Big List of Merchant Resources
It was getting big, so it gets its own page.
Farsetto
Research
DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY visit this
exhaustively-researched site. Gorgeous and well-written, with patterns
and just about everything a costumer needs to make a great farsetto. A++++
site.
Kiara's Links
A nice selection of links to various
Italian interests. I don't know where she found some of these, but they
are good.
Renaissance
Costuming Links
Gorgeously laid out grab-bag of
links. Extremely good compilation. There's some English and Flemish etc.
stuff on there too, but some Italian sites I hadn't seen before.
Ilaria
Veltri's Easy Italian Renaissance Gown
A
simple-to-construct gown with decent documentation.
Garb
Links from Aibell ingen Dairmata
Various
patterns for useful sorts of garb like cloaks and chemises. Very pleasant
to peruse.
Evolucion de
la Moda Medieval
Fascinating page in Spanish. Lots of
links to other 15th-century sites.
A
Festive Attyre
The site is without question one of
the best I've seen. There's a bit of everything late-period in here, from
15th-century Florence to Tudor, Elizabethan, and Venetian styles. Don't
miss this one.
The Realm
of Venus: Clothing in 16th Century Venice
Not
Florentine, but even for that, one of the best sites one could visit for
the subject. Site is beautifully designed, with tons of good pictures,
commentary, and an excellent links page. A lot of stuff here is pretty
applicable even to 15th-century Florentine garb. The owner, Bella, is a
frequent voice on SCA-Garb and a very respected member of the Italian
community.
Reconstructing History: Accurate Historical
Garb
A wonderful chemise pattern can be found
here. Fast, easy even for beginners, no intricate measuring to do, and
historically accurate.
Middle Class Women's Renaissance Dresses
WONDERFUL
site that takes just one subject and sticks with it to the glorious
finale. Simple, easy-to-make dresses for basic middle-class girls/women,
from bodice and skirt construction to sleeves and closures. Style is from
a city midway between Venice and Florence, Ferrara, but completely
applicable and of the right time period. Closure information is
particularly useful, as there isn't a lot out there about the subject.
Lots of portrait evidence here, including close-ups.
Italian Hair
Taping
"Hair taping" is basically braiding
one's hair with ribbon. A popular hair treatment for 15th-century
Florence, it's fairly easy to do, and looks way snazzier than snoods or
veils.
Italian
Renaissance Sleeves
A very useful site for sleeve
construction -- includes one and two piece and variations. Sleeves can be
hard, so I'm mentioning it here. Also has other pages on the same site for
bodice construction, though I haven't tried these. The "embellishments"
page is inspiring as well. An overall good site for the subject. Site
covers general Italian wear, not Florentine specifically, and much of it's
post-1500, but if you already know what look you're after, you'll find
this site useful.
How to Cartridge Pleat
a Skirt
Another of Drea Leeds' fantastic garb pages,
this one outlining how to make a cartridge pleat. This is more for women's
garb than men's, but this is one of the basics of our period, and the best
explanation I've seen yet.
Italian
Renaissance Links - Big Link Page
Lots of artwork,
lots of detail stuff to be found here. Just a huge page of links. Run by
the Costumer's Manifesto. Not all of it's going to be helpful, and many of
these links aren't quite alive anymore. But a ton of artwork to look
at.
Dressing
for the Italian Renaissance
A site using late-period
portraits to detail women's dress. I thought the portraits were
well-picked. They are from all over Italy, with no particular emphasis,
ranging from 1500 to 1625.
