historical cloak/cape resources
howdy!
these are some links/resources I used to get some inspiration & information for making a historical-inspired cape/cloak/capelet/mantle. i’m working on 2 right now, more posts to come :)
Historical cloak resources & some notes:
Brunley & Trowbridge - 18th century short cloak tutorial (they sell the pattern for it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czsqRnN1ENQ&t=0s
>very few wool shortcloaks are fully lined, sometimes the hood is lined in silk but not always
>2 part video (1st linked)
Bernadette Banner - Reconstructing an Edwardian Mantle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUYLt3QxlDo
>made from silk & more complicated in patterning than the apparently common half-circle short cloak
V. Birchwood - “I Hand Sewed a Majestic Winter Cloak...” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4lD9NOqSHU
Costume & Conservation - “The Iconic Red Cloak...” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XBPPvOqCRQ
A point about cloaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN8cYd3poIk
>a very entertaining spiel of a guy explaining a lot of benefits of wool cloaks
“Bocksten Man” Style Cloak and Pattern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrPbq0-laFM
>explains the cloak of the Bocksten Man, a preserved Scandinavian bog body found with hair & clothes intact, from around 14th century
LarpWright - “How to Make a Ruana Cloak” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JND09HvdHTA
>the Ruana is a Celtic-style cloak, relatively simple in construction, usually rectangular
Living Anachronism - “My Ruana Cloak Dimensions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb9PeqHfbS0
