March 2011
4 posts
3 tags
New Project: Iron Age Cloak!
Now here’s a significant departure from the 1850s! I saw The Eagle recently, and thought the movie’s interpretations of iron-age outfits were quite beautiful. [1] My favorite piece is Esca’s gray woolen cloak, which is as far as I can tell, a rectangular fringed hand-loomed cloak with embroidered “imagined Brigantes Celtic symbols” (according to the costume designer...
Mar 29th
5 notes
2 tags
Mar 21st
16 notes
2 tags
Ladies' Gaiter Pattern (Long Gaiters), 1885 →
Mar 18th
8 notes
2 tags
Mar 18th
7 notes