Advice gif everybody!

You're the first person to get the reference! :D

Like the clergy weren't fashion fiends. 😄

THE BLACK RUSSIAN!

😂😂😂

XD Love it! And thanks for that, it makes it feel very much worthwhile :)

@@TheWelshViking ... so here we are in 2020 and hugging and kissing are suddenly unfashionable again. Thankfully hands and feet have been retained so far, as has covering the genitals.

@@MikeEvansUK The sexiest piece of clothing a man can wear right now is a face mask.

Oh I can imagine *waggles eyebrows suggestively*

Hahaha. It’s a good thing no one is goong to see up there. No matter how authentic the rest of their kit is, neither my husband or my sons will ever wear split hose. It’s trousers or they aren’t going, lol. (Fair’s fair, I guess, because I won’t go to any Faire or event without modern bra & underpants under my garb.)

Not me actually getting a wee bit sad they never got to wear nylon tights... Lads would've loved them 😢

"Quick, Bjørn, tell Øle to bring the hacksilver! Lululemon is having a BOGO sale!" 🤣

This is so kind of you, Katie, thank you! I’m so happy this was useful and helped you feel more that this hobby is for you :)

Yes! Oh, you’d be glorious in it!

@@TheWelshViking If I ever find myself in need of a project, it's definitely going to be high on the list

That would be amazing!

We really are :p

XD

I don’t like the dress. I personally very much dislike the silhouette, fabric choice, and black lace detailing in the front. It looks like he stole his grandma’s yellowed, rumpled wedding dress cut the sleeves off, added black lace, and tossed a jacket on top. It’s so disheveled looking, it’s hard to imagine that someone would pay to have it made. Were I to wear a dress, I assure you it would have looked much nicer than that ugly rag.

This, let women have more pockets (real pockets) in their clothes and let men wear dresses, swooshiness is cool.

@@macmurfy2jka this is honestly the best critique of it; not “hE nO rEaL mAn!” But instead “His dress was ugly and he should have chosen a better one, and here is why”

@@eazy8579 yeah, clothing is clothing, and there are plenty of examples of clothes that have flipped genders over time. Thongs jump to mind, as do skirts, scarves, jump suits, and shawls/ponchos. Most of these men wearing dresses right now know what they are doing is as an act of transgression and less about looking good doing it. If it was about looking good there are plenty of traditions to draw inspiration from. Within the Anglospere, there is already a well established tradition of men wearing skirts; they’re called kilts and they can look really good on a man. There is also the Indian tradition dress where men wear ankle length dress like garment (I don’t think these look as good). Middle eastern men also have dress like garments that men wear. There is nothing new under the sun. British punk youth culture dressed up in skirts dresses and even tutus. The only difference here is that the punks were a grass roots fashion that knew that it was rebellious, where the present crop is corporate and top down but still claiming to be rebellious. It is simply not and most people sniff out the inauthentic hypocrisy. I believe that’s what most are raging against. If this was more like the punks of the past, people would be a bit more receptive or begrudge youths respect. Interestingly, there is a fashion that is getting more “girly” right now which is being driven by demand and that’s shorter shorts on men. But it’s got nothing to do with fashion oligarchs telling people what to wear! It’s grass roots and property so. That said I was just at Yale the other day and I did see at least a few biological men wearing dresses. No idea why though. Didn’t ask. So I guess folks are starting to follow the losers at Vogue after all. BUT, they were all wearing belted knee length (or mid thigh) floral a line summer dresses and jackets. A much better choice on a male physique than Harry’s rumpled gown.

ABBY YES YES ABBY

THANK YOU. I have (happily) watched this video four times to try to figure out what I missed. By the way, "codpiece" is not a valid badge code.

Absolutely! I’ll for sure look at that!

Deserved, so croeso!

Liefeld outta nowhere! No spine is safe! Pouches! Tiny feet!

He can take it ;) Pouches errywhere!

...so that’s what he was doing! 🤔 😂

@@jackiedesiraye You can just see a word that looks suspiciously like "emeroid" above his head. I think the split stick is for keeping the poor guy's business spread out so he can see, and the massive knife is... yeah. You learn something new every day? O.O

@@sarar4901 thank the gods for modern medicine...

What I really noticed is that the patient's silhouette looks a bit too much horse-y.

That sounds absolutely glorious! Thank you for being here once again, Nancy :)

Yes! Thank you Dawn! It’s on my ever-growing list :) It’s a deep old subject so it’ll happen, still in R and D at the minute though

I...I just can’t, Vee. I just can’t do it O_o

Medieval hemorrhoids treatment (and no I’m not joking) It’s actually a fairly commonly depicted scene when showing medieval medicine/surgery. Fish often make there way into these scenes as well, though in truth this could just be cheeky inside jokes referring to sodomy. It’s hard to tell, it’s not like the artist are telling us what there meant in the scenes. But, is does seem to be the consensus that the scenes with doctors, butts, knives, and blood depict the removal of hemorrhoids. I imagine that loots of horseback riding was a real contributor, kinda like cycling without bike shorts today can be.

You could just speculate that the bloke in the big picture is applying eye liner to the seated man, if so it puts a different perspective on the top picture 😂😂😂

Right? Love that it’s a period of such flowing and elegant menswear

@@TheWelshViking It's probably due to elvish influence. I mean, look at the wardrobe of King Thranduil and Lord Elrond.

I do apologise.....the video of an Huey helicopter popped up, if there's a favourite sound next to a hard working steam locomotive, Rolls Royce Merlin, axes and swords in battle, it's the sound of the Huey.... we're back now "presses Play"....

Oh, I wish I had kept notes now! I saw those three lions while I was working on a crest. Someone (sorry!) Had a lion and added a second in honor of his new wife's father. A third was added another generation later. The (next)new wife's family also had been using a single lion

The Wikipedia article on coats of arms for the Holy Roman Empire mentions "Azure a lion rampant Or, queue fourchée, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or" for the Duchy of Guelders from 1276-1378. What could be a forked tail shows pretty clearly in the TWV illustration. The Zottegem coat of arms's lion has a plain tail.

What a lovely compliment, thank you. I would love to do something about landsknechten! Slashes everywhere, butts and calves all over the place! I’ll try to timetable that in soon ;)

They do wear out! First they felt up, then eventually they get worn down, but it takes a while unless you wear them daily

Did some exist without feet or with "stirrups"?

@@CDKohmy I'm sure I've seen an image of some with stirrups, but I'm not sure exactly where...perhaps it was in his leg wrap video. 🤔

Great tip, thanks Haydn. I’ve actually used vinegaroon to make some sheaths! Only reason I don’t mention it is I haven’t found any evidence for it in the Viking period. There’s mention of black shoes in Icelandic sagas, but we know how reliable they are! If you know of any pre-1500 sources for it I’d be really happy to have it, mind!

@@TheWelshViking I think it might have been Roly that told me about the slack tub water (I might be wrong).

@@haydneasy9736 *Hunts Roly on fb for clues*

@@TheWelshViking Roland Williamson, Regias business manager

How lovely of you! Thank you right back!

Teela, that's so kind of you to say, thank you!

Thank you, Christina! That’s so encouraging. I’ll certainly keep going :)

Oh great! My apologies for mispronouncing. I know the pants you mean. I believe they’re based on the pants seen on Gotland picture stones showing Viking men in long, straight pants. But it’s highly unlikely they were linen, and they aren’t Slavic! I’m so pleased this was interesting to you, how lovely of you to conment :)

I believe that rather than those Gotland stones (although the first Polish prince is believed to have had Viking personal guard, so we can't rule out the influence), this 'fashion' comes from the modern understanding of the concept of simple clothing, and the legacy of the romantic picture of medieval Slavs which largely equated them with peasants as the uncivilised, living close to nature, ritualistic kind of people. The idea itself of just wearing simple, basic clothing as a Slavic reenactor is valid though as we really lack sources, so this is a safe bet. Some would say that in this situation these areas should not be reenacted at all, but I disagree. We have an abundance of finds of everything from buildings through weapons and household items to jewellery and shoes and fragments of textiles. Fortunately the medieval Central Europe was not an isolated island inhabited by peoples of unknown origin, which enables us to - carefully - draw conclusions and parallels with the neighbouring cultures. So I think it's perfectly all right to portray a Western Slav dressed in what you believe is the most probable for them to have worn, as long as you are aware that these are but speculations, and can provide the reasoning behind your assumptions. Sadly, not many reenactors can, and thus we get peasant-inspired garb ;)

Thanks! I’m really glad :)

Partly I think the general “tunic and hose” look was easy to wear, fix, and is quite reminiscent of Roman styles. Discussing this with Isabel Northwode Costumes, she also makes the point that they’re easy to pass down to kids, warm, and it’s versatile if your shape and size changes as well. So yeah, I reckon a few factors probably.

@@TheWelshViking I have a question, as a woman I can attest to it being reasonable that throughout history women have always wanted to look good. Not necessarily for anyone else, just because they/we like feeling pretty. I think that may be a huge motivator for women's fashion to change so frequently: someone decided to change, because she liked it, suddenly other liked it, so they changed, now it's the new norm. My question is: do u think this was different for men? Do you think men almost just didn't care enough to try changing their looks? They found something that worked and until something better came around they were fine with sticking to the tried and true?

@@kathrynehiersche1817 Men's fashion being drab and boring dates only to the Regency period (Esquire has an article about Beau Brummel if you're interested). Men like to feel pretty too. I believe there is in fact a TED talk called "your boyfriend wants to feel pretty". I also follow female re-enactors/fashion historians and a recurring theme is how slowly women's fashion used to change compared to today. If you want to get REALLY NERDY about psychological differences between men and women then I must recommend Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine.

@@krrez that sounds awesome! Thanks!

@@kathrynehiersche1817 I would point you to Karolina Zebrowski video on manly men. I think that answers your questions in spades 😀

I shall try! Hopefully some slightly more focussed ones to come :)

Maridith that’s so kind, thank you! Sharing is caring, as they say :)

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching my nonsense!

Perfectly timed! ;)

It's difficult, because they would have been fitted, but you can make a larger size, or a less fitted shape, that won't be perfect, but will do. The other issue is integral feet. Thanks as well! :D

@@TheWelshViking good point. I could do a larger integral foot... A challenge for the future. All success with the PhD!

Shawna that’s so kind, thank you

By the way... that looks amazing!

I mean it's possible, but wool can be very fine as well

They’re pretty easy, I made a pair that I lost years ago. Hit me up if you need any help at all :)

Thank you!