Art of Swords
Permalink Presentation Knife Dated: 1575Maker: unknownMedium: iron, copper and woodPlace of creation: Western EuropeMeasurements: height 0.32m; width 0.06m; weight 0.286kg From the 14th to the end of the 16th century the fashion of gifting princely ceremonial and presentation items is spreading. The knife racks, wide bladed and not pointy, were used by the “sharp-riders” in charge of serving meat at the table. This particular knife is dated second half of the 16th century. Source: Copyright © 2015 Musée de l'Armée (Dist.
Sites de références costumes historiques | Couture Stuff
Vous faites des recherches pour créer un costume pour votre prochain GN, medfan, surprise partie, pièce de théâtre, vidéo gag? Besoin d’informations, de visuels, d’inspiration, d’idées? Voici quelques sites qui devraient vous aider à trouver images, reproductions, patrons, sur les costumes (masculin/féminin/enfant) de toutes les époques, des chaussures au chapeau, en passant par le maquillage et les accessoires et le type de tissu utilisé à l’époque. The costumer’s Manifesto Depuis la préhistoire jusqu’aux années 2000. C’est l’un des plus gros site sur le Costume. C’est une vraie mine d’or quand on veut recréer un costume historique ou pseudo historique. Attention : il est facile de se perdre tant la masse d’information et les sous menus sont nombreux. La page d’accueil www.costumes.org, vous propose un tri et une navigation par thème (accessoires, trucs gratuits, perruques, corsets et sous-vêtements, maquillage et masques, tenues ethnique, etc, etc…). et également : Vous aimerez peut-être :
The History of Costume - Index #1
Click On Picture To Enlarge It (100K). Plate # 1 - Egyptians, Moors, Turks Plate # 2 - Ancient Near East - Assyrian, Persian, Egyptian Plate # 3 - Ancient Near East - Assyrian, Persian, Egyptian Plate # 4 - Ancient Judah Plate # 5 - Ancient Greece Plate # 6 - Ancient Rome NEXT PAGE: TEXT INDEX (Faster):
Dressing Game
Restored dress as worn by Ellen Terry in her 1888 portayal of Lady Macbeth."When Ellen starred alongside Henry Irving in Macbeth in 1888, there was not a wide choice of fabrics available in England, and Alice could not find the colours she wanted to achieve her effects. She wanted one dress to ‘look as much like soft chain armour as I could, and yet have something that would give the appearance of the scales of a serpent.’
Nine White Banners
Bunch of Mongolian goats, hanging out around a ger, looking for trouble to cause. Mongolian contortionists are some of the best in the world. Here three Mongolians perform at the Cirque de Soleil in Las Vegas. A baby Bactrian camel born at the Budapest Zoo has made his first public appearances. Only about a thousand Bactrian camels remain in the wild, in Mongolia, though there are millions of domesticated ones kept as livestock. Ashol-Pan, apprentice eagle hunter. This rock statue was originally set up near Erdene Zuu monastery to remind the monks not to become sexually involved with women. Mongolians are pretty awesome at wrestling. A Mongolian first-grader with a Mickey Mouse backpack walks home from school, against the backdrop of the Altai mountains. Nauryz, the Kazakh New Year’s celebration going on right now in Bayan-Olgii, traditionally includes a game of kukhbar. Also traditional during Nauryz: kyz kuar, a game where a a woman and a man race on horseback.
Non-Western Historical Fashion
♥146 → 12 Nov 13 at 3 pm Woman’s ceremonial skirt (kain kebat), early 20th century Indonesia (Upper Kapuas River, West Kalimantan, Borneo); Kantu’ people Cotton 18 1/4 x 46 1/2 in. (46.4 x 118.1 cm) Purchase, The Fred and Rita Richman Foundation Gift, 2006 (2006.349) NOT ON VIEW Last Updated April 26, 2013 The intricately patterned skirts, or kain kebat, of the Kantu’ people of Borneo are luxurious ceremonial garments. The compositions of most Indonesian textiles are strictly symmetrical. (Source: metmuseum.org)
Lace Me Tighter
"“Cissexism” is such a stupid concept. The idea that your genitals and “your gender presentation” (read: the gender role you’re thrust into based on sex) should align is actually a mechanism of sex-based oppression" - ataulfomangos (via never-obey) (via fuckyeah-radicalfeminism) REBLOG WITH 690 notes
FUCK YEAH CORSETS
Dieting and waist-training are a powerful combination! But… needing a new, smaller corset every couple of months (and needing a wider hip-spring than is typically available in OTR) has prompted me to learn to make my own! So I picked up a used sewing machine, watched a ton of YouTube tutorials, read loads of how-to’s and blogs, dissected an old non-fitting corset for parts, picked up other miscellaneous supplies, and got to work! Not bad for a woman who hadn’t touched a sewing machine since ‘Home Ec’ class in grade-school!
