It does look really different when someone is wearing it! Glad you're showing that too!

It is remarkable that a textile from the 8th century survived and was not repurposed in its 1300 year life. Thank you V&A for restoring the tunic and taking the time to teach us.

Conservation work of any kind just seems so magical to me, a particularly hard and meticulous puzzle that makes the object come alive. 👏

This is incredible. I love how interactive you’ve made this piece of art.

Oh wow! They sure knew how to make amazing pieces of clothes!

No seriously, someone should sell this in stores, it's beautiful!

Hmm, not enough comments. Stuart is such a good sport and handsome too.

Could have been a rejected garment from Project Runway: 8 B.C. Egypt Edition

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing! Your hard work is appreciated also!

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing your work.

Amazing work love from Egypt..❤❤

Greetings, my husband and I tried on the tunic back in 2013 and we loved the experience. I would to send you a pic of him wearing it but don’t know where to send it. I have just decided to make him a replica of the tunic for fathers day - I love making period costumes. It will not be as fine as yours - the dept that made it is awesome- but it will bring back the memories of some of our favourite visits to the V&A. I wanted you all to know that these interactive experiences are so much fun and we - in our 60’s - are in for dress ups at any stage!! All the best to you all and the great work you do. Hopefully we will be over again from Australia one day, I send my best regards, Chris :)

So wonderful to see it reproduced and worn! Amazing.

The colours really pop!

beautiful. Thank you

So awesome.

Beautiful tunic

Very nice piece amazing beautiful

Wish these would come to fashion, they look great and must be quite comfortable

I'm sure I've worn that replica! Lovely video 😊

I'd love to know what would go in to recreating those tapestry woven areas, and if there are close-ups somewhere of each of these woven pieces.

Maybe you can make the replica available for sales. Place an order and shipped it to them in correct size.

Lovely! I’m Coptic and have been learning how to embroider, to maybe someday replicate imagery from our preserved textiles. Would love to reincorporate it into popular wear, or even in our liturgical tunics (called “tunyas”).

She mentioned a burial , was someone buried in this ? Is this a cope worn by a priest , would it be every day wear , or for special occasions ?

very organized workspace...

What yarn? How was it woven? Where was it made? Who wore it? When was it made?

The Man wearing the Tunic is the perfect Model for it. He is Really Handsome! Jeff

How tall is Stuart actually? I’m interested in how tall the original owner of the garment was.

What would be interesting is if you would take the digitally mastered format and adjust it for a embroidery machine in .vip format or such.... that way we all could enjoy the pattern.

I'm impressed how tight the sleeves are. Do the wrists have some kind of opening?

Do they show the recreation on a mannequin alongside the original? The recreation really brought it to life.

The overall shape seems so functional - loose around the body to keep it cool, tight around the forearms to keep the hands free for work. What was worn beneath?

Mashallah 🤩

I wonder if any museums 1300 years from now will preserve some of the Justin Bieber shirts of today. "We believe that the owner of this garment had no musical taste whatsoever."

I want one. Looks l

She's beautiful 🙂

Wonder if this tunic is when the Greeks or other people invaded Egypt in the 8th century because there's no ancient Egypt design to it and from what I learned the ancient Egyptians didn't wear bulky clothing like that and the cloth was usually pleated white linen since Egypt is hot

1:10 So... if the two rounds in front have been (probably) the shoulders of another piece and the seller "collaged" them in, three questions: (1) why did you include it in the "mockup" restoration if they were fakes?; (2) why did you not take them off and restore the robe to its original design, becase as it stays now is a historical falsification...; and (3) do the description of the piece in the gallery indicates that the front rounds are not part of the piece? Thanks in advance 🙂

Very similar to Yoruba Agbada

This was on a corpse...

There are barely any comments here... Guess I'll be the 2nd.

The sub titles are too big and get in the way.

I hope no one washes the clothes I am buried in , 890 years after my future death. Gross, some body rotted in it for a millennium +

EXPLORE GOLGUMBAZ

8th century? Naw they wore powdered wigs, coats and waist coats in those days. The copts were very posh.

that is art forgery!!!! lol anyway tunic looks high fashion on mens!

Why are comments permitted for this video, which by the way is very good, but not the shambolic Dior video, or the execrably cruel golden spider thread video? I really thought better of you, V&A

I feel as if she should be using some sort of glove to touch it instead of her bare hands...

Did she say ruined from the burial?? Sigh so disprecfful. It should have been left as is. If your afraid of artifacts being robbed then keep it in the museum but come on,

Robbers

What an enormous disappointment. The object of interest here was the tunic. This video would have better showcased its beauty and history had it been filmed close-up by a professional photographer, and the narration had been a voice over.

Another croaky voiced woman. Whats happening?