Fabric that *looks* historically accurate - (Thrift Vlog!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
- Not one to shell out $$$$ on reproduction textiles for my silly hobby*, I've acquired some knowledge about what a fabric needs in order to look historically accurate. I'll share some of that knowledge with you today in a piecemeal and disorganized fashion while heading to the thrift store and getting some cool stuff. And I light things on fire. It's a vlog!
(*but no shade to anyone who does. nice fabric is nice.)
00:00 It's a thrift vlog!
01:20 Today's objective
02:30 Thriftin'
04:20 Fibre Analysis (burn test...blaze it)
05:30 History stuff- WOOL
08:38 History stuff- CELLULOSE
09:15 History stuff - KERMES DYE
10:21 Announcement!
Also I have a little announcement: I'll be putting out a couple videos for #CoSy2021 next weekend (eep)! You can check out the full schedule here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1SbrO...
NOTES/CORRECTIONS:
-WORSTED sometimes gets cited as older than woollen. Sometimes newer. I don't know what reality is. Help.
SOURCES/ATTRIBUTIONS:
full image list including copyright attributions:
docs.google.com/document/d/1M...
music:
Georg Philipp Telemann, Trio Sonata for Flutes and Piano, in A minor - II. Vivace, perf. by Emily Stark, Hannah Yi, Steve Lightburn. PD via Musopen.
Chase by The Brothers Records, vis YT Audio Library
WISH ME LUCK GETTING TWO VIDEOS OUT BY NEXT WEEKEND OH DEAR - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
looking for medieval historically accurate clothing I came across your channel and I love every bit of it! your in depth explanations and history lessons and the humor ❤ don't stop posting please ✨ there are some that enjoy the more lenghty in depth videos
Welcome!
Thank you so much. Glad you're enjoying it! I don't plan on stopping any time soon 😎 (sometimes it takes me like...6 months to crank something out though haha)
AMAZING! Loved this video and your breadth of knowledge.
3:09 what
an unexpected turn
Lol
YES! Lol Into early medieval; and I'm NOT buying wool at THOSE prices. I find linen, wool, and fur at thrift stores, flea markets and yard sales. (In our group, we HAVE to) However; the rules are much less restricted for later dress; as the brocades, and frills and ruffles and poofs come into play. Much more attention is paid to the finished product and how it looks; somewhat less stringent on EXACT materials or if every INCH was hand sewn. Unfortunately, since I chose an earlier period it's a bit harder to.....make do? AND with very simple, obvious seams....*sigh* The more elaborate the gown the more is forgiven. I LOVE your videos! And YES, finding affordable appropriate material so you don't spend ALL of your hard earned cash on your hobby! Yes, my first set of garb was made of bedsheets and the fur from a sacrificed stuffed animal. I keep a copy of the photo to remind myself that "an attempt" is "an attempt" and the information I have is the result of many years of making mistakes. Love the burn test; I need to use it often with "foraged" garb materials.
It sounds like you may be with the SCA. If so, fellow SCAn here, 14th-15th centuries.
AGHHH THAT"S MY DUVET
It's the 100% cotton 'Bergpalm' from Ikea, so your fabric test worked very well. Seeing it catch fire... so easily... how can I yet slumber in its inflammable embrace??
hehe. Perhaps by watching some videos of polyester catch fire and melt into a burning toxic glue-y mess?
Didn't know about the burn test. Thanks.
This was so fun to watch. So much real wool at the thrift shop, amazing!
Thank you!! Yeah I was a lucky duck that day. :3
Your videos are fun and interesting I really enjoy them.
Lmao love this video! As a fellow thrifty costumer i really ahould burn test my thrifted stash i have no clue what anythings made of.
Also the snake flag at the thrift store i-
Thank you! Haha yeah would recommend. There are always some surprises.
Aww I like the name 😂 I think it's clever. (I'll support your decision though)
Hehe I like it too! It has proved divisive though...
The second you said “material culture” I knew you were my people
yessss! I think the material culture people and the historical dress people have a hard time finding each other on youtube and it's a darn shame.
hello sorry to butt in - please could either of you recommend me some more material culture channels?? I never heard that term before and had to google it but I'm very intrigued and I'd love to learn more
As somebody whose looking at going back to school for a BA & MA in Art History (so I can somehow focus on material culture and historical dress/fashion interact)... there are channels for Material Culture... please share... my inner geek just did a back flip of joy...
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
@@Steph-zo5zk Dude I wish I could - I'm not super versed in costube/history youtubers so for me it pops up sparingly here and there, but usually for much later eras (i.e. Victorian) than the medieval and Renaissance/early modern eras that I'm most interested in. The best I can do is rec the book I'm currently reading, A Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield, which traces the production and meaning of the color red after the discovery of cochineal and the impact it had on p much every aspect of European society.
@@ashtonadams2843 no worries! that book sounds really interesting, exactly my kind of thing, thanks for the recommendation
:-)
I really enjoyed the ~cinematicity~! Thank you for this educational video :)
Hehehe thank YOU.
Omg! Every time I thrift fabric I never find that many things or in large quantities...May I ask what thrift store chains you went to? If any? I'm from Canada so maybe we have some similar places hehe
I like the casual & informative video.
How do you keep subscribers if you change your channel name?
Glad you liked it!
The account will stay the same, and the URL will stay the same, just the name will change. So anyone who is already subscribed will stay subscribed. 🙂
This is so helpful! I’m really happy to have found you!
Glad you found it helpful and I'm very happy you found me too!😊
where do you go thrifting?? around where i live the clothes are good but barely any good fabrics :(
I hope you keep going! Your videos are great!
Thank you! I took a long break but I'm gearing up to get back into it and seeing comments like this one was encouraging :)