

A snapsack is an important piece of equipment for a 1640s soldier, as it provides a means of carrying food, any spare clothing and personal ...

Just  to start it all off, a few thoughts about the 17th century shirt: A seventeenth century shirt was made of unbleached linen, the fabr...

This is the webpage of a discussion group whose aim is to improve the kit and clothes of a UK seventeenth century Civil War reenactment grou...