In spring 2025, my dear friend Katryne MacKim was offered a vigil to contemplate joining the Order of the Pelican. For non-SCA friends, it is a peerage – analogous to knighthood – for excellence and impact in service. It is both a high honor and a responsibility. While Kate’s original persona was 16th century Scottish,ContinueContinue reading “Saxon Gown for Kate’s Elevation”
Tag Archives: Landsknecht
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”
German Waffenrock for Investiture
For our baronial investiture, I decided I wanted us to wear German landsknecht, in somewhat of a mirror image format. This particular set of garb was inspired by a lovely piece of green wool (Dorr Mills Holiday Green). Click here for details on my coordinating kampfrau gown. Landsknecht clothing was all about color and impact;ContinueContinue reading “German Waffenrock for Investiture”
German Kampfrau Dress for Investiture
In spring of 2022, our world was hesitantly emerging from the pandemic, and the SCA was trying to figure out how to be an in-person activity again. Christopher and I submitted our letters of intent to be the 13th Baron and Baroness of Madrone, the busy Seattle area barony, oldest in the Kingdom of AnContinueContinue reading “German Kampfrau Dress for Investiture”
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”
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