So far, the following pages say most everything that I feel about the Viking 'Apron' Dress* especially Cathy Raymond's page.
Terminology: The So-Called 'Viking' Apron Dress ******
by Cathy Raymond
Norse Apron Dresses - One Interpretation ******
by Lady Nastassiia Ivanova Medvedeva
The various names that female Viking clothing has been called:
Apron Dress, hanging dress, pinafore, Hänggerrok / Hängerock (German) / Hangeroc, Hängselkjol (Swedish),Träggerrok / Trägerrock (German), Selekjol, and Thor Ewing has proposed the Old Norse word, smokkr.
["apron dress, suspended skirt, smokkr, selekjol, Trägerrock, Hängerock" Cathy Raymond]
"The best guess we have, right now, is that it is the descendant of an earlier garment, called a peplos, that was worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Peploses were worn later in time in many northern European areas, such as in Anglo-Saxon England, and evidence that a similar garment was still being worn around the year 1,000 C.E. was found in a grave in Eura, Finland. The earliest peploses appear to have simply been a large sheet of fabric folded around the body and pinned at the top edge with a pair of a type of long brooch called a fibula. The top edge could be folded down before the pins went in, or not. By the time of the Romans, these dresses had become voluminous and had straps at the top, though they do not seem to have been worn with brooches. These voluminous drapey overdresses were worn by married women as a sign of their marital status and called (confusingly, for English speakers) stola."
(...)
"They wrote in German, or Swedish, or Norwegian, or Danish, and invented terms languages to try to capture their image of what the actual dress must have looked like. Agnes Geijer, who was Swedish but wrote about the Birka finds in German, called the garment a hängerock, a German word which has been translated into English as “hanging skirt”. More recently, Swedish researchers have used the Swedish word hängselkjol for the garment. The word träggerock, which I’m told is German for “strap skirt,” has also been used. British reenactors have called it a pinafore, a term for a modern overdress of similar shape. Russian researchers refer to it as a sarafan, even though the Russian sarafan is a much later period garment, and Russian women (other, perhaps, than those influenced by Scandinavian culture) did not wear an overdress that was even remotely like the “apron dress” during the Viking Age." SOURCE
About VAD* (includes Extant Research**)
Viking Women: Aprondress *****
by Hilde Thunem
Viking Resources for the Re-enactor *****
by Carolyn Priest-Dorman / Þóra Sharptooth
Recreating Viking Clothing (Main page)
&
The aprondress from Køstrup (grave ACQ)
by Hilde Thunem
"But That's How They Look in the Book!": Viking Women's Garb in Art and Archaeology
by Carolyn Priest-Dorman / Þóra Sharptooth
Early medieval textile remains from settlements in the Netherlands. An evaluation of textile production
by
Chrystel R. Brandenburgh
Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 2-1 (May 2010)
A Viking Pinafore
by Shelagh Lewins
Reconstructing a Viking Hanging Dress from Haithabu
by Peter Beatson and Christobel Ferguson
Apron Dress (tags) ***
by Cathy Raymond
Norse Women's Clothing: A New View
by Cateline de la Mor
Viking Apron Dress: Spun, Woven, Handsewn (Word doc)
by Virginia Watson
Over the coming months I will make sewing instructions and a pattern on my interpretaion(s) of the Viking 'Apron' Dress and post it here when it is done.
Viking Tunic Measuring Guide *****
by theroseofthyme
How to Make a VAD* (Interpretations generally used within the SCA)
Regia Anglorum - Basic Clothing Guide Female Clothing
and
Regia Anglorum - Basic Clothing Guide Tunics and Dresses
on Regia Anglorum
- Hangerocs, on the bottom of the page
Making a Tailored Smokkr (6-page PDF)
"Conjecture, Hedeby-Style,
Since there are no surviving complete examples of a Society period smokkr, recreating this style of dress requires conjecture based on the historical evidence that is available. This article should give you the necessary information to make and wear a Hedeby-style smokkr based on current research and understanding of Viking Age clothing."
The Viking Apron-Dress: A New Reconstruction
by Ellisif Flakkari - Monica Cellio
Costuming for the Norse Viking Woman Pattern Development
3 Gores and 4 Gores (Apron Dress - An Alternate Method of Construction)
Gores: converting a straight hem to a curved hem
by Katla járnkona
"This form is based upon The Viking Apron-Dress: A New Reconstruction by Ellisif Flakkari (Monica Cellio). Its purpose is to help you 'do the math' for this method."
Norse Peplos Style Apron - Tabard Style Apron (JPG)
by Sophie Stitches
- See her HUGE site for sewing and costuming information.
Viking Dames tunieken (6-page PDF)
by Tjursläkter
Norse Apron Dresses – One Interpretation (6-page PDF)
by Nastassiia Ivanova Medvedeva
The Fitted Wrapped Apron Dress--Thoughts So Far
by
Cathy Raymond
Apron Dress Patterns
"
Cutting patterns modern reenactors and costumers have used to recreate the smokkr (i.e., the Viking age apron dress)."
by Cathy Raymond on Pinterest.com
Women's Tunic ~ Pieces
&
Women's Tunic Stitching Guide
by theroseofthyme
Other's VAD Resource Pages
Some of my favorite Viking Resources
by Susan Baker Farmer
Fabric Loops (Straps) on VAD
Viking Women: Aprondress
by Hilde Thunem
- Go down to the sections: 'Fabric loops', 'Loops ('Inside the right brooch' and ''Inside the right brooch'), 'Loop construction', 'The construction and use of the loops', etc.
The aprondress from Køstrup (grave ACQ)
by Hilde Thunem
- Go down to the sections, 'Loops ('The right brooch' and 'The left brooch')', 'Construction of the woollen loops', 'My interpretation (Loops:)', etc.
Loose Threads: Yet Another Costuming Blog: A Few Thoughts About Loops
by Cathy Raymond
Some Loop Theories
Viking Apron Dress - Take 5...no, 6... I Can't Count!
by Melissa Peterson
Viking Apron Dress Updates
&
Whipcording
(use of 'Whipcording' as a top edge finish; see ,y Decorations page)
by Leslie Main Johnson / Amanda Marksdottir
Valkyrie Imagery
Page 15
Bau, F. 1981. "Seler og Slaeb i Vikingetid: Birka's Kvindedragt i nyt lys." [Straps and trains in the Viking Age: Birka's female costume in a new light] KUML; 13-47
Viking Girl Image Resources
by
Ya-inga
Valkyrie Figures
by trilliumlady
Inspiration
Katafalk – Cathrin Åhlén [Blog & FaceBook, Pinterest]
- Her sewing skills are breathtaking. She also makes her own leather (and wood) period shoes and the wooden shoe lasts needed to make the shoes! Do take a look at her Tumblr amd Pinterest pages. Do yourself a great favor and look at her LONG list of tutorials which include a long list of pre-1600 clothing and items as well as modern items and sewing tips.
Embroidered Embellishment (Clothing Edition)
by Lookingglassandkey.blogspot.ca
Roman Clothing II: Women (Part I)
by Barbara F. McManus
NOTES
Please see my Sewing Tips, Stitches and Seams, and Textile Decorations pages for tips, suggestions and links.
* The abbreviation that I use for the Viking 'Apron' Dress (VAD) is my own shorthand for my website.
** ex·tant - adjective: in existence : still existing : not destroyed or lost
Synonyms alive, around, existent, existing, living SOURCE
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