12th Century Clothing Forum

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As mentioned in the blog post on November 1, 2019, Yahoo is retiring the Yahoo Groups format.  

This was the platform that hosted the well-known “12th Century Garb” (later “12th Century Clothing”) list.  In an effort for people not to have to re-invent the wheel, I’m attempting to curate/edit the discussions that went on there to allow those interested in 12th-century costuming to continue to access that wealth of information.    

Expect the content of these pages to change frequently over the next month (at least) as we go through this process. Categories will be listed on the left of the page.

More Nordic Wooden Sculptures
Finally I've uploaded some more Nordic pictures. They are in a photo album called “Wooden Sculpture”. My favourite Madonna, the one from Heda is there....
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Alb Gores
Detail of gore pleating on Alb of St. Bernulf from 'Textile Conservation and Research' by Mechthild Flury-Lemberg Well, I _finally_ got to take a look...
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Attaching Pleats
What is the preferred method of pleating and attachment for separate skirt/bodice bliaut construction? Looking at the diagram in Den Ljusa Medeltiden (thanks Katherine) really...
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Outremer/Crusades Era Question
Our barony is doing a crusade themed event, and I am looking for information and references on the clothing of the Europeans in Outremer/Kingdom of...
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Pleated Textiles from Lödöse (12th Century Göteborg, Sweden)
Original Subject line: "Pleating from Den Ljusa Medeltilden" {Editor’s notes:  #1 -- This discussion refers to an article ("Medeltida dräkt i bild och verklighet" --...
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Hems
Would the hem on a bliaut or chemise be wide or narrow? And if narrow would there be a narrow trim band on the hem...
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