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feretra · 6 months

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I kind of hate that, as a historian, my knowledge bank is composed of two very contrasting things:

genocide/ethnic cleansing

historical textiles and fashion

like great, I can tell you about when x tried to kill a bunch of people or you can have me look at your favorite dumbass’ outfit and i can tell you all about a bunch of crazy little details you probably have no clue even existed

#ooc #[ like raphael’s outfit is interesting to me for example ]#[ because it looks like it would high renaissance and it’s not ]#[ his outfit is from late medieval spanish aristocrat fashion ]#[ worn during the formative years of the inquisition ]#[ the details on his sleeves are called guarding and they came into fashion in the last two decades of the 1400’s ]#[ they’re meant to be evocative of wartime mending by soldiers having to stitch their uniforms back into serviceable condition ]#[ high class nobles slashed their garments to evoke the look and then sewed in new pieces ]#[ this is how passementerie got started which is where lace-making got its start ]#[ most often as panel pieces to insert for guards and then later as their own separate thing ]#[ another fun detail: that was a very pivotal time in spanish history ]#[ the fashion would peak around the reign of joanna of castile ]#[ her son would go on to become not only a king of spain but the holy roman emperor ]#[ textiles: lot of fun nuances can be put into characters without having to say a thing ]

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