{"id":1621,"date":"2013-08-29T10:24:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T07:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neulakko.net\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2013-08-30T11:17:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T08:17:53","slug":"keskiaikainen-aitiyspukeutuminen-medieval-maternity-wear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neulakko.net\/?p=1621","title":{"rendered":"Keskiaikainen \u00e4itiyspukeutuminen \/ Medieval maternity wear"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Taaperrus j\u00e4ttimasun kanssa alkaa olla kohta ohi (JEEE!), joten on sopiva hetki arvioida odottamista keskiajan vaatteissa.<\/p>\n

Alusta asti oli aika selv\u00e4\u00e4 etten tekisi mit\u00e4\u00e4n varsinaisia odotusvaatteita, vaan tekisin samoin kuin monet muut harrastajat ennen minua: antaisin mekkojen n\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4 muuntautumiskykyns\u00e4. Hyvin tehtyjen keskiaikavaatteiden pit\u00e4isikin joustaa – olihan raskaana oleminen silloin naisten el\u00e4m\u00e4ss\u00e4 yleisemp\u00e4\u00e4 kuin nyt.<\/p>\n

Keskiajalla ei tunnu olleen tapana tehd\u00e4 erillisi\u00e4 odotusvaatteita, vaan naisten vaatteet leikattiin l\u00e4ht\u00f6kohtaisesti niin, ett\u00e4 niiss\u00e4 oli varaa mahan kasvulle. T\u00e4m\u00e4 n\u00e4kyy mm. Gr\u00f6nlannin l\u00f6yd\u00f6iss\u00e4: miesten ja naisten vaatteiden leikkaus on hyvin samankaltaista, mutta naisten mekoiksi tunnistetuissa on etukiila nostettu miesten mekkoja korkeammalle, jossa se antaa enemm\u00e4n tilaa mahan kasvulle.<\/p>\n

My\u00f6s kirjoitetuissa l\u00e4hteiss\u00e4 \u00e4itiysvaatteet eiv\u00e4t erottaudu. Lasten saaminen ei suinkaan ole n\u00e4kym\u00e4t\u00f6nt\u00e4 – uusia vaatteita tehd\u00e4\u00e4n kyll\u00e4 paremmissa piireiss\u00e4 erikseen kirkotuksiin ja kasteisiin. Ainoa l\u00f6yt\u00e4m\u00e4ni mahdollinen maininta \u00e4itiysvaatteesta on Baijerin Isabellalle vuonna 1388 tehty kokonaan alas napitettu p\u00e4\u00e4llysmekko, josta mainitaan ett\u00e4 se tehtiin h\u00e4nen raskautensa aikana. Tehtiink\u00f6 se erikseen k\u00e4ytett\u00e4v\u00e4ksi ainoastaan raskauden aikana, sit\u00e4 ei voi tiet\u00e4\u00e4. Vastaavia mekkoja n\u00e4kyy my\u00f6s kuvissa ei raskaana olevien naisten k\u00e4yt\u00f6ss\u00e4.<\/p>\n

Jos arvioin omaa kokemustani, vaatteet toimivat ja mahtuivat eritt\u00e4in hyvin muotojen muuttumisesta huolimatta. Selvisin kaikesta nostelemalla helmaa ja vy\u00f6t\u00e4 ylemm\u00e4ksi. Helman nostaminen vaikutti mekon istuvuuteen kaula-aukon ja hartioiden suhteen, mutta ei niin ett\u00e4 se olisi haitannut k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00e4. Tarvittaessa l\u00f6ys\u00e4sin my\u00f6s hieman ny\u00f6rityst\u00e4. Toisaalta, jokainen odottaja on erilainen. Minulla on ollut siit\u00e4 kiva raskaus, ett\u00e4 j\u00e4ttimahaa lukuunottamatta loput minusta on pysynyt aika lailla ennallaan.<\/p>\n

Valitsin k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00f6ni p\u00e4\u00e4llysmekon l\u00f6ysimm\u00e4st\u00e4 p\u00e4\u00e4st\u00e4. Kaikista pinkeimpien mekkojen k\u00e4ytt\u00f6 tuntui ajatuksena hieman ahdistavalta, vaikka en tied\u00e4 olisiko se sit\u00e4 ollut. Lis\u00e4ksi mahakkain odotusaika sijoittui ”ihanasti” kuumaan kes\u00e4\u00e4n, joten p\u00e4\u00e4llysmekkoja en liiemmin pystynyt k\u00e4ytt\u00e4m\u00e4\u00e4n. Kuumuuden siet\u00e4minen olikin ehdottomasti hankalinta keskiaikapukeutumisessa.<\/p>\n

Raskaana ollessa on kuuma tavalla, jota kaltaiseni vilukissa ei olisi aikaisemmin voinut edes kuvitella. Koko l\u00e4mm\u00f6nsietokyky lent\u00e4\u00e4 suoraan ikkunasta ulos. Normaalisti mukava pellava-aluspaita ja ohuehko villamekko + vilpoisat hunnut tuntuivat l\u00e4k\u00e4hdytt\u00e4v\u00e4n kuumalta. Eik\u00e4 kuumuus ollut pelkk\u00e4\u00e4 kuumuutta, vaan kuumuudella oli kivulias sivuvaikutus: rannekanavaoireet (=siet\u00e4m\u00e4tt\u00f6m\u00e4t hermos\u00e4ryt k\u00e4siss\u00e4) mik\u00e4 – kaikista pahinta – esti k\u00e4yt\u00e4nn\u00f6ss\u00e4 ompelemisen! En tied\u00e4, miten keskiajalla n\u00e4ist\u00e4 haasteista selvittiin.<\/p>\n

Mutta kaikesta huolimatta sain otettua muutaman kuvan t\u00e4h\u00e4n kuvasarjaan, \u00c2\u00a0jossa n\u00e4ette mekot k\u00e4yt\u00f6ss\u00e4 eri kuukausina.<\/p>\n

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I’m almost done with waddling about with the gigantic tummy (YAAAYYYYY!) so I thought I’d take a moment to share my experiences of medieval clothing as maternity wear.<\/p>\n

Early on, I decided not to make any new clothes for pregnancy, but instead just wear and adjust my normal dresses like so many before me had done. \u00c2\u00a0It was also a fun test to put my clothes though – to see if they had the adaptability that medieval clothes should have. After all, pregnancy was a much more common occurrence then.<\/p>\n

Much related to that, it seems that maternity clothes (as in clothes made to be worn exclusively when pregnant) weren’t a medieval thing. Instead: the general cut of women’s clothing adapted to pregnancy. An interesting example of this comes from the Greenland finds. While the dresses are almost unisex in cut, a distinctive sign is in setting the front gore in women’s dresses somewhat higher. This placement allows for expanding tummies.<\/p>\n

Maternity wear seems to be a pretty uncommon occurrence in written sources as well. Childbirth shows up in texts as new clothes made for churchings and christenings in wealthier circles of society, but the only mention of maternity I have happened to come across is a buttoned up surcoat made for Isabella of Bavaria during her pregnancy in 1388. But it is not known if it was made for her because of the pregnancy and did she use it only during it, since similar buttoned up dresses are seen in contemporary miniatures, worn by women who are not pregnant.<\/p>\n

Evaluating my own experience, the dresses did just what they should. They have fit me well all the way. I only had to hike up my hems, lift my belt and at times loosen the lacing a bit. This had a small effect on the fit of the shoulders and neckline, but nothing too dramatic. But then again: everyone is different. I have been fortunate in the sense that besides humongo-tummy, the rest of me has stayed pretty much the same.<\/p>\n

I’ve overdresses I have worn have been of the looser kind. I haven’t been very motivated to try on the tightest ones, so I don’t know how that would have worked. And since most of the months I have spent visibly pregnant have been ”wonderfully” in the summer, I haven’t really been able to use surcots that much at all. This brings me to my biggest challenge of medievalist maternity.<\/p>\n

Feeling too warm or hot when pregnant is something so overwhelmingly different that I don’t think I could have imagined what it was like before. I am the kind of person who is usually always cold. But now, it has been like my inner thermostat has flewn out of the window and a very warm and sunny summer hasn’t really helped. I’m normally quite ok in a linen undershirt and a wool dress + cooling veils and wimples. But this summer, not so much. Worst part is that getting too warm resulted in carpal tunnel syndrome (=whopping amazing nerve pain in my hands) which had the tragic consequence of keeping me from sewing almost all summer. How medieval women dealt with this, I have no idea.<\/p>\n

But despite some hardship, here is a series of pictures of the same clothes in different situations:<\/p>\n

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Muistinvirkistyksen\u00e4 mekot ns. normaalimoodissa. \/ The dresses on a ”normal” me.<\/p>\n

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Aluspaitamekko, mekko ja p\u00e4\u00e4llysmekko about nelj\u00e4nnell\u00e4 kuulla. \/ Underdress\/shirt, dress and overdress at about 4 months.<\/p>\n

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Kuudennella kuulla \/ At six months<\/p>\n

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Turun keskiaikamarkkinat noin seitsem\u00e4nnell\u00e4 kuulla, masu melkein n\u00e4kym\u00e4t\u00f6n essun kanssa.<\/p>\n

Turku Medieval market at about 7 months, tummy cunningly tucked away behind my apron.<\/p>\n

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Kahdeksannella kuulla. Eik\u00e4 se t\u00e4st\u00e4 ole en\u00e4\u00e4 ihan hirveesti kasvanut.<\/p>\n

Eight months. And it is still about the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taaperrus j\u00e4ttimasun kanssa alkaa olla kohta ohi (JEEE!), joten on sopiva hetki arvioida odottamista keskiajan vaatteissa. Alusta asti oli aika selv\u00e4\u00e4 etten tekisi mit\u00e4\u00e4n varsinaisia odotusvaatteita, vaan tekisin samoin kuin monet muut harrastajat ennen minua: antaisin mekkojen n\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4 muuntautumiskykyns\u00e4. Hyvin tehtyjen keskiaikavaatteiden pit\u00e4isikin joustaa – olihan raskaana oleminen silloin naisten el\u00e4m\u00e4ss\u00e4 yleisemp\u00e4\u00e4 kuin nyt. Keskiajalla … <\/p>\n

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