Dressing up a middle class lass, circa 1460s 

Modern woman: “I hate sewing set-in sleeves!”. Medieval woman: “Which of my interchangeable sleeves shall I wear today?”

Speaking of convents, could you someday show what layers nuns in various centuries would wear?

Please keep them coming 🙏I love these kinds of videos

looks comfy! ps the link for your shoes is not working

I'm having problems understanding you. The audio isn't that great

In the last few seconds of this video you look like a whirling dervish

i absolutely love and enjoy your videos. may i ask a favor if its possible? are you able to use a mic? i am hard of hearing, so often rely on CC, but with your lovely accent, the CC is so completely off. the echo in the room and the distance from the camera/mic, its really rather difficult to hear you and make out what you are saying. i can get the jist of most of it. i understand if that's not possible, but i thought i might request it.

There was a picture of women wearing kirtles that made me realize the traditional nun's habit is actually medieval high fashion.

I'm a non-native english speaker and I understood everything you said. I agree that the echo is a bit unpleasant though, but I don't understand why people are being so critical. Lovely video as always!

A fur lined gown sounds heavenly for cold weather 💙

I love your videos but PLEASE sort out your sound so we can all hear what you are saying!

Regarding supportive undergarments: through my research, I'm discovering that different cultures had different levels of support in their layers; currently, I'm focusing on SCA-era Ottoman Turkish, and it seems the gömlek (the shift layer) would have offered some support (I believe these would have been fairly fitted in the chest area, with buttons providing the tension, if that makes sense) while the zıbın (the stays / kirtle layer) would have given additional but minimal support as a fitted garment. That's just my take on Ottoman Turkish after about a year of trial and error lol

Would you consider using a clip microphone? The exteme echo with the added in music track makes it near impossible to understand❤

Me: "I'm not going to worry about research for the first draft of my story, I'm just going to write." Prior Attire: *uploads a video that fits the time frame of my story* me: "dammit"

I have been IN LOVE with that overdress ever since I first saw it in your 500 years of medieval fashion video and I am so glad to get to see it again in more focus! thanks so much for sharing your wardrobe and knowledge with us!

With a gown cut like that , it could fit regardless of changes to your body shape . No need for maternity clothes as it could accommodate the bump easily. Good for older ladies when you spread a bit too ( l know 😉)

I’ve just realised I haven’t had any notifications for you for months! I assumed you hadn’t uploaded anything for about 6 months because of COVID or something but I’ve just seen you’ve done quite a few! I’m subbed and 🛎 for all notifications. RU-vid is rubbish these days 🤨 Lovely to see you back (even thought you’re only just back to me?!) ❤️

Those tunics and kirtles do look wonderfully comfortable! And no brassieres - those lucky women! Very sensible. I'd love to wear clothing like that, except I find going upstairs with my hands full in a long skirt impossible. Do you happen to know how women in the past managed that? I've always wondered....

That winter gown looks amazing, especially with the belt. Very cozy but fashionable. I'm quite jealous :D

Always enjoy your videos. This one had difficult sound, echoing in a chamber.

After the complexity of Victorian couture, the simplicity of shift, kirtle, and gown is refreshing. It looks so comfortable too (except for any pins holding sleeves to the shift). I prefer this to jeans or leggings! A fabric store in Northern Virginia used to carry what they called "tropical weight wool." That fabric was very light and truly was delightful to wear in summer.

Just FYI: the captions are currently so out of sync that I had to turn them off because they were just making it harder for my brain instead of easier.

Funny you mentioned your steroid injection after wriggling in because I was sat here thinking how much that would hurt my frozen shoulder. I'm probably going to require a second injection. Dear God it hurt that evening.😖 Hope whatever your dealing with is temporary and the painful after effects of the steroids are gone soon.

I'm so obsessed with historical fashion, especially medieval fashion! My dream is for people to see me on the street and wonder if I'm a ghost or a time traveler! Lol

YT captions crack me up: “The Catholic is slime linen”, instead of “The Kirtle is lined in linen”. Sometimes I have to turn them on, I can catch everything, but I’m not sure if they help at all, especially with British accents.

I also struggled to understand the audio in this video

Like every time, I did thoroughly enjoy the video Izabella. Always great to learn and see how people dressed back then. Your videos are such history lessons, things you can not learn in school. Wish you all the best with your shoulder, and I hope it will be okay very soon.

In the 80s and 90s I wore lightweight wool gabardine suits and tailored dresses to my corporate office every day and even in my mild climate and summer weather, didn’t overheat. The breathable rayon lining and primary wool fabrics are the key. Nowadays everything is lining with plastic (polyester) and one is lucky to find any clothing that isn’t made of outer fabrics of poly, nylon or acrylic. I’m allergic to those, too, so I rely on the natural fibers plus the rayon/viscose/lyocell fabric family.

I absolutely love watching these historical dress videos. I’ve been watching this channel for about 3 years now and I’ve learned so much and it’s amazing how clothing has changed so much throughout history. I may only be one of few 16 year olds who actually love sitting down, watching historical dress videos and period dramas and wanting to create something exactly like it. I find it so enchanting that you could actually step back in time through historical dress. It may take me a while for my projects to come out looking like I just stepped out of a painting but you can do anything if you put your mind to it and practice makes perfect. I’m planning on buying your first book, hopefully in a few months, because your Victorian projects are some of the MOST historically correct ones I’ve ever seen. Such amazing work put into all of this, well done and keep up with the excellent content :D

I really enjoy these videos.

Lovely video. It always makes me laugh when it is suggested that there weren't basic bra-type garments in the pre corset era - I don't believe that women with big boobs didn't create something to support them 😂

This outfit looks so comfortable. Simple yet very elegant. I hope your shoulder feels better soon. I understand completely.

I adore all the work you always put into this...not only the clothes but the info on the time period you are showing us! What I'd like to know is what is your favorite time period to dress up in, if you could choose anyone of them? 🤔

That was a pretty spin

I do enjoy your videos but I'm struggling to make what you say out. The room gave a fair amount of echo

I've always loved the clothing from this era, comfy and elegant at the same time. Thanks for the video! Hope your shoulder is better soon.

Lovely costume. Interesting to see that the henin was not attached to the frontlet (which I assumed it was) but the frontlet was attached to the fillet. The henin with the butterfly veil is gorgeous.

Wow! You look so beautiful in that dress! It is so wonderful to see a real-life version of these styles because they look so pretty and detailed that you can't experience from and image or painting.

I've wanted to learn dressmaking for a while now, but this video has inspired me to do it, because I would love one of those dresses. If the red dress had long sleeves, that would be my perfect dress. Love those shoes too - where did you get them?

I somehow read it as 1840s and I was confused for a moment xD

the echoes are giving the subs conniptions. apparently the catholic is wall lined in slime. I can't stop laughing and it's cheered me up after a hard day.

Thank you for mentioning your bra size in reference to the fit of the kirtle. It helps me understand how much slightly larger bust would be supported. (34h)

This made my day! I’m always so excited when you post new videos!

This video has some bizarre comments underneath it, never seen such comments in your videos before... I wonder why that is! Now for more important things: I'm obsessed with henins and the different types and styles. Loved seeing yours!

These clothes looked very comfortable.I love the winter dress .I should imagine it would have kept them quite warm as the folds created more layers..Thank you for showing us it was very interesting.Those shoes were very moderate to as at some stage they had got ridiculously long points on them in both mens and womens.How they climbed up stairs I will never know ..Love n Light 🥰

Kicking someone with those pattens would leave them knowing they were kicked!

THE QUEEN IS BACK, YES I NEEDED THIS

I love your videos. You put so much time and effort into them using your expertise.

I really wanted to listen, but between the volume of the music and the echoe-y audio it was too much work to understand.

Read the subtitles at 19:10!)))

Thank you for giving us your bra size. I'm a saggy E and I was thinking how I could wear something like that.

With the volume of the constant music bed and the echo, it's difficult to hear u clearly, fyi.

Really beautiful pictures! And the dressing process always so interesting!

Allways enjoying your videos.. thanks for making them.. 💞

I like it thanks for your effort

Thank you for the spin at the end:)

I have serious belt envy over your wide belt you wear over the gown. Where did you get the wonderful buckle set?

Love that spin!

I love fashion from these eras gone by

I just found this channel, & love it. I feel as if a woman from the century is actually explaining it. (At least until she checks her cell phone. 😉 lol) Thanks!

Love and appreciate your vids, but may I suggest that you use background music more sparingly instead of the same tune looped and played through the whole video? It's distracting and makes it hard to understand you sometimes. Thanks!

Loved this video!! So often I've looked at portraits and tried to understand what they were actually wearing. The sleeves were especially interesting.

Love this! I always wonder about layers in the medieval era, because it can be hard to guess from just peeks in manuscript art. And what a lovely era!

Thank you for another happy time in your company :) By the way, l find it wonderful how your features adapt to all eras, from hennin to powdered wig to regency cap to modest bonnet, it just goes along with the style. Amazing, really!

I would love some history of ironing, which I can’t find online. I know linen was worn a lot in the past, but I find unironed linen a lot less comfortable than ironed, and I wondered when ironing fabrics began.

I love watching all your videos as I have a huge interest in and love of history.

The sound quality wasn't very good. Echoing and the music was louder than your voice. I struggled to hear you. Otherwise, your videos are quite good. I enjoyed the content and era. I could hear you better when you were closer to the mic.

I want that belt!

While I love your clothes, the way you sew and what you explain about the history and the sewing details and all, I wish you would invest in some recording device, like a little microphone to pin on or speak over the video in post-production. It's really not easy to understand like this. Also, I really appreciate seeing the clothes up close, but please cut to a different take when you want to show the close-ups because if you just up to the camera, it's just always out of focus so we don't see it at all.

Lovely video. Enjoed very much. Very interested in the Tudor style clothing. Is there any original clothing found that’s left from that era?

brb, gonna go sew some stuff

EXCELLENT!

Oh my goodness!! DO you have frozen shoulder? I had just started to find relief from frozen shoulder in my left shoulder and it started in my right! Do you think those types of physical limitations might have led to any changes in fashions? Do you think things like arthritis or other limitations were considered when clothing was designed?

For a little popular historical context, this look is circa about a decade after, at the demands of HER OWN MOTHER, *Joan of Arc's case was re-examined by the King of France, Clergy, and eventually the Pope, and she was cleared of all charges and declared a hero!*

Lovely. And they look so comfortable.

Thank you for the video, and I hope your shoulder gets better soon!

The hennin looks so flattering!!

I would like to see you make some 15th century head pieces for aristocratic women. There were so many varieties with very complicated designs.

Always look forward to watching your channel!

Lovely

I have been trying to research the black veil that you show at 19:57 so I can recreate one, but I am struggling to find the right name for it to aid in my research. Do you know any good terms for it other than black veil or headdress?

I find that mode of dress quite peculiar. You always give a good demonstration and you look good in all of them. I would find these clothes quite warm but cumbersome. Funny little shoes. I hope your shoulder gets better soon. Stay well,be safe,til next time.😊💐

Will you be writing a book covering these eras as well. I am buying your latest one on horse riding garb for my daughter but my interest is in earlier periods (would like to make that winter dress, looks great and would suit anyone) but there aren't many decent books available covering the period - 1100. - 1500.

Amazing. Your knowledge and talent are just amazing to me.

Content creator- I know that this will be a bit of a strange question but how can someone commission an order of custom made "socks"?

I would so love to have the pattern for the black gown. Is it perchance in Patterns of Fashion?

Love these!

You may find a tiny tie-mic for the place reverberating like this one, the sound could be better. Great video, though! Thank you!

At about 16:40 the picture of the lady's headdress does show one of what we today would consider one of the less fortunate 'beauty' practices. It was actually popular to shave your hairline back a couple of inches and then put on one of the headdresses popular at the time. Looking at the picture, I am assuming it looks even less flattering without the headdress. I don't believe this practice enjoyed a very long run.

I wish modern Muslim women would bring all the medieval veil styles back into fashion. They are so beautiful!

That's such a great look! Thanks for walking us through it!

I'm a native English speaker but the echo is so pronounced that I can't understand most of what you were saying.

I really enjoy this period dress recreations (I'm a historian of ancient and medieval history 😊) Would you consider trying ancient Roman or Byzantine? That would be fascinating!

I hope your shoulder feels better soon.

Showing how you "made" that coif out of that rectangle of linen would be very interesting to see!

That was super fun to watch!

I don't understand the POINT of covering the red dress with another dress.... ???

That is some lovely swish in the slow-mo video (and a scandalous amount of leg! :D)

What is like the shoes?

this is 1460s in England, right? - interesting, how different it was, like, on German lands, east and north, Scandinavia, Poland...? i know, it is dmn difficult but perhaps some body has ideas or links? also, i love this all very much, but i still miss good olden days without spoken text and only music and written information on screen. much more easier to understand writing than speaking; esp. terminology - what is it you wear on your shoes or on your feet when going out in muddy weather? did not catch it. automatic subtitres are no good either for that purpose.