Here are two gowns that I've completed ... although Renn gowns always beg for updating and such. The red is a gown for a young girl c.1490-1520 Italy. The green for an adult woman, same time frame. Please click on the thumbnails for larger pictures and details.

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Red

Juvenile Court Dress w/ Juliet Cap

Red Velvet with hand beading , spangles, couched thread, and pearls

green

Tabard (outer coat)

Embellished with jewels and pearls

blue

Adult womans' Italian Renn Court Dress

Featuring silk gauze organdy underskirt covered in pearls and garnet beading

Ladies Isabella diGenova D'Oro & Catarina Bianca diGenova

 

Comptessa Francesca deGenova (in the green) at Faire, accomplanied by my servants and my daughters, the Ladies Catarina Bianca diGenova, & Isabella diGenova D'Oro

Lady Catarina, Siobhan, Lady Isabella

The Lady Catarina Bianca

 

Sleeve detail closeup

 

Side View of same dress with sleeve details

 

Front View of "wedding" dress done for Brigadoon.