'And her black satin gown must be new-bodied': The Twenty-First-Century Body in Pursuit of the Holbein Look

Abstract

Understanding the precise construction of early sixteenth-century women's dress presents considerable difficulties. Satisfactorily reconstructing it is an even greater challenge. The study reported here used contemporary archaeological, pictorial and documentary evidence to inform alternative experimental approaches to constructing the garments worn on a woman's torso in the 1540s. The results showed that stiffening the kirtle was more successful than stiffening the petticoat or gown in achieving the characteristic body shape portrayed in Holbein's work.

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