
Alison Kannon is an avid costumer and a rabid historical martial arts and fencing enthusiast. She has been studying and teaching Sixteenth Century European martial arts since 2001. She is an enthusiastic historical re-enactor and created Elizabethanmafia.com in order to share her research of the fashion, culture, and martial arts of Early Modern England.
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Burgundy Venetians: Current Status
While I haven’t finished them yet I did want to go ahead and post updated pictures of my new venetians. I still need to hem the leg openings and I need to add the buttons and button holes but those … Continue reading
Costuming Fail
I have only managed to hem 8 inches on my pants since Friday. Bah! Finishing them for Coronation is not looking so good but I’m still going to try. I only need to finish hemming the leg openings and add … Continue reading
A Waist Band!
Last night I finished cartridge pleating my venetians onto the waist band. The original ones were gathered but I decided to try cartridge pleating in the hopes that it would help replicate the awesome puffiness seen in the De Ghyen … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 Project Plans, Elizabethan Fashion, Fencing, Project, Sewing
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New Venetians
Since I posted a tutorial on incorporating pockets into venetians and trunkhose yesterday I thought I would post a bit today about the pants the tutorial is based on. I had posted recently that the first project of my great … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 Project Plans, Elizabethan Fashion, Fencing, Pictures, Project, Sewing
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Adding a Pocket to Your Trunkhose or Ventians
One of the things that has always attracted me to late 16th Century menswear is their pockets. There are several examples of trunkhose and a pair of venetians depicted in Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion that include pockets. Until recently though … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 Project Plans, Elizabethan Fashion, Fencing, Project, Rapier Armour, Sewing, Tutorial
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Of Mending and Many Things
Life has been insanely busy this past week so sadly I’ve had very little time to blog. This week looks to be at least a busy (if not more so) but things are looking up on the other side of … Continue reading
Cleaning Out My Garb Closet
Do you ever stand in front of your closet looking for something to wear on to realize that you absolutely hate 90% of it? That’s the realization I came to over the past couple of weeks while I was getting … Continue reading
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Pictures on the Way
I did get pictures of my Flanders gown. They are still currently on the camera with my KASF pictures because I’ve been totally lazy about downloading them but I should have them up before the end of the weekend. In … Continue reading
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Flanders Gown Update
Well, I’ve postponed this post for 3 days because I wanted to have pictures to go with it but I still haven’t taken them. I think I must be the worst costumer ever but hopefully you all will forgive me. … Continue reading
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Flanders Gown To-Do’s and Website Ponderings
Sorry there was not a practice update this week. I was very busy with work on Thursday and unable to make it out. Hopefully this week will be easier and I will be able to make it out. I’ve really … Continue reading

