Stahlrose kindly provided me with a link to a paper about extant 17th century clothes in a private collection. It’s in German, which I don’t read, unfortunately, but it must be able to run it through some kind of translation. It’s interesting anyway, as there are patterns for the clothes as well as pictures! Very, very, nice! You can find the paper here, and it’s possible to download it.
Excuse me while I squee a little.
Ahem. I’m all right now. It makes me wonder how many extant garments there really are out there that we never hear about. I mean, how many of you know that there’s a rather big collection of men’s clothes from the 17th century in Stockholm?
Hmm, I really think I need a 17th century icon…
Thanks a lot for the link - I'll have to give it a look and see if I can remember any of my GCSE German (not hopeful!).
ReplyDeleteI've always been a bit of a fan of Nell Gwynne and another 17th C woman whose name has jumped out of my mind ... hmm ... nope, can't remember! And the fictional Angelique, too, of course!
I suppose that one can drag it through Bablefish or similar and at least get a gist of it.
ReplyDeleteI like Nell Gwynn. Actually I like Charles II too, he seems to have genuinely liked strong women in a time that most seems to have misogynist.
Thank you gees!
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