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A Reseach Blog for a Costume Design Project As well as this blog, i am also using Pintrest to collate images of interest and inspiration, that can be found here; http://pinterest.com/rachyf1/coronation-of-poppea-research/

Friday 26 October 2012

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.

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