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Dutch watercolour (c. 1575) of "Irish in the service of the late king Henry (VIII)" depicting a léine. Arms, Armour, and Dress in Ireland a.d. 1521., an illustration by Albrecht Dürer found in the 1914 book Muiredach, abbot of Monasterboice, 890-923 A. D.; his life and surroundings. Little is known about Irish apparel before the twelfth century.
The Kinsale cloak (Irish: fallaing Chionn tSáile), worn until the twentieth century in Kinsale and West Cork, was the last remaining cloak style in Ireland. It was a woman's wool outer garment which evolved from the Irish cloak, a garment worn by both men and women for many centuries. Image from an old postcard showing a woman wearing a ...
Dress for women was more loosely fit compared to the previous century and somewhat more modest, the era from about 1220 onward having notably been characterised as the 'elegant period' in Gothic dress according to Ortwin Gamber. A narrow belt was uniform, which could be richly decorated with metal plating in various colours such as blue and green.
Sybil Connolly (24 January 1921 – 6 May 1998) was a celebrated fashion designer and global icon known for her innovative use of traditional Irish textiles in haute couture. Often described as "Dublin's Dior", she achieved international repute and success, making her one of the first Irish designers to do so. [ 1 ]
Portrait of the family of Sir Thomas More shows English fashions around 1528.. Fashion in the period 1500–1550 in Europe is marked by very thick, big and voluminous clothing worn in an abundance of layers (one reaction to the cooling temperatures of the Little Ice Age, especially in Northern Europe and the British Isles).
Irish art is art produced in the island of Ireland, and by artists from Ireland. The term normally includes Irish-born artists as well as expatriates settled in Ireland. Its history starts around 3200 BC with Neolithic stone carvings at the Newgrange megalithic tomb, part of the Brú na Bóinne complex which still stands today, County Meath.
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St John the Baptist wears his iconographical clothes, but the sainted English kings Edward the Confessor and Edmund the Martyr are in contemporary royal dress. The Wilton Diptych 1395–99 Wool was the most important material for clothing, due to its numerous favourable qualities, such as the ability to take dye and its being a good insulator ...