Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I had the massive privilege to be invited on a private tour of one of the best historical fashion museums in Europe, Livrustkammaren! My friend Magdalena Regina is an educator at the Royal Armoury in Stockholm, Sweden, as well as an art historian, and she explains some of the fascinating history and stories of clothing artefacts within the museum.
A massive thank you to both Magdalena and Livrustkammaren for their warm welcome. To learn more about The Royal Armoury in Stockholm, Sweden, or plan a visit:
https://livrustkammaren.se/en/
instagram.com/livrustkammaren
Magdalena's amazing social media page! ♥️: instagram.com/magdalena_regina
My socials:
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To access the public domain collections of all the national Swedish museums: https://shm.se/en/about-the-agency/the-collections/
To read the letters of Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta: https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/HedvigElisabetCharlotta/titlar
There were a ton of image sources for this video, so due to character count limitations, they can be found here: vbirchwood.com/sources/the-royal-armoury
I had the massive privilege to be invited on a private tour of one of the best historical fashion museums in Europe, Livrustkammaren! My friend Magdalena Regina is an educator at the Royal Armoury in Stockholm, Sweden, as well as an art historian, and she explains some of the fascinating history and stories of clothing artefacts within the museum.
A massive thank you to both Magdalena and Livrustkammaren for their warm welcome. To learn more about The Royal Armoury in Stockholm, Sweden, or plan a visit:
https://livrustkammaren.se/en/
instagram.com/livrustkammaren
Magdalena's amazing social media page! ♥️: instagram.com/magdalena_regina
My socials:
🕯 Support my art on Patreon - patreon.com/vbirchwood
✨ Leave a donation: ko-fi.com/vbirchwood
🪡 Follow me on Instagram - instagram.com/vasibirchwood
📖 Business inquiries - sofie@helmtalentgroup.com
To access the public domain collections of all the national Swedish museums: https://shm.se/en/about-the-agency/the-collections/
To read the letters of Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta: https://litteraturbanken.se/f%C3%B6rfattare/HedvigElisabetCharlotta/titlar
There were a ton of image sources for this video, so due to character count limitations, they can be found here: vbirchwood.com/sources/the-royal-armoury

![How I Survive Winter Wearing Only Historical Clothing (ft. Some VOLGA TATAR FASHION!)
Winter is definitely here for all of us in the Northern Hemisphere, and wearing historical clothing daily means I need to be quite deliberate about how I layer my garments. Its taken me a few years to really solidify how to dress historically for winter weather. In this video, I show you two of my go-to historical fashion winter looks layer-by-layer – a Victorian working-class ensemble as well as my Volga Tatar fashion, as well as offer some tips for how to stay warm in winter wearing historical clothing (some of which can also be applied to modern clothing).
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Clothing list:
Victorian chemise - https://www.etsy.com/shop/LadyJanesClothing
Corset - https://www.etsy.com/shop/theboudoirkey
Bust padding - https://www.etsy.com/shop/theboudoirkey
Rear padding - secondhand, cant remember the seller name unfortunately
Cotton and wool stockings - https://www.darcyclothing.com/collections/womens-hosiery
Combinations - https://www.etsy.com/shop/romlya
Under petticoat - me made, self drafted
Petticoat - Etsy seller closed their store
Wrapper dress and belt - me made, using pattern Laughing Moon no. 118
Sontag - commisioned from a friend
Icelandic sweater - made by a grandmother in Iceland years ago, reknit commisioned from a friend
1872 jacket - commisioned from a friend
Travelling or winter hood - commisioned from a friend
Red cloak - cant rememeber the shop unfortunately
Шәл (şäl) - secondhand
Камчат бурек (kamçat burek) - me made, self-drafted
Leather gloves - secondhand
Muff - secondhand/vintage
18th century shift - got it off of Etsy years ago so unfortunately cant remember the shop
Ыштан (ıştan) - me made, self-drafted
Wool trousers - secondhand
Kүлмәк (külmäk) - me made, self drafted
Wool arm warmers - me made, crocheted using a pattern many years ago (cant remember the pattern sadly)
Outer coat - 1940s vintage
Sources:
-M. Zavyalova, Tatar Milli Kieme [Tatar Costume], Kazan, 1996
Guzel Valeeva-Suleimanova, The Decorative Applied Art of the Kazan Tatars, Moscow, 1990.
-Суслова С. В. Татарский костюм: историко-этнологическое исследование, Казань, 2018.
-https://groznijat.tripod.com/fadlan/rorlich1.html
-http://folkcostume.blogspot.com/2011/05/traditional-costume-of-tatarstan.html How I Survive Winter Wearing Only Historical Clothing (ft. Some VOLGA TATAR FASHION!)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XrRxu5bMcC0/mqdefault.jpg)


![I Tried Medieval Menstruation Underwear
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Im back with another episode of the historical menstruation series; this time exploring a potential option for a medieval menstruation garment!
Be sure to go and watch The Creative Contessas fabulous video, which is the one that inspired my own experiment: https://youtu.be/KRCwp3hi46Q?si=adKPikS8_ZujsIiP
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Further Learning:
https://www.medievaltailor.net/blog/medieval-underwear
https://www.healthline.com/health/how-much-blood-do-you-lose-on-your-period
The Medieval Tailors Assistant by Sarah Thursfield
Image Sources:
https://medieval-market.com/en/blog/mens/braies.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Braies.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hieronymus_Bosch_093_detail_1.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man_in_shausses detail.jpg
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