Turkish Clothing

Photos and descriptio ns of a "Mongo l Silk Lampas Weave Robe" sold by Christies in 2001.

Held at the Mevlana Tekke Museum in Konya, Turkey.

This pattern is based upon extant Turkish garments in the Topkapi museum, along with patterns for similar pants shown in Tilke. It is appropriat e for Persian costumes from about 1300 to 1620. I have used a loom-width economy method of cutting since it is so easily adapted for this style of pants and gives the correct fullness.

Also online at sca.berkeley.edu/garment_pattern/turkish_salwar.html and www.feoragdubh.eastkingdom.org/Patterns/salwar.gif .

Discusses some prevalent (and erroneous) beliefs about the clothing and cultures of the Near East.

I've heard people with Near Eastern personae in the SCA say that clothing that looks historically accurate is too difficult or too expensive to make, or that expecting people to make historically accurate Near Eastern clothing is elitist, and besides, historically accurate clothing is ugly.

I've heard people who want to enjoy the clothing, food, and music of the Near East but were uncomfortable portraying someone whose religion was different than their own.

I've heard people come up with really bizarre persona stories to explain why they are a pale-skinned and light haired Near Easterner.

Well, folks, it doesn't have to be that way ...

A searchable catalog of surviving garments from Europe and the Mediterranean from the dawn of time up through approximately 1500.

A collection of buttons from various other websites (translate d into English); mostly Russian and Turkish examples.

This egroup is designed for those individuals who are interested in the Turkish Personas, Turkish history of the Middle Ages along with SCA.

Research on legwear based on extant Mamluk examples and illustrati ons.