Racinet and the Costume

Fashion History, Reenactment, Living History

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Finally I sewed cuffs!

Above you can see examples of different women portraits I used.

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After researching other paintings from the first half of the 17th century, I decided to make one of these beautiful headpieces.

However the really interesting thing is the metal frame underneath. These were called "oorijzer / Ohreisen" (eariron).

These examples are originals which I used as a template. Looking for suitable material I ended up using a wire from the hardware store (🤭😄) ...

I attached glass beads to the wire. In the end, these are the only visible.

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For a long time, my mother and I wanted to sew a second dress from the 17th century. So I started researching and initially decided on this type of bodice.

However, this is from the second half of the 17th century and I wanted to orientate more in the middle of the century. I searched for more paintings that fitted in the time span I set and quickly fell in love with Vermeer.

We decided to work mainly with these two paintings, although I could find other paintings in which women wore very similar yellowish bodices.

These are the results:

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Robe a la francaise ca. 1755

From the Museo di Roma

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Robe à la française, 1760-75

From Historic Deerfield Museum

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Working on a ruff.

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Hairstyle after Wenzel Hollar, 1645.

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Robe à l’anglaise retroussée ca. 1780

From Cora Ginsburg

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Carnevale 2019 Venice

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