sum-clothing-msg - 4/13/00
Ideas and suggestions for SCA clothing for hot weather.
NOTE: See also the files: linen-msg, clothing-bib, cl-Mid-East-msg, cl-Moorish-msg, headgear-msg, cl-Romans-msg, veils-msg, turbans-msg.
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:40:11 +0000
From: "Laurie Cavanaugh" <cavanaug at ymi.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Cool and Comfy, was: Arab Dress
> "Arab" Dress is alive and well in the kingdom of Trimaris. It is devilishly
> hot here and as many of us are transplants from the Northern realms we find
> the Middle East and India wonderous places for comfortable garb.
> Most Humbly Yours
> Ivy~ of the Insip. Shire of Tri Os,
> in the service of the Kingdom of
> Trimaris
I tend to think of Caid as warm in the summertime until I contemplate
two Pennsics ago when even the local folk were melting. I have a
ghawazee outfit which I bring out on occasion, but it has two layers
and I wore it with balloon pants so it didn't seem as cool as I would
have liked. My favorite getup for hot places like Pennsic is a
single-layer not-too-tight cotehardie made of _linen_. Since I
discovered real linen I'll wear little else in the summertime. [It
can be expensive, but recently I cheated and found some 36" pastel
blue linen on sale for $2/yd in Berkeley. It is now Dylon French Navy
blue and soon to become another dress :-)]
Any other ideas for cool&comfy clothing?
Morgan Athenry
Laurie Cavanaugh Young Minds, Inc
cavanaug at ymi.com
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 14:54:46 +1000 (EST)
From: Miesje Devogel <d9304570 at bohm.anu.edu.au>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: re: Arab Dress
Also being from Lochac, and from Polit to be precise, I'm quite fond of
middle eastern dress as a heat solution, along with the ubiquitous
cotehardie. However, I have few questions which have come out of this
whole discussion.
From what I understand, while a sort of Salwaar-kameez is appropriate for
Berber, and for late Indian, the sari is in no way appropriate, any more
than a "traditional" western costume is, being an eighteenth century
fashion thing. The little research I have done (admittedly, just a few
books particularly moghul period, and form investigating while I was over
there in January).
miesje
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 16:35:55 MST
From: "Jennene Stanley" <mooharpist at mmcable.com>
Subject: Re: ANST - costuming for the summer
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
> Not to stop the wonderful conversations on archery but for those of us
> that are worried about what to wear in the heat of the summer in this area
> we would like to hear what your favorite things to wear are and how you
> made them. :)
>
> Chiara Francesca
At summer events, in my campsite, and when doing some running around, I
wear a ropa over a chemise with a small ruff. The ropa is a light material
and has 4-6 fasteners in the front so that I an get some air moving. ( I
have added a picture of a "summer" ropa with it's period counterpart to my
website) I wear cotton chemises rather then linen because they're less
expensive and I can throw them in the washer and dryer. I have found that I
stay cooler with my body covered. (a lesson learned from observing Arabic
clothing). I wear short drawers and short stockings (i.e. socks since I
rarely go barefoot). I do not wear a corset or any other restrictive
clothing (luckily I'm not blessed with "endowments" <very big cheesy
grin> ). I wear a lightweight white coif over my hair, sometimes with a wide
brim hat, similar to the one pictured in QEWU). That way I can keep cool and
out of the Emergency Room while still wearing late period clothing.
Anya
Jennene Stanley
Subject: Re: ANST - costuming for the summer
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 09:29:42 MST
From: Elspeth de Forbeys <ladyforbeys at yahoo.com>
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
--- Trish Kvamme <ladyoftherose at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Or maybe something like a chiton....my apprentices and I were discussing
> irish dresses for warlord, but it may be too hot!!!
>
> Larissa
My Lord Husband and I wear early Irish wear made out
of 100% cotton for day wear in the summer. For women
that means a full skirt with an embroidered tunic. For
men plaid braes(pants) with an embroidered shirt. In
period this would have been lightweight linen (Leine
where the name comes from is Celtic for shirt )
Elspeth
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yours in service,
Lady Elspeth de Forbeys
Subject: Re: ANST - costuming for the summer
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 10:50:24 MST
From: Holly Frantz <hefrantz at yahoo.com>
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
--- ches at io.com wrote:
> Not to stop the wonderful conversations on archery but for those of us
> that are worried about what to wear in the heat of the summer in this area
> we would like to hear what your favorite things to wear are and how you
> made them. :)
>
> Sincerely,
> Chiara Francesca
> ches at io.com
Buzz on the SCA-Costume list is that linen is far
cooler than cotten.
I'm making my first linen Italian Renn. so we'll see.
Niccola de Seta
Barony of Stargate
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