A resource of information on the Sarmatians and my experiences in the SCA
Clothing by Julia Bentley. Photo by Berkedei.
This website is a place to discuss my research on the history and anthropology of the Silk Road. Typically this includes lands from Mongolia and northern China, east to the Anatolian...
Medieval Clothing To be quite honest, even grown-ups love dressing up in medieval clothing . Being incognito for a few hours or days...
Description Photo is courtesy of Baron Bardulf Rauen (Bill Frazer). [link] Costume was made by myself. It is a representation of a 13th century Byzantine noblewomen in Thessalonike. I was experimenting with the headress design. It is two parts; the roll description is available here: [link] And the second part is the actual dress. Materials used were 100% red/orange linen, purple dupioni silk and greek key-like cotton trim. I used a long tunic pattern (I will update when I find the link..again) Basically it was a long panel for the front/back that was as wide as my body. I didnt have enough length but the sleeves could be an integral part of this. It would look like a "+" with the horizontal section being the thickest. The gores and the gusset were an interesting part of the pattern and I have to say I really like how they were added to the main body. I usually hate gussets and gores. First the gore was cut the length from the armpit (of the main body segment) down to the bottom. It resembled a long trapezoid and not a long triangle (with a point) like ive seen gores. Two for each side are cut and then attached. The next step is to attach the gussets. I incorporated the dupioni for neck line by reversing the fabric and turning right side out then sewing the edges into the sleeve seams after I top stitching the front and back that runs horizontal when worn. The trim is added over the seam that runs between the gore and the main body piece. Kind of works nice that way to hide the seam as well as give the appearance of a "coptic" decoration style. I dont like how the bottom dupioni trim worked out and I ended up making this the over tunic instead of the undertunic and why I added the trim. I need to make an undertunic that is longer than this, the overtunic, but that is for another day. I am in the process of adding glass pearl beads to the trim in a Byzantine-esque arrangement. I will upload a close-up shot of this when I am finished.
Sfilata Storica 2014 – Contrada Legnarello
Recently there was an interesting conversation about Ghawazee coats on one of the Ottoman costume discussion lists. It was informative to me to see how others feel about this ubiquitous SCA...
Eastern Roman Reenactor The thick felt cap wrapped with a turban, worn with the thick padded coat and high boots was considered basic but ...
Master Uley
My kit here is meant to be typical of a Moorish Knight from al-Andalus during the period of 1150-1220, arguably the most crucial period...
Welcome to the Yousef Jameel Online Centre, making the Eastern Art collections at the Ashmolean Musem available online. Discover art from the Islamic Middle East, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India, and the Himalayas.
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A Step Further from Fantasy: Middle Eastern Garb in the SCA - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. PDF version of a handout on types of bellydance costumes and Middle Eastern garb you see in the SCA. Included are steps one can take to to make a wardrobe more period.
Vanessa Giddings describes her research into Turkish Ottoman costuming items and provides patterns for making your own.
This page is intended to share the color and beauty of 16th Century Ottoman Turkish clothing with those who are interested in creating their own. I hope this will contribute to dancers and those interested in historic middle eastern clothing to have a better sense of what is authentic and accurate. I was first interested…
