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Late 15th Century Florentine

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This outfit is based on various Florentine paintings dating from the late 15th Century. Although my focus is French fashion, I am utterly in love with Italian fashion as well. Can you tell? The outfit consists of a camicia or undershirt, a black wool gown or gamurra with pewter lacing, black and gold velvet sleeves, and a silk organza partlet or coverciere edged with gold trim. It was a snowy day when I started to put this gown together. The fire was cozy and the idea of leaving the couch to set up the sewing machine made me shiver. That's when I decided that putting together this dress by hand would be a good idea, and that's what I did. No machine has ever touched this dress. It makes a big difference.

The sleeves are lined with beige silk dupioni. Nobody can see it, but I know it! The points for the sleeves and the acordellata (lacing cord) are all hand woven. Thanks to my loving husband for weaving it for me!

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This outfit is based on various Florentine paintings dating from the late 15th Century. Although my focus is French fashion, I am utterly in love with Italian fashion as well. Can you tell?	The outfit consists of a camicia or undershirt, a black wool gown or gamurra with pewter lacing, black and gold velvet sleeves, and a silk organza partlet or coverciere edged with gold trim.	It was a snowy day when I started to put this gown together. The fire was cozy and the idea of leaving the couch to set up the sewing machine made me shiver. That's when I decided that putting together this dress by hand would be a good idea, and that's what I did. No machine has ever touched this dress. It makes a big difference.


The sleeves are lined with beige silk dupioni. Nobody can see it, but I know it!	The points for the sleeves and the acordellata (lacing cord) are all hand woven. Thanks to my loving husband for weaving it for me!