While you're at it, be sure to check some costuming books . Here you will find links to several articles I have written on subjects of interest to Viking Age re-enactors. Including Viking Tunic Construction . An Elizabethan smock is actually a very basic garment. In Renaissance times, children, once potty trained, were dressed in miniature versions of adult clothing.
Illustrations are original.
This link was broken the last time I checked, but they should have it fixed soon. St. Valentine's Day XXV Costume Show and Pennsic XXVI Costume Exposition Photos and descriptions of costumes seen at House Athenaeum expositions. So when I joined the SCA in 1982, I naturally began to make costumes. Photos and directions for making your own. Together with the corset and the bumroll, the farthingale was one of the major shapers of the Elizabethan silhouette.