This much-anticipated package has done for Elizabethan gentlemen what our first release did for Elizabethan ladies: providing an expertly drafted, thoroughly researched suite of patterns for a broad range of styles and sizes. When combined with our Elizabethan Accessories package, it forms the foundation of a complete set of upper-class men's costumes, perfect for Renaissance Faires, theatrical productions, or historical reenactors. In fact, with variations in style and materials, these patterns are perfectly accurate for individuals ranging down through the middle class and even some of the lower classes. (Details are given in the usual exhaustively thorough pattern manual.)

The Elizabethan Gentleman's Wardrobe package includes (click on a topic to see technical illustrations):

Doublet with three style variations

Eight styles of sleeves

Five styles of slops

Two styles of Venetian breeches

Five shoulder and four waist tab variations

Shirt

Short cloak

As with our other patterns, these are professionally printed on fine pattern tissue in a wide range of sizes. As our customers have come to expect, it is accompanied by an exhaustively detailed, extensively illustrated manual containing 175 pages (!) of technique and background information. Based on the best research sources currently available, these patterns comprise the single most comprehensive source available for costuming the Elizabethan Gentleman.

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