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We released our Ladies' Riding Breeches and Jodhpurs pattern in 2011 and it has become one of our best selling patterns. Popular among World War ...
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Today's post is about the top layer of the Safavid ensemble: the bala push (بالاپوش) or outer robe. I am constructing mine based on the so-called ...
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Today's post is about the layer worn just above the kamiz, the jame (جامه) or inner robe.
Typically two jame are worn. The innermost jame i...
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Last week, I briefly mentioned that the underdress or kamiz for my Persian outfit is only glimpsed in the close up shown at left. The kamiz is she...
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My next project is a Safavid Persian woman's outfit based on this picture (at left) of a princess from 1541. This outfit consists of three robes, t...
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The clothing of Ottoman Turkey is fairly unique in that it's modular. Usually in historical costuming, we complain about the people who won't we...
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The Yelek is a short version of the Anteri. The word Yelek means a vest or waistcoat in modern Turkish, and that approximates the role of the Yele...
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[caption id="attachment_19751" align="alignright" width="338"] canine assistants[/caption]
Before we get into this week's post, I wanted to shar...
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Last week, I started making my outer caftan. You can read about it here. Today, we start quilting.
The caftan isn't rectangular like a quilt, and ...
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Over the years, I have I've made a number of different Turkish outfits. But I've never made a fully-blown formal outfit with all the associated la...
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[caption id="attachment_18469" align="alignleft" width="224"] Fig 1[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_18470" align="alignright" width="224"] Fig...
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The bog was dark and desolate. The wind off Lough Gill was bitter, bringing the earthy reek of peat, and piercing through the wool of your father's...
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