More armor projects: serious business.

Wow, things have gotten super busy--i haven't had time to finish any of the posts i have half-written on things like USITT seminars, book reviews, or fin de siecle buckram hat foundations. (Some of this can be chalked up to being part of the interview/review process for finding a new Assistant Costume Director, as our much-loved prior ACD is leaving Thursday, Texas-bound.)

I do have some great photos to share of armor projects: a banded leather breastplate/backplate configuration, a padded women's pourpoint with grande assiette sleeves, an "iron corset," sabatons, and some scale mail that defies description...

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