Difference between revisions of "Kirtle"
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| − | The kirtle is sort of a general purpose under-dress. In European fashions it is worn over the [[bodies]] and [[ | + | The kirtle is sort of a general purpose under-dress. In European fashions it is worn over the [[bodies]] and [[petticoat]], and under the gown or over dress. Lower class women wore kirtles as an outer dress over their [[chemise]]. Kirtles were part of fashionable attire into the middle sixteenth century, and remained part of country or middle-class clothing into the seventeenth century. |
| − | Kirtles could be loose garments without a waist seam, or could be made as a combined bodice and petticoat, depending on their use and the current fashion. Kirtles typically laced up the back or side-back, especially when worn under front-lacing gowns as in sixteenth century Germany and the Low Countries. | + | Kirtles could be loose garments without a waist seam, or could be made as a combined bodice and petticoat, depending on their use and the current fashion. Kirtles typically laced up the back or side-back, especially when worn under front-lacing gowns as in sixteenth century Germany and the Low Countries. Kirtles from the 12-14th century typically has short sleeves and were worn with decorative sleeves of a different color and fabric pinned on. |
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*[http://www.sempstress.org/patterns/draping/kirtlegored.shtml How to draft a pattern for a Kirtle] | *[http://www.sempstress.org/patterns/draping/kirtlegored.shtml How to draft a pattern for a Kirtle] | ||
Revision as of 01:16, 11 March 2009
The kirtle is sort of a general purpose under-dress. In European fashions it is worn over the bodies and petticoat, and under the gown or over dress. Lower class women wore kirtles as an outer dress over their chemise. Kirtles were part of fashionable attire into the middle sixteenth century, and remained part of country or middle-class clothing into the seventeenth century.
Kirtles could be loose garments without a waist seam, or could be made as a combined bodice and petticoat, depending on their use and the current fashion. Kirtles typically laced up the back or side-back, especially when worn under front-lacing gowns as in sixteenth century Germany and the Low Countries. Kirtles from the 12-14th century typically has short sleeves and were worn with decorative sleeves of a different color and fabric pinned on.
