Alina's Wardrobe

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Who am I? - Contents of My Wardrobe - Contents of My Head

Who am I?

I am Alina Silverthorne, a townswoman in 1580s London whose husband left to join the British naval forces to fight against the Spanish Armada. I make my living by needle and thread, and I wait patiently for my husband to give up this nautical nonsense and come home.

That's it. No cross-continental caravans, no kidnapping by gypsies, no rich foreign lords swept off their feet by my devastating beauty. Sorry.

Okay, I know the pictures show me in court gowns. Consistency is the mark of a small mind.

(Photos courtesy of Baron Bardulf Rauen)

Contents of My Wardrobe (being Clothing and Accessories)

16th C. Lady's Foundation Garments: Smock, Pair of Bodies, Farthingale, Partlet & Ruff, Stockings
Bird & Pomegranate Perugia Towel	Handwoven Silk Viking Cap
Handwoven White Towels	The Westphalian Pouch
A Handwoven Wool Purse	The Tudor Gable Hood
The Chalice Stockings	Bruegel Gowns & Headdress
The Flemish Kirtle and Gown	The Grey Kirtle
The Court Elizabethan: described here.	Tablet Woven Garters

Contents of My Head (being Musings and Classes)

16th Century Maritime Medicine	For the Novice Sewer
One Way to Tie Spiral Lacing	Scourges of the Middle Ages

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