Viking anyone?

[isabelladangelo]

Just in case anyone was thinking of getting a viking apron dress and didn't want to make one: this lady on ebay has a few that look very nice to me. (I'm not sure how accurate since it's not really my area but other than the modern ideal of the clashing checks and plaids, they look pretty good to me.) She also has some brocades and other fabric up but it's all a bit on the $$ side. Anyway, I rather liked the apron dresses and thought I'd let other know that yes, there is something up on the renaissance costuming side of ebay worth buying.

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[lady-grainne.livejournal.com]

Actually, they're not bad at all. I can't tell from the photos just which pattern she's using (which, let's face it, are all largely speculative, anyway). Ixnay on the plaids, of course, but other than that...

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

That's kinda what I thought. I've read some of the research on apron dresses and the like. I find it amusing that some people think that over a 300 or so year span the clothing didn't change and, someone, was exactly the same all over northern Europe. It changed. It looked different from region to region. But these dresses looked more like some of the research I've read in regards to the later dresses in the southern Norway/Sweden...or at least the speculation on them.

I've heard some rumors of very early peoples mixing the plaids but I think they learned quickly...it just doesn't work.