Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Happy belated Valentine’s Day, fashion history friends! Historical humans have flirted with each other in both weird and fashionable ways using everything from medieval underwear to hankies and Victorian fans. Throughout fashion history, there have been different instances of flirting and showing love through accessories, clothing items, and tokens. From the renaissance favor giving, to the victorian fan code, to the medieval… drawer cutting? Clearly, courtly love has never been more romantic than when courtship is expressed through clothing symbols. But, was fan language actually a thing? Could illicit courting gifts really take the form of underwear bands? How many handkerchiefs went to lance-wielders as knightcore favors? Let’s find out!
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Happy belated Valentine’s Day, fashion history friends! Historical humans have flirted with each other in both weird and fashionable ways using everything from medieval underwear to hankies and Victorian fans. Throughout fashion history, there have been different instances of flirting and showing love through accessories, clothing items, and tokens. From the renaissance favor giving, to the victorian fan code, to the medieval… drawer cutting? Clearly, courtly love has never been more romantic than when courtship is expressed through clothing symbols. But, was fan language actually a thing? Could illicit courting gifts really take the form of underwear bands? How many handkerchiefs went to lance-wielders as knightcore favors? Let’s find out!
Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudios
Or, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragon
Follow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragon
For business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot Com
I do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.
Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
