Landsknecht's costumes

This costume of landsknecht of the XV century is based on the picture of Hans Leonhard Schaufelein “Dancers at a Wedding”. Costume consists of: Hat. Made of wool with linen lining. It is fixed with fabric strap under the chin. Doublet with cuts. Made of wool with linen lining of contrast colour. It has thigh-length skirt, and puffed sleeves with cuts, which are decorated with bows. Fastened from the front with lacing with brass points. Breeches with cuts. Made of wool with linen lining of contrast colour. Have a codpiece, which is attached by lacing with brass points. Legs of breeches can be tighten under the knee with fabric straps. Short chausses. Made of linen, without ...

Landsknecht's life was often short. Every effort was made to compensate this with women, wine, bright clothing and the cost of hiring. Clothing of landsknechts struck by the wealth and ornaments.  This landsknecht costume consists of 5 elements: Beret made of 2-color wool fabric with linen lining. Linen undershirt with stand-up collar with button for fastening and sleeves that decorated with frills. Linen doublet with slits and linen lining. Fastening with 6 buttons on the front. Wool coat with puffed sleeves and linen lining. It is knee-length and decorated with contrast trimming.  Woolen pants with linen lining an...

Landsknecht hat with cuts No doubts that landsknechts were wearing the most bright and varicoloured clothing in the Middle Ages. Mot a single fashionista had so party-colored and picturesque dresses, as common German and Swiss hired soldiers did. Legend has it that after landsknechts have destroyed army of the Duke of Burgundy in the 1477 year, their clothing looked like a rags, as it was torn and slashed in the battle. Well, to avoid flashing of naked bodies and underwear, soldiers began to repair clothes right on the spot with help of the locally improvised material – Burgundian standards. When they saw a result, they decided that it looks even better than before a battle. Since t...

Landsknecht hat with brim What the German landsknechts have always been experts in, is fantasy. As there were no two identical landsknecht costumes, so there were no two similar landsknecht hats. Awesome variety of colors and designs, just brighter and more and more. So, this good-looker decided that simple brim is a choice of boring people with no imagination and added another brim with cuts, which looks so festive. Relying on Jörg Breu, such type of decoration was quite popular among soldiers of fortune. However, every landsknecht had a hat dissimilar to others. *** Jörg Breu, 1525-1547 years *** When you will order such landsknecht hat, don’t forget to choose...

Presented model is a variation of early XVI century landsknecht's outfit. It includes the following part: Undershirt has three buttons from the left for fastening and ruffled collar. Short doublet with puffed sleeves is being fastened with six buttons from the front.  Jerkin with lining has a kind of "wings", that visually enlarge the shoulders. There are also buttons from the front. Puffed breeches have lacing on the waistband. Codpiece can be made by your draft. Long chausses with cuts and lining of contrast colour are being tied to the loops on the edge of doublet or to the holes on the braies' waistband. There are additional strings in the set, with what you can fix...

We make this costume of landsknecht, basing on the gravure of Heinrich Aldegrever “Die kleinen Hochzeitstänzer”. Costume includes: Beret. Made of wool with linen lining. It is fixed with fabric strap under the chin. Wams (doublet) without collar. Made of wool with linen lining of contrast colour. It is knee-length and has puffed sleeves, which narrow from elbow to the wrist. Fastened from the front with big buttons and hanging loops. Breeches with cuts. Made of wool with linen lining of contrast colour. Have a codpiece, which is attached by lacing with brass points. Legs of breeches can be tighten under the knee with fabric straps. Short chausses. Made of linen, with lini...

This garb of medieval German soldier combines the most typical features: bright coloured fabrics, slashes, cuts, puffed sleeves. The following items are included to the costume: Hat. Made of wool with linen lining. It is fixed with fabric strap under the chin. Decorated with natural feathers. Doublet with cuts. Made of wool with linen lining of contrast colour. It is waist-length and has puffed sleeves with cuts. Lacing with brass points are for fastening on the side Breeches with cuts. Made of wool with linen lining of contrast colour. Have a codpiece, which is attached by lacing with brass points. Legs of breeches can be tighten under the knee with fabric straps. Short chaus...

Hat with white or colour feathers is an important part of Landsknecht's outfit. This model is made of wool with linen lining and decorated with two feathers. Hat is tied up under the chin with fabric strap. We make this head-dress according customer's parameters. Please send colours for your hat to [email protected]

Landsknecht hat with feathers Solve a riddle: bright, loud and impudent bird in feathers, but not a parrot. An answer is German landsknecht, owner of not the most elegant, but the most recognizable medieval costume – landsknecht dress. And, landsknecht hat was the most eye-catching part of this outfit – large, flat and decorated with the brightest feather one could get. Well, we decided – why not to gladden our sweet customer with such an exotic thing? We sew flawless hat of showy wool with splendid feathers, the same as soldiers of fortune were wearing together with landsknecht costume on the XVI century. Gravures of the artists are the confirmation. *** Jörg Breu, 15...

Landsknecht hat with bows In spite of seeming simplicity, this landsknecht hat is one of the most interesting model. Just look at these cute decorative bows of cords on brims, showing it up among others and paradoxically making wearer’s look more severe. Even though bows were quite seldom adornment of landsknecht headwear, but these tiny tots look originally even for it. Unlike most of landsknechts hats, this one has quite small brims and not every soldier of fortune was able to afford to be so decent, whatever strange it may sound. Such hat is a choice of sophisticated fighters with a wise head and hairs, gray with age. *** Urs Graf, 1516 year *** We offer you to order ...

Landsknecht hat with slits Whether landsknecht costume is streaked with cuts, in which crisp white shirt peeps out, then why shouldn’t a hat be like this as well? Here is very interesting landsknecht hat, brims of which look like a round roller, in the cust of which a snow-white fabric of the inner layer is visible. Such hats were well-liked by soldiers of fortune, being posh and comfortable at the same time. Contemporary artists often depicted it in their works, thanks to which you may also show off in the landsknecht clothing.  Hans Schäufelin, 1510 year When you will order such landsknecht hat, don’t forget to choose unique colors combination for your medieval he...