The Tudor Revolution

  Hello Beautiful Humans! Over the last year several of you have asked questions about historical hair care and bringing more of these practices into the 21st century for your own routines. In this video I go over some of the pros and cons for different hair care practices from the middle ages and today. Please do keep in mind that these observations are based on my personal experiences which might be different for other people with different hair types. A few questions I go over include: "What is the difference between medieval and modern hair care?" "How do you prevent your hair from matting/ getting tangled?" "Which products should I use for historical hairstyles?" "What is your favorite historical hairstyle?" I hope you enjoy this update on historical hair care that I was able to recover from the vault when my laptop data came back. Do you have a historical hair care question or tip? Please shar in the comments! You may also be interest...

  Good Morning Beautiful Humans! Today I am keeping up with the request you gave me to give you a tutorial on making renaissance turn shoes. At the time of upload, this was the most requested video in my recent community poll. I purchased this kit after my friend Amber  @DSA Threads Costuming  make a pair for IRCC a few years ago. We chatted a bit while making them and she gave me some tips on how she decorated and sewed her shoes together. Check out the links below for her video on the shoes. I originally was planning to make and wear these as a back up plan for my elevation to the order of the laurel in January, but it was a bit too wet and cold for me to really want to wear them outside. Instead I will have them for some of our warmer weather coming up this spring. To make these shoes I used several of these items or similar tools. List does include Amazon affiliate links if you wish to purchase through them and continue to support this channel in a monetary way....

  Hello Beautiful Humans! It is snowing in Denver again, and yes I know it is the end of May. That's life living close to the mountains though. Inspired by today's snow I thought I would share my video tutorial on making 16th century muffs. Grab some tea because we are going to do a 1 day make project to start getting you ready for our cooler weather that will be starting next month. a few years ago I did a lot of research into how fur was used and worn in 16th century fashion, which lead me down the rabbit hole of researching methods of keeping your hands warm during the renaissance. I was shocked to learn people were using muffs as a dress accessory by the 2nd half of the 16th century to keep their hands warm. It is the earliest reference I have found to these tube shaped dress accessories being used, but if you know about earlier references please let me know in the comments. For more details on muffs I've included a link back to my blog post I made about them, including...

  Welcome Back Beautiful Humans! I talk a lot about 16th century haircare and hairdressing on this blog because I feel it completes the look of your historical outfits. Today we are going to work on a renaissance hair tutorial for long hair, but I will give you a few pointers on ways to adapt the style for shoulder length hair too. Make sure that your hair has been thoroughly combed out and separated with a center part while you are getting ready for this hairstyle. I would recommend having about 2.5-3 yards of silk ribbon on hand to complete the style for hair going to your waist. You may need less for shorter hair, or more to secure thicker hair. I have other blog posts where I go into history of hair dressing in the 16th century, and thought this video would be helpful for those out there trying to do a full circle or crown of braids instead of just a semi circle like I posted a few weeks ago. Renaissance Fabrics for Silk Ribbon Historical Hairstyle Playlist Thank you as a...

  Hello Beautiful Humans! Today I wanted to cover how to pad stitch an interlining. When I teach sewing and historical tailoring classes in person I always seem to have people astonished by the amount of hand sewing it can take to complete one of my garments. I was that person too when I started. I remember swearing I would never put that much hand sewing into a garment, and then I slowly realized skipping these steps was not giving me the results I wanted. This video is dedicated to me 7 years ago, and anyone else who is looking for the next step to improve their tailored garments. I hope this video is inspiring and helps to demystify some of the basic techniques I use in my videos and garments. If you have another technique you would like me to do a deep dive tutorial on please let me know in the comments. In the modern day, professional tailors go through years of apprenticeship to learn their trade and I don't want anyone to be confused here. I am not a tailor. I have done a...

  Hello Beautiful Humans! Today's video is a project to bring a little fun and mischief to your lives as part of a collaboration with some other costubers to make our own Loki variants from different historical eras. While Daisy Victoria is doing a late 16th century interpretation, I am going to go with early 16th century Medici portraits for my inspirations. You can see a Pinterest board with some of m o inspiration images here: pinterest board There is a playlist of the other loki variant videos here: Loki Variants Collab The Balzo is a headgear style of the wealthy classes in early 16th century Italy. Contemporaries in the 16th century describe this style as taking up space. The goal for women wearing these dresses was to draw attention and physically claim their space in a room. I could not help but think of this hat for Loki who always wants to draw attention. I used a grapevine wreath, medium weight linen scraps, silk noel, and a metallic silk sheer. I sincerely hope ...

  Have you ever been in a hurry to get somewhere, but you needed to look elegant and put together when you got there? This renaissance hair tutorial is my go to style for those kinds of situations because it is quick, easy, and requires relatively few tools to dress your hair: ribbon of at least 2 yards, bodkins, mirror, 2 hair ties, and a comb. I wore this to a recent event with the Society for Creative Anachronism, but I've also worn it to work, the Ren Faire, and parties. In my experience, having the correct historical headgear or hairstyles can be the cherry on top of your new outfit. For more information on 16th century hairstyles and haircare please check out my playlist: hairstyle tutorial playlist