Pretty much just bookmarking this for later but...

[isabelladangelo]

This page came up on one of the lists I'm on. The thing that fascinates me isn't the bodies/stays so much (although cool) as much as the jackets. The black one looks like the "lesser" styles shown in many late 16th/early 17th c being worn by the middle class and peasants..... I have enough black wool for a couple of projects ago to attempt something like that...I think...

An example of a similar jacket in period art