Radio interview

In half an hour a woman from the swedish national radio will come here and do an interview on the history of neck ties. Not that I'm an expert or even knew more than the basics before I looked it up in some books yesterday. But she interviewed me on beards in history last year and apparently it was a success so she called me again. I hope it goes well, but I'm really not that good at men's modern (as in after the early 19th century) fashion. I think I know enough though and I enjoy doing radio. It will probably be more about the predecessors of the modern tie than about the actual tie, but I don't think that will be a problem.

Edit: For swedes: The interview will be in the show "Krister" on next thursday, probably in the second hour, between 3 and 4.

The green bliaut is finished!!

The green silk bliaut is finally finished. The trim is attached around the pendant sleeves and the neck and front slit. I can tell you that sewing 5-6 cm wide stiff trim to extremely flimsy habotai silk is not an enjoyable task. But now it's done and I've folded the dress and put it in a chest. I will not start on the linen chainse until I've done some more on my new 16th century corset and my knitted shawl. I'm also going to do a garibaldi-style blouse (you have to scroll down the page) from some checked fabric I have, dominantly white with thin stripes in light green and black. I will make it similar to the upper part of the shift from my folk costume, which is based on a shirt that was made in 1844. It will be mostly done on my machine however. I plan to use it both with modern and victorian clothing.