Late 16th-Century Doublet

I first wore the outfit at the SCA West Kingdom October Crown. I wore the doublet with a cartridge-pleated skirt made of purple tone-on-tone stripe drapery type fabric that I’d made a few months earlier (for an outfit that never panned out). And the weekend before this event, I made a tall-crowned hat inspired by the ones popular from about 1590 to 1620s and beyond. I built a wired buckram frame and covered it in pleated black wool. The trims are purple and black ostrich feathers, plus a purple ribbon rosette accented with a big gold brooch.

Update:

I’ve worn the outfit many times, including the doublet with a black wool skirt or the doublet without sleeves and with a blackworked linen shirt. It’s a versatile and attractive piece of my SCA wardrobe.