#doublet

[fashionsfromhistory]

Doublet & Breeches

c.1625-1635

England

This ensemble of plain wool serge, probably once black, now faded to brown, is a rare example of everyday men’s dress of the early 17th century. It is lined for warmth with a linen pile fabric, similar to modern towelling. The doublet openings are faced with shot silk, perhaps to deceive a casual observer that the whole garment was lined with a more luxurious fabric. The cut of the ensemble may represent the rather old-fashioned tastes of someone from a rural area or an older man. By 1625 slashed or paned sleeves were coming into fashion and a longer, slimmer cut of breeches replacing the full style seen here.

The Victoria & Albert (Accession number: T.29&A-1938)

[asuddensway]

Doublet X Suicoke X Vibram five fingers sneaker with lace overlay

S/S 2024

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1630 (changed in 1875 and 1954/57) Doublet

silk, satin weave

(Germanisches Nationalmuseum)

[cloth-fabric]

doublet - fw21

[myrunwayarchive]

Doublet Spring 2025 Menswear

[leprzilla]

Long time didn't draw foxes. Here some random noble gentleman. Someday, probably, will fully become part of Eanor

[env0]

Masquerade is naught but charade, charlatan?

Stand, and deliver!

[nyc-looks]

Nur, 20

“My shirt and boots are Balenciaga, my bag & jewelry are Chrome Hearts and the jeans are Doublet. Honestly I just buy shit I like.”

Aug 23, 2023 ∙ Greenwich Village

[my18thcenturysource]

I was looking for something else, but I ended up downloading this Spanish tailoring book from the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica from 1618 (!!!!!), and after a song and some licences from the King and thank yous to Don Andrés Roig, and the note that the book does not contain anything against the Catholic faith, the book starts with the description of measurements for fabrics: la bara de medir.

Of course it has PAGES of the ways a bara can be divided, notes for how many fingers are half a palm (6 fingers), and other divisions and measurement. If you know Spanish, you can read the first page up here and the way it is signaled later in the book for the patterns like this one of a doublet:

I love the way it is explained that you can cut a garment in different ways for different widths of fabric, in this case the first option of for a fabric of one bara and 6 fingers (these appear in the first page up here), the second 1 bara and a forth, and the third is 1 bara, a forth, an ochavo (6 fingers) and 1 finger:

Weird way to measure, but sure, we all can move our patterns with this nice guide.

All images from the book "Geometría y Traça Perteneciente al Oficio de Sastres", (1618), Rocha Burgen, Francisco, Biblioteca Nacional de España.

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Red silk doublet and breeches, 1562, Italian.

Worn by Garzia de Medici.

Uffizi Gallery.

[m3dieval]

Barry's Photography, Ordonnance Saint-Michel 1453

[fashionsfromhistory]

Doublet & Breeches

1630s

Italy (Fabric); England (Constructed)

Object Type This ensemble of doublet and breeches is typical of a wealthy man's clothing. It would have been worn with a matching or contrasting cloak. A fine lace or linen collar and cuffs would have completed the outfit, along with silk stockings and heeled leather shoes. Time The style of this outfit is characteristic of the 1630s. The breeches are longer and less voluminous than they were in the early 17th century. They are attached with long heavy hooks which run through eyelets at the waistband on the inside of the doublet. The silk ribbons at the waistband once had the function of holding doublet and breeches together, but are now purely decorative. On the doublet the waist tabs are now much larger and longer than they had been 20 years previously. Materials & Making The lustrous white satin was a suitable fabric for stamping and pinking. The fabric was probably dampened first and the stamping tools heated to make the impression indelible. In between the stamped motifs, a pinking tool similar to an awl created the tiny decorative holes. Once the satin was decorated, it was cut and hand-sewn. The doublet and breeches are interlined with wool and lined with silk.

The Victoria & Albert (Accession number: 348&A-1905)

[asuddensway]

DOUBLET AI Generation Mistake Sweatshirt

S/S 2024

[historical-closet-raider]

Menswear Monday

Doublet and trunk hose from the National Museums Scotland Collection, English, c.1665.

This ensemble of silk and silver tissue, worn by the 6th Duke of Lennox, would have been considered the height of fashion at the time.

Image © National Museums Scotland

https://www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-collections/collection-search-results?entry=

[cloth-fabric]

doublet - fw24

[myrunwayarchive]

Doublet Spring 2025 Menswear