A tip: Fashioning the self in slavery and freedom

This is an excellent tumblr, and facebook page for the same.

It's a page by historian Jonathan Square which, I quote: "explores the politics of fashion among people of African descent during slavery and the emancipation era."

Well worth following in both places.

Henri Christophe, ruler of Haiti with his wife Marie-Louise Coidavid 

and daughter (either Françoise-Améthyste or Anne-Athénaïre).

All you ever wanted to know about my 15th century velvet gown with brocade sleeves

...can now be found on its own page - here!

Including pattern for the cap.

My latest costume project: 15th century Italian

There will be documentation and inspiration pictures later - fro now I'll just put up a few photos that my husband just took of me.

Cotton in Europe in the Middle Ages

Last year I held a class on cotton in Europe in the Middle Ages at Double Wars (SCA event). Since many persons who couldn't attend expressed interest in the subject I made that class into an article for the Drachenwald Kingdom Newsletter Dragon's Tale.

SCA members all over the world can access it from the SCAs web page, but I have many readers who are not in the SCA, so with permission from the Chronicler I'm also putting the article here on the blog.