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Shoes

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Shoes during the medieval days were very boring.  They were often times made of plain leather that were either plain slide on slippers that required no fasteners or the fasteners were made of  a plain toggle and loop.  Men and women wore similar fashions and very little experimentation was done with stitching and decoration. 
As the […]

Chemise

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

I was thinking the other day of all the amounts of clothes that a person had to wear during the Tudor era, primarily the women.  So I thought it would be very interesting to post all the different layers that they wore on my blog.
Starting first and foremost is the chemise which today is French […]

Medieval Poo

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Imagine a city in the medieval times swarming with people, old and young, rich and poor.  Honestly, the first thought that comes to mind must surely be the smell.  I know that people actually bathed more frequently than most imagine, but I’m sure in a city full of people combined with the lack of deodorant […]

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