FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on Feb 26, 2008 · 7 posts
FranOnTheEdge posted Tue, 26 February 2008 at 9:41 AM
Can anyone show what the viking dress as described in this article would look like?
http://www.physorg.com/news123162390.html
This is the main part of the article:
"The grave plans from excavations at Birka outside Stockholm in the 19th century show that this is incorrect. The clasps were probably worn in the middle of each breast. Traditionally this has been explained by the clasps having fallen down as the corpse rotted. That sounds like a prudish interpretation," says Annika Larsson.
She maintains instead that the Birka women's skirts consisted of a single piece of fabric and were open in front. The suspenders held up the train and functioned as a harness that was fastened to the breasts with the clasps. Annika Larsson's theory is strengthened by that fact that a number of female figures have been preserved whose outfits both have trains and are open in front. But if we are to believe the archeological finds, this style of clothing disappeared with the advent of Christianity.
"It's easy to imagine that the Christian church had certain reservations about clothing that accentuated the breasts in this way and, what's more, exposed the under shift in front. It's also possible that this clothing was associated with pre-Christian rituals and was therefore forbidden," she believes.
There is another article showing the previously believed representation of the dress, but I can't visualise what the new idea of it would look like, here is a link to the older idea of it:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/sarafan/sarafan.htm
I just wondered if anyone here could show me what it is now believed to have looked like???
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)
EltonJ posted Wed, 19 March 2008 at 10:57 PM
Wow, that would be interesting to see.
FranOnTheEdge posted Thu, 20 March 2008 at 11:02 AM
Attached Link: Noitulove
Yeah, there's a demonstration of how the archeaologists think it would have looked, but frankly I'm not convinced - they are calling it "provocative"... well okay the woman wearing the clothes is... not that young... and frankly as such not that... appealing to most young men. And the point here is that the young Viking woman would be trying to attract the best of the Viking males... which is how humanity has done it since... well since we walked out of the ocean according to the Guinness adverts in order to drink stout. (see Noitulove link above) Lol.But this demonstration of how the clothing would have looked... well I don't really believe it - I'm sure someone here who is into Poser and clothes could do it much better, maybe I should post this over in the Poser forum?
http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/7021.php?from=109737
Here's the demonstration image^^^
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)
EltonJ posted Thu, 20 March 2008 at 12:50 PM
Bleh. The Victorians with all of their prudishness would have liked such fare.
FranOnTheEdge posted Thu, 20 March 2008 at 6:34 PM
Actually, that's the version that's supposed to be provocative... lol!
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)
EltonJ posted Thu, 20 March 2008 at 8:01 PM
It's not provocative. :p Roman prostitutes advertised more skin than a Viking maid. That's actually very modest.
FranOnTheEdge posted Fri, 21 March 2008 at 8:34 PM
Attached Link: Earlier, modest idea of Viking women's dress
That's why I said I was sure someone from DazStudio forum or Poser forum could do something better while still following what the archaeologists found...And of course the previous version was even more modest, see link:^^^
Measure
your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)