Sally Green Historical Costumes

11th Century and Earlier Era Costume

We generally consider eras before 1200AD to be outside of our production coverage. However, this does not mean that we do not make early costume, in fact we have completed commissions for Roman tunics, Celtic trews, and early Norman outfits.
We therefore make strictly to customer requirements. You will need to provide a complete set of diagrams or illustrations of the garment(s) and a quotation will be provided for your consideration. Please allow 2-3 months for research, pattern making & testing, cutting and manufacture, dependant on the complexity of the garment.

You might also consider the garments below, mainly extracted from the 14th/15th century list. Certain items like shirts and cloaks remained virtually unchanged in shape and are presented here as good basic costume provision.

Men's clothes
Tunic - from £35.00
Strictly speaking, the tunics we sell off the peg are the shorter 13th/14th century style.
Long Tunic - from £50.00
Not generally an off the peg garment, this is the much longer version and is cavalry split at the base for mounted work.
Single Leg Hose - from £30.00
A pair of separate leggings - which tie (or point) to the Braies or Doublet. In this case, they can be tied to the Braies beneath the tunic.
Shirt, cotton - £20.00
Neck and sleeve ends all hand stitched, no visible machine stitching
Shirt, linen - £30.00
Neck and sleeve ends all hand stitched, no visible machine stitching
Long Braies - £20.00
Authentic comfortable underwear! With drawstring fastening.
Cloak, Unlined, hoodless - from £50.00
Cloak, Lined with hoods - from £75.00
Please note that this is not authentic as the Hood is a separate garment at this time.
Hood, plain - from £30.00
Wool and wool lined, very warm. The lirapipe hood, with the classic long tail behind is £35.00

Women's clothes
Kirtle, wool or linen - from £50.00
Women's dress, simple close fitting style with cross-over tie fastening. The sleeves are close fitting as was the later style in the 14th/15th century, but apart from this the garment is a simple shape and examples from as far back as 1000AD look virtually identical.
Shift, cotton - £20.00
Underdress, neck and sleeve ends all hand stitched, no visible machine stitching.
Shift, linen - £30.00
Underdress, neck and sleeve ends all hand stitched, no visible machine stitching.
Cloaks - see above

It must be stressed again that the above list is provided purely for convenience and provision of a few basic garments.