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Black Magic and Hemd Construction

The Hemd The underdress, or smock, was called a “hemd”. It was usually made from bleached or natural linen. Germans of this period often wore a hemd tightly pleated into neckline and gathered wrist to give the garment shape. Many hemde also boasted embroidery and smocking to stabilize and ornament the pleating Hemde could beContinueContinue reading “Black Magic and Hemd Construction”

Pretty Underwear: the German Hemd

The smock or shift worn under renaissance German clothing, whether Landsknecht or court, male or female, was called the hemd. There were three types of hemde worn with German garments, with slightly differing construction: high neck, round neck, and square neck. German women, in particular, rarely wore plain hemde. Instead, they preferred pretty underwear, linenContinueContinue reading “Pretty Underwear: the German Hemd”