Houppelande
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A houppelande or houpelande is an outer garment, with a long, full body and flaring sleeves, that was worn by both men and women Europe in the Medieval period. Sometimes the houppelande was lined with fur.
The edges of the houppelande were often dagged, or cut into decorative scallops.[1]
[edit] External link
- Virtue, Cynthia:: A theory on construction of the Houppelande.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ribiero, Aileen, Dress and Morality, Batsford, 1986, reprinted Berg, 2003, ISBN 1-8597-3782-X
[edit] References
- Ribiero, Aileen, Dress and Morality, Batsford, 1986, reprinted Berg, 2003, ISBN 1-8597-3782-X
- Laver, James: The Concise History of Costume and Fashion, Abrams, 1979.