Historical Belle | How I Made a Medieval Fantasy Wedding Dress @HistoricalBelle | Uploaded August 2022 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
My love and I decided to have a Medieval Times/Renaissance Fair Themed Rehearsal Dinner. We didn't care about historical accuracy at all. We just wanted everyone to dress up and have fun! So I decided to make us some fantasy style, medieval themed outfits for the event.
Now while I am not going for historical accuracy, I like to be historically informed. So, I decided to do some research about what a Medieval Bride would have worn to help inform my the dress I was going create. Links to the manuscript depictions I used are down below. I found that there was no set color of a medieval bride to wear, but blue did seem to be a popular choice.
I decided to use my white Lady of Shallot Dress as a base and then make a blue velvet, sleeveless overcoat. To do this I used the bodice and skirt pieces of McCall's Pattern 4997. I sadly think this pattern is no longer in print.
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To see how I made the Lady of Shallot Dress you can watch here: youtu.be/EZdgIzDphrw
The Belt is from Many Moons Emporium: manymoonsemporium.com
Photos by Salvation Photography: facebook.com/SalvationPhotography
Medieval Manuscript Research:
Manuscript illustration showing the marriage of Eleanor and Prince Louis 1137. End of 14th Century
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/c8c3368d-a6b5-435e-ace4-883392b70442/surfaces/75d9e9c0-0f88-456a-a90b-3bdaf1762f9f
Detail of a miniature of the marriage of Philipe d'Artois to Marie, daughter of the Duc de Berry. Between c. 1470 and 1472
bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMINBig.ASP?size=big&IllID=28430
bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7232&CollID=8&NStart=4380
Wedding of Louis X of France and Clemance Hongrie (1315).
Book from end of the 14th century
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/c8c3368d-a6b5-435e-ace4-883392b70442/surfaces/3dcf2f5c-40f1-433f-9dd2-a32f63c3a2bf
A Wedding Procession. Musicians.
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8d17bc13-14b6-4a56-b3b5-d2e1a935c60d/surfaces/5672b917-4d90-4be6-add2-bad6fad76a69
King Porrus stands between a bride and groom in his tent. Right: he presides at the wedding
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8d17bc13-14b6-4a56-b3b5-d2e1a935c60d/surfaces/08552925-6fc7-4608-99e4-cc6f45783848
Music:
Angevin 120 loop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200111
Artist: incompetech.com
Master of the Feast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400019
Artist: incompetech.com
Renaissance by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: audionautix.com
My love and I decided to have a Medieval Times/Renaissance Fair Themed Rehearsal Dinner. We didn't care about historical accuracy at all. We just wanted everyone to dress up and have fun! So I decided to make us some fantasy style, medieval themed outfits for the event.
Now while I am not going for historical accuracy, I like to be historically informed. So, I decided to do some research about what a Medieval Bride would have worn to help inform my the dress I was going create. Links to the manuscript depictions I used are down below. I found that there was no set color of a medieval bride to wear, but blue did seem to be a popular choice.
I decided to use my white Lady of Shallot Dress as a base and then make a blue velvet, sleeveless overcoat. To do this I used the bodice and skirt pieces of McCall's Pattern 4997. I sadly think this pattern is no longer in print.
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To see how I made the Lady of Shallot Dress you can watch here: youtu.be/EZdgIzDphrw
The Belt is from Many Moons Emporium: manymoonsemporium.com
Photos by Salvation Photography: facebook.com/SalvationPhotography
Medieval Manuscript Research:
Manuscript illustration showing the marriage of Eleanor and Prince Louis 1137. End of 14th Century
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/c8c3368d-a6b5-435e-ace4-883392b70442/surfaces/75d9e9c0-0f88-456a-a90b-3bdaf1762f9f
Detail of a miniature of the marriage of Philipe d'Artois to Marie, daughter of the Duc de Berry. Between c. 1470 and 1472
bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMINBig.ASP?size=big&IllID=28430
bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7232&CollID=8&NStart=4380
Wedding of Louis X of France and Clemance Hongrie (1315).
Book from end of the 14th century
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/c8c3368d-a6b5-435e-ace4-883392b70442/surfaces/3dcf2f5c-40f1-433f-9dd2-a32f63c3a2bf
A Wedding Procession. Musicians.
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8d17bc13-14b6-4a56-b3b5-d2e1a935c60d/surfaces/5672b917-4d90-4be6-add2-bad6fad76a69
King Porrus stands between a bride and groom in his tent. Right: he presides at the wedding
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8d17bc13-14b6-4a56-b3b5-d2e1a935c60d/surfaces/08552925-6fc7-4608-99e4-cc6f45783848
Music:
Angevin 120 loop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200111
Artist: incompetech.com
Master of the Feast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400019
Artist: incompetech.com
Renaissance by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: audionautix.com
