I Made a Belt for my Dress Hooks | 16th Century Skirt

In the 16th Century, dress hooks were quite useful for English and Dutch women to hold up their skirts and/or to hold down their partlets.

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16th Century historical dress hooks from the Renaissance / Tudor periods typically found in museums were typically made from silver gilt (silver gilded in gold). However, for lower class people who may not have been able to afford silver, then other metals were used (such as brass).

** Fair warning, though, if brass is used. If the metal gets wet, it may discolor the fabric. So, these brass hooks will specifically be used with a belt to hold up the hem of the over-skirt, rather than being permanently attached to the back of a partlet, where it could discolor the fabric over time.

History of 16th Century Dress Hooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBC6XWQ8Q_o

Picture Credit:
- D'Heere, Lucas. "Théâtre de tous les peuples et nations de la terre." Ghent University. https://lib.ugent.be/viewer/archive.ugent.be%3A79D46426-CC9D-11E3-B56B-4FBAD43445F2#?cv=62&c=&m=&s=&xywh=-2690%2C-1%2C10856%2C7580
- Holbein the Younger, Hans. "Figure of a Young Englishwoman in Contemporary Dress." Ashmolean Museum. https://collections.ashmolean.org/collection/search/per_page/25/offset/0/sort_by/relevance/object/41151
- "Weeper." Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Fawlsey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dress_hook#/media/File:Monument_to_Sir_Richard_Knightley_and_his_wife_Jane,_St_Mary's_Church,_Fawsley_(detail_2).jpg

For anyone curious about what exactly the 'SCA' is -- The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international, non-profit educational organization that studies and recreates the medieval and Renaissance years of 600-1600AD.

For more information and to locate your local branch, please check out http://www.sca.org

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