![]() ![]() ![]() This video gives a great over view of what the average woman in the 1300s-1400s would’ve worn in northern Euopean and Scandinavian countries. ![]() What was once a necessity for having clothing is now a painstaking passion project for these artists and creators. The process takes hours and days, showing how much work a single shift, underwear never to be seen, could take. This includes hand sewing and drafting their own patterns. Not only do they use accurate and expensive materials like wool and linen, but they also do their best to assemble the garments with period-accurate techniques. Costume makers with an interest in history not only discuss clothing history and debunk popular misunderstandings (like the supposed injustice of the corset) and dubious interpretations, but they also go to extensive lengths to recreate historical garments. This interest extends beyond the realm of academia and onto the platform of YouTube. Preserving the remnants of what we have of historical garments, recordings of how clothing was made, popular styles in different decades, the description of garments in epics like The Iliad or The Odyssey, and other resources help museums and academics put together a picture of what people wore in different countries and periods. The iconic curtain dress scene in Gone with the Wind is a comical depiction of the resources and time it took to have something new to wear to an event.Īs it turns out, there’s an entire field of study devoted to the history of clothing. Before mass production of goods and clothing, the average person’s material ownership was sparse, and most were limited to what they could make for themselves. In a time when fast fashion means that everyone has access to clothing at any price range as often as they like, retailers provide new lines multiple times a season, and the average woman has over a hundred pieces of clothing in her wardrobe, it’s hard to imagine how life was before the invention of the sewing machine. “Costubers” The Medieval and Renaissance Clothing Historians of YouTube by Noelle Weaver ![]()
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