Historically accurate viking clothing

Viking age / Finland /Mikkeli-Tuukkala

By Michelle Styles To a certain extent, it is hard to know precisely what Viking women wore and how they wore their hair. The are no portraits of Viking women and very few representations of them in statues or on coins (the usual sources for such things). However, unlike Christians in this period, their graves can be full of grave goods but textiles are rarely preserved. Enough scraps have been found to attest that the Vikings seem to prefer bright colours and good quality cloth. It is known…

Although women in the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE) lived in a male-dominated society, far from being powerless, they ran farms and households, were responsible for textile production, moved away from...

Costumes vikings

Viking costume inspiration: From around the internet So the next group of photos are just random photos from around the ‘net. The first is an underdress, only made interesting by the heavy us…

How Linda Muir Went to Great Lengths to Make THE NORTHMAN's Costumes Historically Accurate (A.frame Exclusive)

This tutorial was made 4 years ago, in Swedish, but my dear blog reader Eva Bolinder took the time to translate it for you. Thank you Eva! Fancy blue coat in thick woollen twill, with silk decorati…

Viking garb

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