Can anyone recommend reliable costume sources for this period? I could send them to paintings, but interpreting paintings is often difficult for those unaccustomed to it.

I could send them to the likes of Norris & Braun & Schneider but wonder if there is anything better available. I'm afraid I don't work with "costume books" much any more and have probably missed a few in the last couple of years. I'm hoping there's a ready resource for this period I just don't know about.

Thanks!

'Today the latest copy of the Costume Society magazine arrived in which Jenny Tiramani, the former head of the Globe costume department ( a woman of immeasurable talents! She’s finishing Janet Arnold’s unfinished works—which is the most exalted place to be in the world of history of costume, as far as I’m concerned) wrote a critique of The Tudor Tailor— Let’s just say the kindest words she uses are ‘historically inaccurate despite misleading claims to the contrary’.'

That was my general feeling about the book when I saw it, but Tudor isn't my area of expertise so I figured it was just my ignorance. Maybe not.

Rather than offer my own poor comments, I defer to Jenny Tiramani on this one, as she's the expert! I'm waiting for a copy of the Costume Society review so I can see what her specific problems withthe book are. My friend is sending me a copy, but it shouldn't be that difficult to get a copy of the review through a library.

It's probably as good a resource as the Medieval Tailor's Assistant- as you say, until something better comes along.