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15th Century Female Flemish Dress: A Portfolio of Images, by Hope Greenberg; Women's Clothing in 15th Century Florence; Burgundian wedding c1470, from the Getty; Burgundian women's dress including Images of Burgundian hennins; Men's clothing in 15th century Florence; Glossary of some medieval clothing terms Archived 2016-12-28 at the Wayback ...
Women's fashions of the early 16th century consisted of a long gown, usually with sleeves, worn over a kirtle or undergown, with a linen chemise or smock worn next to the skin. The high-waisted gown of the late medieval period evolved in several directions in different parts of Europe.
Less is known of the early apparel of the Irish women and children. Like men, women's clothing was mostly derived from wool. It is likely that the earliest female inhabitants of Ireland also donned léinte which looked similar (if not identical) to those of their male counterparts. By the fifteenth century, women were wearing long dresses made ...
Arnold, Janet: Patterns of fashion 4: The cut and construction of linen shirts, smocks, neckwear, headwear and accessories for men and women c.1540-1660. Hollywood, CA: Quite Specific Media Group, 2008, ISBN 0896762629. Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500–1914, Abrams, 1996. ISBN 0-8109-6317-5; Ashelford, Jane.
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Pelerine, cotton Irish lace, c.1830-1840. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute: 2009.300.4061. The emergence of the pelerine in fashionable women's dress can be traced to the 18th century. At this time, the pelerine was styled as a short cape-like garment, which crossed the chest and fastened to the back of the waist. [4]
15th century costume - the Houppelande. A houppelande or houpelande is an outer garment, with a long, full body and flaring sleeves, that was worn by both men and women in Europe in the late Middle Ages.
A conical hennin with black velvet lappets (brim) and a sheer veil, 1485–90. The hennin (French: hennin / ˈ h ɛ n ɪ n /; [1] possibly from Flemish Dutch: henninck meaning cock or rooster) [N 1] was a headdress in the shape of a cone, steeple, or truncated cone worn in the Late Middle Ages by European women of the nobility. [2]