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Post by Wickfield on Dec 16, 2014 22:07:14 GMT -5
FWIW, Isabel's costume is not accurate. The cut is correct, but during the Elizabethan times sumptuary laws dictated what kinds of materials and trims you could use on your clothing. Isabel is the daughter of a merchant, a very wealthy one, but she is still only middle class, so she would not be allowed to wear velvet or gold trim (materials reserved for nobility and royalty). It's kind of disappointing AG overlooked this in her design, especially since the sumptuary laws were specifically mentioned in her book. If they had done a more silk-like dress, and maybe satin trim, she would have been accurate. As it is though her costume is beautiful but kind of a fail.
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