Originally Posted by
RectaPete
Would love to see this sort of dress make a comeback.
It's seen all the time at our local Renaissance Faire. The dress of many of those people is painstakingly accurate.
But as far as day-to-day dress, I don't think that's going to happen.
Here's a quite careful copy of the dress seen in that old watercolour. Note that Celtic interlace decoration didn't seem to be popular at that time.
Last edited by OC Richard; 18th November 15 at 06:56 PM.
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