My friend Justin is playing King Richard the III, and I've pretty much decided to put him in Svante's costume. Slightly less fashionable, it is more the suit of an older man from then.
Left is a photograph of the actual pluderhosen worn by Svante Sture. You can see how the bag on the nearest side is turned into a pocket. There is actually a leather drawstring at the top, obscured in the picture by the doublet skirt. The trim is a little hard to figure out from this photo, but Janet Arnold has a few very detailed drawings in her book, and it really is quite interesting. I think I'll attempt the trim, although I've never really done slashing, and I'm not sure how it works...
This is my sketch of the suit. The pluderhosen are so strange. They have weird butts (pardon me, but they do!). I have absolutely no clue how they are put together - they're like no pants I've ever seen. In the pattern, the rise is about 4" wide. Now that, to me, would indicate major wedgie problems - but I've never made period pants before. I'll give the pattern a shot. I think that I shall actually make myself a mockup pair before attempting it on Justin. Anyway, below you can see what the pane pattern looks like, and maybe it makes more sense to you. If it does, please do comment and enlighten me! On the right side of the pluderhosen I have drawn only the panes, and on the left I have included the puffs of fabric between them.
So, do I decide what sort of fabric to buy before or after I make sure the pattern works? I'm inclined to buy it before. But then, I'm always inclined to buy it before, which has been unfortunate in the past. Hmm...
1 comment:
Ooh, cool project. I've spent a lot of time studying those same crazy plunderhosen patterns. And seriously....those butts are weird. I seem to recall though, that the butt layer on at least one of the outfits was actually made of leather? I'm thinking that might have quite a bit of ability to mold and stretch. I don't know if that would help your wedgie concern!
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