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Landsknecht costume by Hafty Dla Szlachty.
God, I love landsknecht fashion...
oh this is top tier
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Your tags on the Jane Dormer portrait!😂
What are those white bits down the center of her skirt? Some sort of closure? Extra hankies?
Those are slashing and puffing! It was a decorative technique in which you would make patterns of slashes in the overgarment, and then pull bits of the undergarment through the slashes.
Sleeves with slashing and puffing:
Henry VIII with slashing and puffing on his doublet and sleeves:
Apparently, it came from the German mercenaries called Landsknechts, who had THE craziest clothes!:
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In addition to my interest in historical arms and armor, and pursuant to my desire to abandon modern society and live as a medieval knight, I also have an interest in historical fashion. It is an interest that doesn't frequently bleed over onto this blog, since it isn't strictly relevant, but this particular example is an exception.
While rereading The Noble Art if the Sword by Dr. Tobias Capwell, my attention was called to the above suit, made for the Elector of Saxony Christian II some time in the first decade of the 17th century. It is currently housed at the Dresden armory.
This suit is relevant to Dr. Capwell's book, and my blog, for one very specific reason.
During the heyday of the rapier, matching the sword to the suit was an extremely fashionable way of showing off one's wealth and status.
Those of you who have followed my blog for some time will recognize the rapier which follows, a piece which we are extraordinarily lucky to have.
With a hilt cast from solid silver and delicately enameled in a vibrant blue, the fact that this rapier was made for the Saxon Elector around the same time as the previously mentioned suit, and the clear parallels in elements of their design and color palette suggest strongly that this unique rapier may have been designed to be worn with the above suit.
The utterly unique nature of each of these objects, one as a near complete upper status ensemble made over 400 years ago, the other as what may be the only fully enameled rapier in existence, makes each if them remarkable in their own rights. That it is strongly possible they may have been made specifically to complement one another, renders them truly astounding.
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A phenomenal pair of gilded Gauntlets in gothic style for Emperor Maximilian I, attributed to Lorenz Helmschmid, Augsburg, Germany, ca. 1485, housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.