Elizabethan Drawers

Along with the corset found on Elizabeth's Effigy from 1603 it is also recorded the effigy was wearing a pair of drawers, apparently a present from an Italian ambassador. Also in Janet Arnold's book, Wadrobe Unlock'd theres a photograph of a pair of drawers that are also possibly women's drawers. I also read online that Woman's drawers were not worn in England because it was believed that it would give women 'Lustful ideas', this would kind of fit with Poppea's position as the Emporer's mistress. She also seems like the kind of character that would be ahead of the times and going against convention so i think that i will possibly put her in drawers instead of the longer shift.

I really like the way these sleeves are constructed with layers of woven braid.

If i do use the boning structure inside the sleeves i want the majority of the sleeves to be sheer to show the structure. However, i could use this tenchniqe on the top section of the sleeves, like on a shoulder wing or something perhaps?

Elizabeth; Bess's costumes

In the Film Elizabeth the Golden Age the character Bess wears many nice dresses, but i what i meainly like about he costumes are the small details and decorations.

I like this lace decoration on one of her gowns, with lace the same colou as the main fabric but then a gold underlay that just shoes through the lace, this ould work effectivly with red aswell.

I like the antique lace on the front of this dress, something like that could be on the front stomacher of my costume, if i decide against embroidery

I like all the standing collars that she wears, i prefer standing collars to ruffs i think, and would prefer a standing collar on my costume.

I also really like the lace that is visible at the neckline of some of her dresses.

Wig Making

On this website, i found a tutorial for making a knitted Elizabethan wig. Although the original is a knitted wig, i think that if i plan to make a wig or hairpiece of some sort, this tutorial might be quite helpful as to the construction of the wig.

Embroidered Stomachers

I like these embroidered stomachers that were sometimes worn with elizabethan dresses

If possible i would like to create something like this on my costume, perhaps by using the machine emboidery machine?

Elizabeth; The Golden Age

Although Elizabeth the Golden age is set a bit earlier than 1600, a few of the dresses have styles that continued until the end of the Elizbethan era.

Elizabeth is seen wearing an Effigy corset here

I especially like the stand up collars that are prominant in the film, from this screenshot of Bess's costume, it appears to have a wire structure underneath to keep the shape, and presumably the lace has been stiffened to keep the shape aswell.