(1) The Virgin invariably wears a dark blue gown, sometimes over a minever kirtle with plain undergarment, to stress her high status.(2) Men wore hats or caps, a kirtle or knee-length coat, shirt, waistcoat, trousers, woolen stockings, and shoes or high boots.(3) Very striking, the balance between the simple solid color of the kirtle and the elegant trim.(4) Moira, a 45-year-old checkout manager at the local Safeway store, admits her husband would not have the same pride wearing a kilt as the kirtle , the ornate and authentic Viking costume.(5) I chose to make the silk kirtle because I found fabric that I wanted to use for this dress.(6) This fabric will be the front of the kirtle with the red linen serving as lining and body of dress.(7) In England, kirtles were normally gowns with tight fitting bodices.(8) The bowmen were dressed in green kirtles , rather shorter than those of the squires, and wore dark woolen hose; they carried their bows and arrows slung across their shoulders.
