Our clothes are modeled (sometimes accurately, sometimes less so) on historical examples, grave finds and original museum pieces where they exist. From the first sketch to the last stitch, this garment was planned, designed and handcrafted with particular attention to detail. This medieval cotehardie is part of Battle-Merchant's line of period clothing and medieval garments for men, women and children. Ease is included in the pattern and reflected in the finished measurements.ĭelivery includes the dress only! The other items pictured above are available separately in our online shop.Īs authentic as possible, as modern as necessary! If you happen to fall between two sizes, we recommend that you go up a size. For dresses, sizes are based on your chest circumference. To take your body measurements correctly in order to determine you clothing size, please always wrap the measuring tape horizontally around your body at the fullest part. We recommend washing the natural-coloured tie string separately. Care instructions: Machine wash at 40☌, gentle cycle, do not tumble dry. 145 cm (measured from the highest shoulder point down to the bottom hem) Colour: wine red (also available: brown) kirtles can be found amongst others on the June calendar page of the Duc de Berry's Book of Hours, a French illuminated manuscript (original title: Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry), or in the Book of Simple Medicines (Woman and Unicorn) illustrated by Robinet Testard. Short-sleeved variant was also often worn with removable, interchangeable pin-on sleeves. The cotehardie was usually combined with a chemise or shift, a veil and a narrow belt. Another distinctive characteristic of these dresses was the wide neckline, which seemed to get lower and lower with time and was particularly popular with women during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. The introduction of laces and buttons as functional fasteners (rather than pure ornamental items) is actually what made tailored, form-fitting fashion possible in the first place. The cotehardie, which evolved from the French loose-fitting cotte and approximately translates to daring cotte, presumably owes its name to its bold, tight-fitting nature.Ī typical kirtle or cotehardie usually featured lacings or a button closure at the centre front. While the women's garb had been rather loosely cut and figure-concealing until then, this era saw the rise of garments of increasingly close fit. The cut of this gown is based on medieval illustrations from the 13th to 15th centuries. While we are well aware that laces require significantly more time than a zipper when getting dressed, we have deliberately opted for a lacing closure in order keep the look of the dress as authentic as possible. The ends of the tie string are equipped with metal tips that allow for easy threading through the stitched eyelets. The skirt piece is fitted with so-called gores (wedge-shaped / triangular pieces of fabric) that give it a generous flare, and the upper part features a centre front lacing made of thick cotton for individual adjustment. This long, waisted medieval dress or kirtle is made of sturdy cotton fabric ( canvas). A woman's cottehardie was very similar to the man's version in its form.Medieval Laced Kirtle / Cotehardie Ava, long-sleeved, wine red Sometimes a cottehardie had a decoration on a sleeve (a tippet). Picture was titled as “The Marriage”Ĭottardie can be wadded in the chest area.*Ī cottehardie is a fashionable 14th century garment which was well-fitted to the figure, buttoned at the front and on the forearms. Loose cotteĭa Bologna on the illustration in one of his manuscriptsįrom 15th century. Fashion in the Middle Ages has undergone numerous changes in 14th and 15th century.Ĭlothing became more tight, fitted to a body. This example of a historical costume was created on the path of evolution. OneĬotehardie - the evolution of medieval clothing for men OnĬustomer's request, we can prepare a historical costume in this version - contactĪs an outer, representative layer of men's historical costume. Had an additional adornment in form of a tippet on a sleeve. In a regular price, it has around 30 tinīuttons* (the number of buttons can be changed on specialĬotehardie is a fashionable historical costume from 14th century. It is buttoned up in the frontĪnd on forearms. Our cotehardieĬottehardie is sewn from wool with linen lining. Cotehardie (also: cottehardie, cottardie, cottardita) is a fitted outer
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