French & Indian war Shirts

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French & Indian war Shirts

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French & Indian War shirts

French & Indian War Shirts (50% cotton/50% linen)

Mohican shirts

Ruffle Shirts

 

Shirts

Shirts are a very important piece of equipment for the re-enactor and good shirts are hard to find. When I say good shirts, I mean good thick quality material that will endure the multiple abuses that we "the re-enactor" will put them through. And on top of that we need that material in the right color and pattern 18th. Thank god we have good references concerning the materials that were available at the time. A number of good sources showed us original samples of venders. Of this time period, there used to be a number of good books out there on the market, but most of them are out of print.

Nevertheless, I personally think that most of you out there are limiting yourselves way too much on your choice of colors and patterns. A lot of good and beautiful stuff were out there and we know that as a fact. So look around and go see those good sutlers, and don't be afraid to buy some screaming material, especially if you portray a French Canadian. We like screaming colors like mustard mix with reddish and a lot of stripes. By the way we can document that the trade shirt were striped blue in the 18th century. We do not mention white as a color but we know that it was white and blue for the thickness of the stripes. Let's look at what was around back then. We found that fine and larger lines were around. I personally go with a thinner line it gives a nice finish and we definitely know it was around.

In the 18th century, the King wanted something that would stand up to the colonial abuse, so it had to be reinforced; 2 gussets at the neck level, 2 under the arms, 2 at the bottom of the shirts wear it split and 2 pieces of material doubling the top of the shoulder. For the “company franche de la marine”, they had a hand-sown heart at the opening of the neck. All of those reinforcements take a lot of time to sow, but give it the right look and durability that we are looking for.

Back in the 18th century, the King was giving to his commissioned tailor a measurement of "1 aunes" (18th century found measurement that is equal to __ inch) but all of these gussets had to be taken somewhere, and if you look at the pattern of Diderot, you can see that the shirt is made out of scared parts that fits in the same big rectangle but the gusset was a problem so they resolved it be taking a piece of the front lower piece and cutting all of the gusset there, that is why the front is a little shorter than the back.

Most of the military shirts were very plane and probably with thread buttons that were cheap. We use a copy of an original found in Fort Quiatenon Region. It is a type D French dome button that has the tongue casted in instead of sodered in. This button is available in antique brass or antique silver that looks nearly polished pewter, all of them are metal plated.

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French & Indian War shirts

Name: French & Indian War shirts
Type: Shirts
Price: 55$ USD
55$ CAD

French & Indian War shirts

All of you who have done their military service know how kings, queens, presidents or prime minister's can be scroudy when it comes to outfit their soldiers. Well, things wheren't better back then believe it or not, it was even worse.

This shirt is based on what the King wanted as a shirt. He wanted something that would stand up to the colonial abuse. So it had to be reinforced; 2 reinforcements at the neck level, 2 under the arms, 2 at the bottom of the shirts where it split and 2 pieces of material doubling the top of the shoulder. For the Company Franche de la marine there is a hand-sown heart at the opening of the neck. All of these reinforcemens take a lot of time to sow, but gives it the right look and durability that we are looking for.
Back in the 18th century, the King was giving to his commissioned tailor a mesurement of "1 aunes" (18th century french measurement that is equal to __ inch) but all of these gossets had to be taken somewhere and if you look at the patterns of Diderot, you can see that the shirt is made out of a square part that fits in the same big rectangle. The gusset was a problem so they resolved it by taking a piece of the front lower piece and cutting all of the gusset there and that is why the front is a little shorter than the back. When you'll see it for the first time you'll find it huge but don't worry that is what gives it it nice baggy look that the lady's love so much.

Size : The size are counted on the neck the rest is about the same from one size to an other.
S: 16"
M: 18"
L: 20"
XL: 22"

Colors : White
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French & Indian War Shirts (50% cotton/50% linen)

Name: French & Indian War Shirts (50% cotton/50% linen)
Type: Shirts
Price: 60$ USD
60$ CAD

French & Indian War Shirts (50% cotton/50% linen)

All of you who have done their military service know how kings, queens, presidents or prime minister's can be scroudy when it comes to outfit their soldiers. Well, things wheren't better back then believe it or not, it was even worse.

This shirt is based on what the King wanted as a shirt. He wanted something that would stand up to the colonial abuse. So it had to be reinforced; 2 reinforcements at the neck level, 2 under the arms, 2 at the bottom of the shirts where it split and 2 pieces of material doubling the top of the shoulder. For the Company Franche de la marine there is a hand-sown heart at the opening of the neck. All of these reinforcemens take a lot of time to sow, but gives it the right look and durability that we are looking for.
Back in the 18th century, the King was giving to his commissioned tailor a mesurement of "1 aunes" (18th century french measurement that is equal to __ inch) but all of these gossets had to be taken somewhere and if you look at the patterns of Diderot, you can see that the shirt is made out of a square part that fits in the same big rectangle. The gusset was a problem so they resolved it by taking a piece of the front lower piece and cutting all of the gusset there and that is why the front is a little shorter than the back. When you'll see it for the first time you'll find it huge but don't worry that is what gives it it nice baggy look that the lady's love so much.

Size : The size are counted on the neck the rest is about the same from one size to an other.
S: 16"
M: 18"
L: 20"
XL: 22"

Colors : natural
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Mohican shirts

Name: Mohican shirts
Type: Shirts
Price: 55$ USD
55$ CAD

Mohican shirts

The mohican shirt is a wrap around shirt that closes with a sash. Sorry we don't have any documentation on it but too many of you wanted to look like Daniel Day Louis.

Size : One size

Colors : Earthy color that vary according on our supplier so email us to ask what you want we'll se what we got.
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Ruffle Shirts

Name: Ruffle Shirts
Type: Shirts
Price: 65$ USD
65$ CAD

Ruffle Shirts

In most upper class scenes that we see on paintings, nearly everybody is wearing a ruffled shirt that was made by hand in the 18th century. A lot of work would go into them, the more the thread was fine and expensive, the more the Ruffle Shirt would cost. So it was a mother’s great way of showing her wealth in a fashionable manner. What we’ve decided to offer you are Rev War shirts whit fluff. Because we sell to people that re-enact mid and lower class people, we’ve decided to do shirts for them, so our ruffle shirt is very simple, it comes all around the stitches of the cuff but does not come down the slit of the cuff like you see in very high social classes. Obviously, the shirt in front is covered whith ruffle. We didn’t put it too extravagant because we all know how annoying it can be, especially when eating.

Size : The size are counted on the neck the rest is about the same from one size to an other.
S: 16"
M: 18"
L: 20"
XL: 22"

Colors : White
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