Ready to wear (1640s style)

I wanted to post these two images because they show quite nicely the details of two shirts from the period, something you don't often se...

Odd title I know, but I liked the pun. In the 17th century a girdlestead was basically the line of the waist of a doublet, but could also ...

I have a theory which I shall back up with images that the older you were in the 1640s, the more facial hair you had. Most of the pictures...

Part two of my basic guide for those of us new to 1640s clothes, this time, the soldiers, from inside out: Part Two: Men* The basic unde...

Recently I've been visiting the costume department in the Museum of London and have been lucky enough to look closely at a doublet in th...