High waisted fashions in 14th century Italy

[frualeydis]

I've written a long blog post (or at least image heavy) on high waisted fashions of the late 13th century and the first half of the 14th century in Italy. I have also reached the conclusion that some of them actually must have very high waist seams. it doesn't fit with anything I have learned this far, but I can't explain away images like this.




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[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

It's always the same fabric though. And the tie or belt is found also on the ones which don't have seams. I don't really know, but this early, where there are no other examples of tie around aprons, I would guess that they are gowns.
This image is later, ca 1330-1340 - and here you celrly see a seam under the arm: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battistero_di_Parma_20081206-85.jpg

The sleeves and the front of the gown are the same pink fabric with blue pattern, though what goes udner the gown is very intriguing - either she wears a patterned apron under the gown or her tunic has a broad patterned stripe.

Very interesting.

/Eva