Hey it's Independence Day, so I wanted to do something revolutionary. Since I can't really write or draw, I wanted to write up some historical documentation for the outfits
antieden and I did in case anyone else would like to use the information to make their own outfits. While I will try and mention both the historical way of doing the costumes as well as the "short-cut" way, I will definitely be leaning more towards the historical and people can simplify as they see fit. Good? Good.
I also want to say that most of this information has been acquired from online and library research. Colorado, where I live, does not really have a teeming Colonial Reenactment group, although I was lucky enough to have some friends from the east coast that I could bounce ideas off of and double-check measurements. I should also mention that since I was making America's outfit, the vast majority of my research was from Colonial sources, which I then applied to England's for the most part. However, as
nightblink pointed out to me, the English were FAR more specific about their uniforms (the Colonists were lucky to GET uniforms). If you are doing an England costume and you take pride in having the little details correct, you might want to do some of your own more thorough research into the differences.
( A few notes to start us off... ) ( Shirt... ) ( Breeches... ) ( Vest/Waist <br ></lj>Coat... ) ( Continental Army Coat... ) ( British Army Coat... ) ( White "Straps"... ) ( Accessories... )X-posted to
hetalia and
hetalia_cosplay . Sorry to anyone on more than one of them!