Etikett: pourpoint
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The wrist ruffle
It appears again and again in manuscripts from 1400-1430 (ish): the wrist ruffle, often but not always in contrasting color compared to the houppelande or pourpoint. Worn by both men and women. Sometimes overhanging the hands. Yet it’s almost never seen in patterns. What is it? The rochet theoryFashion History Timeline mentions a garment called…
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Under garments – pourpoints and hybrid pourpoints
Classical pourpoints What did Jean Creton wear under his houppelande? A pourpoint or doublet was the typical garment a man would wear under a houppelande. During most of the 14th and 15th centuries, they were characterized by: In the first decade of the 15:th century (1400-1410) there seem to have been a great deal of…