For sarahbellem

[gurdymonkey]

Someone is in our Middle Ages wearing her ruffs. (Well, that's not exactly what she wrote, but my genetic composition prevents me from writing in CatMacro.)

So I figured I needed to put this up: It's from the Kyoto Costume Museum and it depicts a 16th century Japanese convert to Christianity. (I would love to find the original artwork this is based on....)

Comments

[sarahbellem.livejournal.com]

Oh my. Wow. That's definitely one for the fashion gods to sort out. Now, I just wish they had a female version, because I'd LOVE to see that. LOL.

[mamapduck.livejournal.com]

That feels like the picture of you and Vittoria. Yes, it may really have happened but it's Just Not Right.

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[bovil.livejournal.com]

I was reading that there's some argument over whether this was the costume of a convert to Christianity, or if it was a dandified adaptation of Portuguese styles by stylish young men.