Soft Kit Overview
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2016
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I often see people neglect their soft kit when getting into re-enactment. The reality is that soft kit is a much better starting point for a re-enactor and is much easier to get into than a fancy armor. You spend far more of your time in 'regular' clothes than you do armor, and the clothing of the Middle Ages is every bit as interesting as the shiny bits. It's a bit absurd to own a high-end armor to do an impression of a member of the chivalric class and then dress like a peasant, throw an oversized linen tunic over yourself, slap on a ring-belt and call it good.
If people find this information useful I will make more detailed videos on aspects of the soft kit. I'm not nearly as knowledgeable about clothing as I am armor, and I'm no expert in either, but I know enough about clothing to get by. I can help with basic stitches, construction, simple leatherwork etc if people are interested.
Vendors whose work appears in this video
Lorifactor Historical Replicas - www.lorifactor.com
(silver brooch, thin belt, plaque belt)
Armour and Castings - new.armourandcastings.com
(gold hat jewel and silver buttons)
Please make more videos on normal medieval clothes. This was awesome.
Yes it is! Hope he does more with more combinations!
Next time I grumble about the silliness of modern fashion I will remember that at one point in time to dress up fancy people put their hoods on upside down.
Watching this in 2022 and I expected some dead RUclipsr for that shoutout at the beginning... but he mentions SHAD! It's so awesome seeing this shoutout years later considering Shad's channel is probably the biggest one in the Medieval RUclips scene, now. You can proudly say you knew Shad before he was cool lol.
I definitely would be interested in more about cloaks and capes and the like.
I second this.
I’m uhhhh.... a few years late but I third that haha
I well remember many years ago at school, studying Shakespeare's Henry IV when Falstaff boasts and exaggerates his sword fight with imaginary robbers having nicked his sword to demonstrate his bravery. He exclaimed that he broke their points, meaning the points of their swords. I think it was Prince Hal that retorted, and their hose fell down! My tutor explained the other meaning of 'points'. It has remained in my memory to this day.
Peter.
that cloak looks so comfortable and cool at the same time, can we please bring back wearing these?
+ProDreamer That was exactly my thought to LOL. I want one.
+ProDreamer I remember seeing something about Antonio Banderas starting up a clothing line where he's trying to bring capes back into style. Maybe he'll work on cloaks too.
www.torontosun.com/2015/09/09/antonio-banderas-planning-zorro-inspired-cape-line
I will bring it back.
well put simply we have a much better alternative to the cloak, it's the heavy coat,
in byzantium and also early medieval russia so 900's, the cloak actually died out as a fashion item, both in the empire and in the kievan rus coats of various styles took over, in russia it was more of a kaftan in byzantium it had another style to it
i think that so(cloak superiority)
Well I'm kicking myself for not having watched this video sooner. It's been on my radar for weeks but I've just been so busy that I hadn't gotten to it until now. I can't thank you enough for the shout-out my friend, you're truly a very generous medieval gentleman.
But completely separate from the shout-out, this video is amazing! General medieval clothing is something I really want to learn more about. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in this area. There was such refinement and sophistication in medieval dress that's totally neglected in so many movies and tv shows these days. We need videos like this.
Would I be right in thinking that your gown is a man's bliaut? It certainly seems to at least be of the same family, so to speak.
Thanks again mate, you're a legend!
+I am Shad You give me too much credit Shad! You're very welcome for the shout-out, it's the least I can do. As far as the gown goes, and I'm not a historical clothing expert, but I would be more comfortable saying it belongs more to the 'houppelande' family of garments then it does to earlier bliaut style garments as I understand them (which isn't saying much :) ). But yes, hopefully I can get the point across in some future videos that Medieval dress was not all brown leather biker gang attire and covered in dirt, ha.
My boy has grown
Fashion needs to go back in this direction...you seriously looked so cool in this.
HEY if I ever get my hands on some materials, I'll take some youtube vids on sewing and I *will* make that sweet red doublet- it looked awesome!
For real. That red shirt is beautiful
So the funny thing about this is the Textile portion is still VERY relevant to modern day. Wool is still one of if not the best fabric to make fine garments out of because of its hydro bi-polar properties. A lot of woolen fibers are spun in a manner that align the hydrophilic/hydrophobic ends together to get the best waterproofing while also being able to wick away moisture from the body. This is actually why Sheep and wool producing animals don't overheat because of how well this fiber is at regulating body temperature. Of course not all wools are made the same and while something might be higher grade or softer, it doesn't mean the care was taken to align all the proper ends together as well as a slew of other properties. Anywho, I know this wasn't quite what the comment was about xD but, I mentioned in another vid how the modern mens' suit is literally an echo to the original Arming jackets. Its honestly very interesting to see how the shape and forms have evolved through the centuries to what they are now.
Maybe so, but pockets are better. :P
Hey Ian, I think a really good followup for this could be hygenic standards and styles of hair in the middle ages and reniassance. You always see grimy peasants and clean shaven nobility in the movies, yet beards seem to have been all the rage for pretty much ever. Additionally the hero of the film (LOTR, Kingdom of Heaven, etc) always has wavy shoulder length locks. It's just all over the place.
+Elijah Talmud
You sea, those heroes just want wash away troubles
Good call. Were beards and mustaches commonly seen and if so, for what elements of society?
That cloak is simply epic. It looks good, it's practical and good lord, wool is truly a lost art.
More on soft kit please!
It would be great to hear about regional differences in Europe. Scandinavian/German/English(French/Italian/Spanish and so on.
a soft kit run down would keep you occupied for a few weeks :)
I'de love to see more of that pouch as well, even if you don't do a whole run-down.
I'm really impressed by the doublet and cloak, which look awesome together. I'm really curious as to how you made them.
You've also sparked quite the internal debate on whether to take the risk of trying to make an outfit like that, or give up and buy one.
Wow. It’s interesting to see just how far shad has come. Especially the old logo.
Please do more soft kit vids! This is really interesting. The clothes look really cool and colorful - much better than the standard earth-tone nonsense that is shown in every historical movie and tv show.
This was awesome to see, but I do have an inquiry: you've talked all about what the, as you said, 1% wore in battle, but I'm curious about the "simpleton's" kit of the 14th and 15th centuries.
By "simpleton's" do you just mean common soldiery?
This was absolutely fantastic, thank you. My interest mainly lies in 15th and 16th century armour, but there is so little detailed information available about medieval clothing and fashions that I found this totally fascinating. More please.
Do all those things please.
Also, I'm wondering if there were other fabrics in medieval Europe other than wool, linnen and leather.
+Hedge Twentyfour Cotton and silk were available through trade routes to the east, though expensive.
I believe asbestos examples of mantles also exist. That said wool and linen were available in a wide variety of grades to suit different purposes.
+Hedge Twentyfour Yes, lots of variety. I will talk about this more in future videos. The gown I'm wearing toward the end is an example of silk. It's a reproduction of an original late 14th century silk textile from Gdansk.
More more more more more! More soft kit stuff would be nice.
Very interesting.
It's nice to hear more about how people looked on a normal day.
YES! YES! YES! MORE PLS!
I definitely enjoy this and I enjoy how thorough you are in your videos.
Loved this, and I'd love to see more about your soft kit. Very cool!
Glad to see a video on the soft kit. I would love seeing more
I'd definitely be interested in more clothing videos.
This is amazing yes to all the soft kit discussion how to's etc. :-)
Keep up the amazing work
Ah yes the importance of textiles. Not only is this important for re-enactment, but also for modern day as well.
I know you consider yourself a novice, but the pieces you have crafted are done so with care and the seams are well pressed and finished. Kudos to you. I shall be tackling the arming jacket as well as the pourpont soon. More for HEMA practice than re-enactment, but all the gear I have seen that deals with safety has fallen somewhat short of impressive for a martial art that is becoming more popular.
As always Ian thanks for the vids!
Very interesting! Absolutely under appreciated aspect of the time. More plz!!!
I personally think this kind of clothing should come back into style
There's certainly a good case to be made for cloaks to come back, especially in colder and wetter climates.
Its amazingly compfortable to wear too.
Way nicer than modern stuff.
certainly looks alot better than what iv seen people ware nowadays
I am sitting here waiting for the codpiece to make a comeback.
Look at the really, really compensatory codpieces of the Landskecht-Style.
That would be hilarious :D
I find this very interesting! Love to see more.
Awesome! Yes, please make more videos like this! Thanks for this.
So much thanks for the information! I would love to see more! As a writer, just being introduced to the braes was a great point of the video. So much more I'd like to see!
Very interested in more of this, your armour videos are amazing but seeing the clothing come to life, backed up with the supporting images is something I want more of.
I've been waiting for something on clothing, please do more
Moar clothing videos. These are amazing, both informative and instructional style is ighly appreciated and i love your way of presenting the balance you strike between the two.
You got me to get the needle out again.
Wow! That was an amazing video! I can't get enough of this kind of stuff. It's really cool to see what people would wear in history, in real life!
I love your channel, the soft kit is very interesting... I will need projects to sew this winter!
Yes, please, more soft kit videos! As interesting the armor sections are, the soft kit is much more directly useful to me. :D
Very, very fascinating video. Also incredibly relaxing, for some reason. I'd love to see more videos in this style.
this is fantastic, and I look forward to all the information you'll provide! I'm beginning to sew, and would be very interested in seeing the fabrication process for these garments. keep up the great work!
Very well done, both the garments themselves as well as the presentation. This serves as real inspiration to up my game. Thanks for sharing.
I for one would like to see more soft kit videos. Great work!
realy loved this soft kit vid
I love your videos and I have seen them all, but I keep coming back to this one. I watch it over and over again. I would love to see more videos on this subject, especially pointing hosen and more about turn shoes. keep the great content coming!
Thanks for the video Ian, I would love to see more videos on this stuff and especially a tutorial or even just more info about cloaks
I seriously can't think of anyone (on RUclips at least) covering such content in depth! Definitely going to chuck in my vote for extra videos on soft kit/clothing, Ian. Much appreciated~
more videos on that topic please, it's awesome!
Nice video. I am quite certain that Historical/Fantasy writer-types and World Builders would love to see more of this kind of minutiae. Keep up the good work!
Looking forward to more videos covering shoes, tunics and belts. Very interesting!
I wanna see everything you talked about! Looking into my own soft kit right now so this is awesome.
This is very interesting. I'd love to hear more about this stuff.
It's funny revisiting this video in which you humbly mention Shad as an underrated channel, haha!
Very interesting. Thank you for this.
nice, the chaperon trick! people have always been very imaginative with clothing. thanks for these informations and keep it up!
Awesome! I would love to see more of this! :)
those videos sound amazing
great information and presentation. Thank you
That's been really interesting, I like to see you do more stuff abut medieval clothing.
Great channel squid:) The information is clear and we'll presented. I appreciate the time you put in to your videos.
Would most definitely like to see more soft kit videos. I would be particularly interested in your recommendations on weights of fabrics for different articles of clothing. Also the sources to obtain the supplies/materials.
I really liked every part of this and would like to see you do more. Especially the shoe protectors.
Yes please do it all. I'd love to see it all
I love this and am very interested in seeing whatever aspect of medieval life that you care to share. Please, keep up the good work.
SHOW US EVERYTHING! Nothing is more educational then repeating everything over few times :)
I really enjoyed this video.
Informotive video that busted much of what I belived to be true. Thanks hope to see more of those
What a treat to see a man who sews and to see the wonderful garments you created. Thanks for sharing .
"I'm not an armor expert either."
LOL! You are being way too modest. You have become one of the go-to sources on Medieval European armor on RUclips. ( no pressure! )
All of your period videos are great. I love your content. Anything of the sort I will watch or have watched. Please keep it coming, whatever it is!
Thank you very much!
Same here, really love your content. I have one question: Do you plan to make more videos about soft kit (for example how to make turnshoes, like you said in the video)? If you do, I'd be really happy.
Greetings from Germany :)
Tymdek I want to. The truth is when I started to make videos about clothing most people were just interested in copying my patterns or asking me 'where to buy stuff' which isn't really why I do the videos in the first place, so it kind of turned me off to making more. I don't want to be responsible for creating re-enactorisms. I don't have the breadth of knowledge in clothing as I do with armor, so it's hard for me to avoid doing just that (creating re-enactorisms), so I'm trying to figure out a better way to approach them.
Knyght Errant Yeah, that is indeed a problem. Maybe you could talk about clothes just like you talked about armour. You know, similar to your video about the "Bocksten Man" style cloak.
So you could choose a piece of clothing (like for example any type of headgear) and show some sources and put it into historical context (like who wore that kind of headgear, when was it worn etc.).
And then you could just show your particular piece of clothing. Maybe even variations, to make people see what is possible and maybe start to create their own, personal clothing rather than just copying stuff from you or other people.
Anyway, I can't wait to see what you come up with. :D
This was awesome! I've read about what people wore, I seen artwork, but to actually see it properly done and presented is a real treat. Thanks!
One question how comfortable are Patten to wear?
My hat is off to you Sir. I'm very interested in this everyday garb. I've started to make pieces of my own but not proper clothing. More please.Excellent, informative vids.
Great video!
More of this would be really nice!
Really cool. You can actually see that it looked good and not goofy. When we talk about the colorful stuff they wore we tend to think it looked like a carnival but it actually looks good ;)
i would definetily like more of those videos!
Shad's shoutout in one of his videos is actually what brought me to your channel. Been watching a lot of your videos the last few days, love the content. Unfortunately I'll soon run out of content to watch on your channel at this rate. That tends to happen with high quality content, it can be watched so much faster than it can be made.
Thanks! "That tends to happen with high quality content, it can be watched so much faster than it can be made." - ain't that the truth! :)
This really is fantastic. If you do do any more videos, please make sure to do specific videos for the hats and hoods!
Awesome, shared with my wife who does most of my sewing. I think she'll really like your designs and thoughts. Please make more about this under appreciated aspect of the true reenactment scene.
nice to see this type of video
Yes, I'd love to learn more. I'm particularly interested in the patons(sp?)and different styles of those.
+John Williss Pattens :) But yes I will cover those in greater detail in the future!
Stylish! Yes, please more of it. It's a nice reminder, to show that people did not run around in armour all the freaking time. One tends to forget...
:-)
I found shad before I found you. And he is awesome as are you
I greatly appreciated the in depth videos that were done on various parts of armor, and would appreciate the same treatment of regular 'street' clothing, or soft kit as you described it.
Thank you for an excellent video. You summarised in less than 20 minutes information that has taken me a year to accumulate. Please continue with the soft kit videos. All of those you suggested I would find of interest.I recently obtained a book "The Medieval Tailor's Assistant" and I am about to start making my own kit from the braies upwards.
+Belgarth100 Thank you. The Medieval Tailor's Assistant is a great resource. Here are a few other books I recommend on the subject if you're interested - knyghterrant.com/index.php/recommendations/books/clothing-and-textile-books/
You are Truly Great & And Amazing Sir! Thank You!
this is awesome! I'd love to learn to make a doublet and hosen
Awesome thanks for showing the footwear. I would love to see more on how you made the shoes and other pieces for the top body yourself. Nice work!
Perhaps a video on how they combined armour and clothing styles as a way to bridge the video types, for example baggy sleeves with armour as you partially showed.
Cool video by the way.
l'd love to see more about clothing. what to wear when, how it is made, history, usage everything ! more vids about that would be highly appreciated!
Yes please, I would love to see more instructional videos on how to sew and make soft kit.
great video!
This is just as interesting as armour and weapons. Plz bring us more on the subject.
Brilliant, and what great skill in the items you did yourself. Agree with what you said about wool - the most comfortable all-weather suit I owned was wool. It's an amazing look(s), but glad trousers and socks were invented (though I wonder what future generations will think of them).
Awesome video! Definitely interested in an instructional on making turn shoes.
Very usefull. Thank you!
I would love to see more of this. If you could do how-to videos as well that showed a basic outline of the steps you would take to make the garments then that would be awesome. Thanks for making this channel and making all this knowledge available for easy access.
Watching in 2022. "Go check out Shad." Good advice.
I realize this video is 4 years old, but I have to comment once again.
Your love and passion shows in so many ways.
My interest lies in the Viking age, however through your presentations, it has drawn myself into the era.
The extensive knowledge you share on various topics is clearly appreciated by your subscribers.
Many do not realize the work that goes into making such high quality videos such as yours. Your presence is kind, warm and genuine.
Your truly inspirational to those with shared interest.
Talented and gifted beyond words.
I don’t know what your professional life is, but you could certainly make full time career, with manufacturer ing reenactment clothing’s d accessories, for darn sure !
With much gratitude and best regards.
More videos on this! Especially the shoes, hosen and doublet.
Loved this video, wouldn't mind seeing more on medieval soft kit.
Also,perhaps a tutorial of sorts on making these items?