Clothing Resources

Breeches

• Twin Rose Designs
  Drawstring and more elaborate breeches/trousers.
• Pirate Fashions: "Boucanier Breeches"
  These are billed as pirate breeches but, drawn up to the knee, I think they would serve reasonably well.
• Elizabethan Outfitters: El-cheapo drawstring pants
  Your level 1 D&D character would have something like these. They’ll do, and they’re cheap, but you’ll want to kill a gnoll quickly and upgrade.
• The Renaissance Store
  For the love of God, not purple.
• Elizabethan Outfitters: Trews
  Ah, I see you’ve killed a gnoll.
• An eBay Search for "Venitian Hose"
  Who knows what you’ll find. Spin the Wheel of eBay.
• Medieval Design (European source)
  A variety of trunk hose. The “16th Century Trousers” and even the “Rus” might work.
• Syke's Sutlery
  Reasonably period breeches, though the buttons and lace adjustment are not quite period.

Doublets

• Twin Rose Designs
  Nicely done doublets in wool and cotton. Be sure to order with sleeves.
• By the Sword
  This “Convertible Doublet” looks reasonable…for the price. You’ll want to replace the string ties at the sleeves with ribbon. This link is to the “black, large” version; they also have them in other sizes and in grey and burgundy.
• A Bad Example
  If you buy this, you will want to kill yourself just like the guy in the photo does.
• Pirate Fashions: "Boucanier Doublet"
  A wool doublet with sleeves at a reasonable price. See if they have any colors that aren’t horrid.

Hats

• Bethlehem Trading Post
  Cheap and colorful Monmouth caps. Try to stick to more sane colors.
• Quartermaster General
  A source for Monmouth caps.
• Monmouth Cap Pattern
  Includes a knitting pattern for a Monmouth cap.
• DIY Elizabethan Flat Cap
  Make your own flat cap.
• Smoke & Fire
  Another Monmouth cap.
• The Hooded Hare
  A source for tall hats.
• Blockade Runner
  Tall hat blanks.
• Truly Hats
  It is not clear to me if these folks are still taking orders, but they have damned fine hats.
• Plimoth Plantation
  Coifs for the ladies
• Another Monmouth Pattern
  Knit your own.
• Historical Caps (European source)
  Very, very nice statute (flat) caps. Also Monmouth caps.

Purses & Belts

• SwordSwords
  This is in liquidation, so it may not be around long. But it seems like a good deal while it lasts.
• Boots by Bohemond
  These are all reasonable for what we do.
• Reenactment Market (European source)
  Spendy, but it would work.
• Jorgen Craft
  This would work.
• NP Historical Shoes (European source)
  Any of these purses would work. Nicely done, too.
• Lobed Belt Buckles
  Lobed buckles for a 5/8″ belt.
• Belts of the right width with twin pointy lobes.
  http://www.jelldragon.com/medieval_belts.htm
• Thor's Hammer
  3/4″ buckles, fancy and plain
• Armour and Castings
  Almost any of the purses on this first page wil do for our purposes. Pages 2 & 3 get a little early for us.

Ruffs

• Renaissance Tailor

Shirts

• Twin Rose Designs
  A couple designs of nice shirts.
• HalloweenCostumes.com
  A no-frills “Renaissance” shirt. Inexpensive, but you will want to change the buttons.

Shoes

• DIY Latchets
  Make cheap, easy, and passable period footwear from thrift-store shoes.
• Boots by Bohemond
  Mary Rose Shoes, based on designs excavated from the wreck. A word of warning: while mine have held up very well (with a resoling), I know others who do not like them.
• Armlann
  The “simple” and “latchet” variants are fine. Ironically, the “Tudor” ones are a bit early for us.
• Garb the World
  Nice latchet shoes. Avoid the MIL465, though, since it looks a little late for us.
• NP Historical Shoes (European source)
  Amazingly good shoes. The “Sixteenth Century Shoes” are the only ones really appropriate for Goode’s Company, but they are nice, boot-like shoes for those worried about the open nature of latchets. The rest of the site is worth checking out, too.

Stockings & Hose

• Townsend & Son
  These are reasonable. They also have wool stockings, which I recommend.
• Revival Clothing
  Cotton joined hose. Almost period-appropriate.
• Hamilton Dry Goods
  Cheap wool and cotton stockings.

Patterns & Do-It-Yourself

• Reconstructing History
  Individual patterns, or sets like the–ahem–“Complete Elizabethan Common Man’s Package”. Grab a common man’s package today!
• Another Monmouth Pattern
  Knit your own.
• Monmouth Cap Pattern
  Includes a knitting pattern for a Monmouth cap.
• DIY Latchets
  Make cheap, easy, and passable period footwear from thrift-store shoes.
• DIY Elizabethan Flat Cap
  Make your own flat cap.

Complete Outfits

• Medieval Design (European source)
  Not bad, but kinda spendy.