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Ideas for a Venetian Courtesan’s Partlet

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Trystan

For the upcoming renfaire Much Ado About Sebastapol, I need a partlet to wear with my Venetian courtesan gown when I perform with Bella Donna. This small addition to my outfit will make it even more historically accurate & a bit less, um, busty, which is better for this very family-friendly faire.

So I looked around for inspiration & settled on a few portraits that I like…

1560 by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo, partlet with gold trim
1560 by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo, partlet with gold trim
1570 by Veronese, partlet with neck ruffle
1570 by Veronese, partlet with neck ruffle
1560s by Tintoretto, a simple partlet option
1560s by Tintoretto, a simple partlet option

There are, of course, fancier ones I like too, but any of these three I could whip up in the short time I have before this faire (especially considering I’ll be away in Kauai for a week, & no, I am not taking sewing with me on vacation ;-). I also had to limit myself to partlets I could make with materials I currently have in The Stash, e.g., plain white silk organza & gold lace. There just isn’t enough lead-time to order embroidered, striped, or other types of patterned fabrics. Still, these options are all pretty, & I should have time to bling it up a little bit.

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