Category: Burgundian dress

Burgundy, fashion, costumeGothic, Middle Ages, Court dress,

Medieval court etiquette. The lady of the castle. 15th century. Étiquette de la cour médiévale.

Reign of Charles VI and Charles VII. Charles VII and Louis XI. 1422 to 1483.

History, Fashion, France, Middle ages, costumes, hennin, gothic

Taste in dress becomes purer – Heart-shaped head-covering, the “cornette,” and the “hennin ” in the reign of Charles VI – Husbands complain – Preachers denounce – Thomas Connecte declaims against the diabolic invention – Brother Richard tries to reform it – The “hennin” gains the victory – Costume of Jeanne de Bourbon – “Escoffion” – An absurd figure – Gravouère – Isabeau de Bavière – Gorgiasetès – Tripes – Splendour of the court – Agnes Sorel – “Coiffe adournée”; diamonds; the carcan – Walkingsticks.

Italian noblewoman with heart shaped hennin. 13th century.

3/31/13

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Italian noblewoman costume. 13th century clothing. Gothic Burgundian clothing. Court dress Hennin

Italian noblewoman. Burgundy fashion era. Medieval 13th century clothing. Here hair is confined by a net called a crespine or crespinette. She wears a headwear, the white colored barbette with veil (Still seen on… Read More

Burgundy fashion 15th century. France nobility 1480.

3/29/13

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costumes, 15th, century, Medieval, Burgundy

Burgundy fashion 15th century. France nobility, 1480. Figure of the Burgundy fashion. The Burgundy fashion lasted throughout the 15th century until the fall of the country as a result of the Burgundy… Read More

The Duchesse. French nobility. 14th c..

3/27/13

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Gavarni, Duchesse, Nobility, Middle ages,

The woman wears a tight-fitting bodice, furthermore the pleated Chiopa with wide cap sleeves.

French fashion history in the Middle Ages. 1350 to 1380.

3/18/13

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Middle ages, medieval, costumes, fashion, France, history

The States of Languedoc – A young French lady in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries – Low dresses – Saying of a mercer – Damoiselles – Garnaches and garde-corps – Le Parement des dames – Social distinctions – High character is worth more than gilded belt – Precious stones – The castles and other dwellings of the middle ages – Splendid furniture – Humble abodes of the poor – Evening assemblies.