Plus Sized 3 Piece Elizabethan Kirtle, Renaissance Dress, Custom Drafted (Made To Order) INCLUDES FABRICS - Linen Only

Plus Sized 3 Piece Elizabethan Kirtle, Renaissance Dress, Custom Drafted (Made To Order) INCLUDES FABRICS

DESCRIPTION: ITEM PICTURED IS FOR SAMPLE PURPOSES ONLY

NOTE: An authentically styled Tudor/Elizabethan kirtle or bodice DOES NOT have side panels in the bodice that conform to a woman's figure. Side panels will not give you the proper silhouette - which is flat and smooth.

Available in this listing is a custom drafted French, Flemmish, English, or Italian styled Elizabethan era kirtle. Your choice of back or front laced, COMES IN LINEN ONLY. Skirt has three panels of 58" wide linen and is knife pleated with side opening with up to two rows of contrasting color linen. If you need larger than a size 22 four panels may be necessary and client is responsible for the additional cost of linen - cost will be based on your height and how many more yards are needed, usually no more than two yards; bodice is custom drafted using an upper body cast provided by the client (tutorial provided) and details one contrasting strip of linen; pinner (detachable sleeves) lined with white linen. Grommets are hand couched in a matching color and treated with fray check. We use a .000 size grommet so that it appears more historically accurate but offers durability. *Wool available but client responsible for the cost difference - See Cost Breakdown below.

COLORS OF LINEN:

MEDIUM WEIGHT: https://fabrics-store.com/all-fabrics?article=IL019 ATTENTION: The green pictured is no longer available. OUT OF STOCK

RUSTIC WEIGHT: (More historically accurate but limited colors): https://fabrics-store.com/all-fabrics?article=4C22

ALLOW 8 TO 10 WEEKS for construction - but you will need to make a reservation on our commission calendar and we stay booked out 6 to 9 months in advance.

INCLUDES:

- Detachable pinner sleeves

- **Custom drafted bodice to fit your unique figure - NOT A COMMERCIAL PATTERN. Complete with modesty panel and hand-couched grommets. (See Size Chart below).

- Separate knife pleated skirt inset in a waistband with two rows of hand-sewn grosgrain ribbon trim at the bottom.

This is the perfect ensemble for your working class character at faire! Elevate your character at faire and graduate from the ubiquitous wench to an AUTHENTIC styled 16th Century woman. Pair it with an English flat cap and a coif, or a straw hat. (20pcs)

Price INCLUDES:

5 yards of Italian Linen $73.00
1/2 yard contrasting linen $6.00
1 yards Cotton duck for bodice $8.00
Fusible Horse Hair Canvas Interfacing $8.00
Up to 24 Grommets - couched $4.00


COST BREAKDOWN:

Fabrics & Notions; $99.00
Labor for construction: $300.00
_____________________
$399.00


If your dress size and skirt length requires more than 5 yards of linen, client is responsible for covering the cost of any additional linen purchased (at a cost of $11.50 per yard) - usually no more than two yards extra is necessary.

ACCESSORIES:

Overpartlet:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/119699187/elizabethan-costume-over-partlet-without?ref=shop_home_active_14

CHEMISE: NOT INCLUDED. White collared chemise available for purchase here in my store:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/242220784/womens-renaissance-elizabethan-tudor?ref=shop_home_active_8

Add a coif or caul by clicking on the link below:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/236685453/renaissance-elizabethan-tudor-costume?ref=shop_home_active_16

PLEASE READ! I take (and fill) orders on a First Come, First Served basis, no matter if paid in full at the time of purchase and regardless timeline listed. Please contact me before ordering in order to check my availability. Allow 2 months for construction.

Available in the following sizes Only:

USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . France
2 (X-Small). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
4 (X-Small/Small) . . . . . . . . . . . 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
6 (Small). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
8 (Medium). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
10 (Medium). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
12 (Large). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
14 (Large-X-Large). . . . . . . . . 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
16 (X-Large/1X) . . . . . . . . . . . 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
18 (1X/2X). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48/50
20 (2X) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50/52
22 (3X)
24 (4X)

Larger sizes available upon request.


QUALITY STANDARDS: Each Designs From Time ensemble is created to meet my exacting standards, and I am a perfectionist! All my bodices - whether working class or noble - are CUSTOM DRAFTED to fit each individual client. That service alone is a value of $150 for time and materials My bodices are not cookie-cut patterns, nor do I approach my designs with a "one size fits most" concept using a commercial pattern source that you HOPE will fit. Rather than trying to make your body fit into a commercial pattern, I take the time and added effort to custom drape and draft a pattern to fit YOUR unique figure. You may find reproduction clothing that is cheaper, but a bargain isn't a bargain if what you're buying is substandard workmanship. My designs are clothing NOT costume. My bodices are among the sturdiest your money can buy. They aren't two pieces of fabric slapped together with grommets that will tear away from the fabric after being worn a few times. I have developed a unique, tried and true method of anchoring my grommets so that they will NOT tear away from your fabrics - In addition, each grommet is hand-couched using matching embroidery floss that is sealed to prevent fraying and will wear longer. All of my skirts are hemmed by HAND - they are not hemmed by the sewing machine! That, I feel, is a lazy cheat! There are many Couture (hand sewn) features in all of my work. It may take more time, but I take great pride in each piece I make. The quality you see pictured is the quality that you receive. I have one of the best reputations for quality and customer service in the industry, and I stand by my work.

HISTORY OF THE KIRTLE: Before the corset (stays) women wore a "Kirtle." Kirtles began as loose garments without a waist seam known as Coetardie, and later changed to tightly fitted supportive garments in the 14th century. During the reign of Henry VIII, kirtles were constructed by attaching a fitted, stayed (boned) bodice with a skirt that was gathered or pleated into the waist seam. The fitted bodice was stiffened with a layer of "buckram" as well as reeds and bents.

During the 1530s, the decorative skirt of the kirtles worn under gowns underwent a change: instead of an entire decorated underkirtle, a separate, decorated "kirtle" skirt could be worn under the outer gown. There are also references in early 16th century Spain of a "vasquina" bodice being tied to a farthingale or stiffened skirt. Kirtles were part of fashionable attire in the middle sixteenth century, and remained part of country, working, or middle-class clothing into the seventeenth century. Later in the 1500s, the bodice and skirt were worn as separates - as shown in this listing. These fitted bodices were the impetus for the invention of the corset.

In England, Kirtles were worn under an overdress for middle-class and nobility, and were commonly made of red silk. Later, when the fitted bodice and underskirt were worn as separates, the "skirt" transformed into "farthingales." Farthingales were stiffened by rings of reeds to give the quintessential cone shape, and worn under the gowns of the upper classes. Kirtles could lace up the front, the back or on the side-back, with some rare cases of side lacing (under the arms); all depending on the fashion of the day and the country one belonged, as well as what kind of gown was to be worn over it.

*** SHIPPING FEES LISTED ARE APPROXIMATED AND MAY VARY DEPENDING ON WEIGHT AND DISTANCE, Country, etc. If shipping overseas, AN ADDITIONAL INVOICE WILL BE SENT UPON COMPLETION for any additional shipping or customs fees.

** Hand-made items will have slight imperfections.

*** No Returns or Exchanges on clothing items, hats, or headdresses.

Thank you!