Fat Goose Press to publish “The King’s Servants”
There’s a new book on the horizon, scheduled to be published in June 2009, for all those who fancy dressing below Court but not by much. I got wind of the following announcement by The Tudor Tailor via SCAToday.net
THE KING’S SERVANTS
Men’s dress at the accession of Henry VIII
Caroline Johnson
Editors: Jane Malcolm-Davies & Ninya Mikhaila
- 48 pages with colour illustrations throughout
- Detailed line drawings and diagrams by Michael Perry
- Sumptuous full-colour photographs by Henrietta Clare
- Patterns for shirts, doublet, hose, coat, jacket and hat with advice on appropriate fabrics and comprehensive making instructions
[snip] The typical clothes worn by middling men during the decades between the battles of Bosworth (1485) and Flodden (1513) are described and reconstructed in this beautifully illustrated book.
[snip] The book focuses on the middle-ranking men who were clerks, messengers and huntsmen. There is also information on trends in men’s fashion at the turn of the century as the documents investigated demonstrate Henry VII’s expenditure as well as his son’s. A noteworthy inclusion is an early livery issued to Henry VII’s newly-founded Yeomen of the Guard, who were resplendent in green and white damask coats embellished with lavish gold embroidery.
If you don’t want to portray even that high a station, there’s research in the works for The Typical Tudor. It will look at middle- and lower-class dress for the period and follow the same format as The Tudor Tailor.
Now get out there and sew and … we’ll see you at Faire!
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