RUGA - Gleann Abhann

Whip Me, Beat Me...Make Me Wear BAD Elizabethan:

the Unmentionables - FAS07A01

(Created by THL Charles de Bourbon)

Class Length: 1 hour

Level: Beginning costumer

Objective: In WMBM: The Unmentionables, we will explore the necessary underpinnings to create a successfully authentic Elizabethan Gown. We will study the history and construction of four major Elizabethan undergarments: The Corset, The Farthingale, the Bumroll, and the Shift. We will discuss period patterns, extant garments, the history of the garment, and the necessity of the garment in the context of creating an Elizabethan gown.

Class Content:

Section I - The corset

Section II - The Farthingale

Section III - The Bumroll

Section IV - The Shift

Suggested Research Sources:

Hunnisett, Jean. Period Costume for Stage and Screen

Waugh, Norah. Corsets and Crinolines

Arnold, Janet. Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd.

Arnold, Janet. Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Men and Women's Clothing 1560-1620

Arnold, Janet. "Stays or Corset". A summary of findings on the pair of stays worn by the effigy of Queen Elizabeth. Westminster Library, London.

Alcega, Juan de. Tailor's Pattern Book 1589.

Arnold, Janet. Elizabethan and Jacobean shirts and smocks

Tucker, Carol. Dressed or Undressed for success

Leed, Drea. The Elizabethan Costuming Page ( http://www.elizabethancostume.net/)

Singman, Jeffery L. Daily Life in Elizabethan England

Jones, Ann Rosalind and Stallybrass, Peter. Renaissance Clothing and the Material of Memory

Vecellio, Cesare. Vecellio's Renaissance Costume Book (Dover pictorial archive series)

Frick, Carol Collier. Dressing Renaissance Florence: Families, Fortunes, and Fine Clothing

Syllabus kindly created for RUGA by Charles de Bourbon, July 2007.