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SirNathanQ:
Ah, Leganoth, joining the Ritterbrudern I see? To not look out of place when at Mass, you will need the standard legwear, shoes and undergarments of the desired period. Remember though, keep the fancy shmancy bits to a minimum. Your main garment will be a cappa-clausa, which is basically a very long robe with relatively form-fitting sleeves. It should be simple, white with a black cross upon it. Tie it in the center with a belt or a sash, add a pouch, a pternoster, and some accessories, and you're good to go. Also remember to wear your mantle (large hooded cloak), with or without armour.
Leganoth:
--- Quote from: SirNathanQ on 2012-05-03, 03:15:11 ---Ah, Leganoth, joining the Ritterbrudern I see? To not look out of place when at Mass, you will need the standard legwear, shoes and undergarments of the desired period. Remember though, keep the fancy shmancy bits to a minimum. Your main garment will be a cappa-clausa, which is basically a very long robe with relatively form-fitting sleeves. It should be simple, white with a black cross upon it. Tie it in the center with a belt or a sash, add a pouch, a pternoster, and some accessories, and you're good to go. Also remember to wear your mantle (large hooded cloak), with or without armour.
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Exactly what im trying to make actually nathan, have any pictures or recommendations i should get?
Sir Edward:
--- Quote from: Ian on 2012-05-03, 02:35:28 ---When it comes to normal clothing items I've always had better luck with HE (arming clothes though, I love Revival). I highly recommend wool for chausses. They're not really hot, and they stretch a little to give that form fitted look. The linen doesn't really give at all, and doesn't look as authentic. Outer garments should be wool to the max extent practical as far as I understand.
Not sure why your braies don't have the pointing window... you could always cut it yourself. I think it would be preferable to having a double wrap of drawstring.
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Yeah, this was a sale-inspired purchase. :) I went with all linen on this since we tend to have a lot of very hot renfaire days, but I guess you're right that wool wouldn't be too bad on chausses etc.
The chausses do work, just barely, even though Revival's site says I should have an extra half inch in most places, and several inches around the thigh (I bought large, wear a size 12). Their sizing has always been slightly inaccurate (sometimes wildly so, but Nicole got defensive with me when I tried to bring it up at WMAW). I've always had to exchange something from my orders to get a different size, even if I was only ordering one thing.
I'm thinking I might exchange the tunic and get the Large. I'm wearing a Large in most of their other clothes (and usually a Medium for arming clothes). I got the Medium tunic since it says it'll take up to a 44" chest. I measure at 41", but wear a 44 jacket. Not only are the sleeves slightly short, but it's a little narrow in the shoulders, and we had to make sure to not let it gather at the belt or else my braies would have shown in the photo. Wearing it all day at faire, it'll definitely pull up a little. I'm worried that I'll be swimming in a large, but I feel this tunic is meant to be loose, and I'm also worried that I'll never wear it if I think it's going to be small on me all day. :)
Ah, fun with ordering things without trying them on first.
Ian:
--- Quote from: James Anderson III on 2012-05-03, 02:48:32 ---For the braies - mine have the two extra openings on the front area, offset. If you look roughly at the top middle of your thigh (put on the chausses and pull them up - look above the points), you should see two small sewn-hole openings - pull the draw string through there. Then you can make two decent sized loops, one on each side. Point your chausses (fabric only! ;)) to there. Then you can pull the draw string tight. There will still be some extra string, which is fine, just tuck it into the waist band. You can leave the loops at the side pretty long. I used a small pick to pull it through the opening.
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This is how mine are as well.
With the tunic, I have the Gaston Phebus tunic in burgundy (medium) and the sleeves are a tad short on it as well. The white linen undershirt would sometimes peak out from the sleeve cuffs because they were slightly longer. If I went up a size though, I'd get lost in the tunic.
If you're going to get a coif to wear under your hood, I really recommend HE here. For some reason Revival went with a modern string with plastic tips to tie off the coifs. HE uses a ribbon of linen which looks much better and more accurate.
With regard to wool in the summer, it breathes just fine. The wool HE uses is very fine and not itchy on my legs at all (I know some people's skin and wool don't mix well). And for upper garments, if you sweat in to them, they will keep you cooler once wet. They also dry very quickly because they're wool. Linen and cotton take forever to dry. It's routinely in the upper 90's and high 90% humidity here (Florida) during the summer, and the helicopter I teach in is like a greenhouse in the cockpit when you get a bird with crappy AC, and I fly with wool socks every single day, it keeps my feet cooler, dryer, and more comfortable than cotton socks. So I applied that to my medieval clothes and it works!
Sir Brian:
That’s a bummer you are not completely happy with your linen soft kit Sir Edward. :(
I ordered the large in the Gaston Phebus tunic and it fits me perfectly even after a couple of washings. I’m having a griffin embroidered onto it now while I’m doing multiple washes of the chausses and braies to accelerate softening them up. If anyone wants to do the same, ensure you use a little white vinegar to help break down the linen fibers and keep the colors vibrant. They have noticeably softened after several washings and after several more I’ll be ready to dye the braies black. ;)
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