Guides

We wrote these guides to make it easier to find your way around medieval clothing and to know what to look for before you order. They are based on the practice of our workshop and on the sources listed on our product pages.

• What Is a Farsetto? The 15th-century Italian doublet, and how it differs from the doublet, the pourpoint and the gambeson.
• How to Measure for Made-to-Measure Medieval Clothing How to take accurate measurements, and when to choose a custom size.
• 15th-Century Italian Men's Clothing Explained From the shirt to the giornea: the layers and what each one does.