Kirtle completion

[sister_raphael]

Medieval events require medieval clothes, and finally the kirtle eyelets and lacing are done on the kirtle for my Assistant for the Abbey Medieval Festival, and you can see how it all goes together here.

In later time periods, the lacing is left open wider at the front and is a different colour, to make a real feature of it. This is more a Renaissance thing and can be seen in Italian medieval art, though at the point I'm interested in, the lacing was not designed to be seen. Indeed, it blended discretely into the kirtle altogether.