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Great Post ! The vlieger is a Dutch adaptation of the Spanish Ropa. Prior to 1581 the loose robe would look like the Ropa. Worn by upper and middle class women. From 1581 to 1620, the Ropa went from a loose gown to the vlieger which was a fitted gown with a sacque back. The loose fabric on the front and sides of the Ropa were pleated and sewn down to form the ropa... very similar to the Mantua or French sacque. The vlieger had the back left loose hence the name "vlieger" or in English "kite". The vlieger would not be in a 1570s inventory. Though a Ropa was possible. The book Fashion and Fancy by de Winkel talks briefly about the vlieger. The Vlieger is found in Netherland and New York, US inventories... though in America you see them into the 1660s. In the Netherlands people started to stop wearing them between the 1640s-50s. There are no Ropas in American inventories. During the 17th century both during the New Netherland and British eras... The people of New York wore Dutch clothing, German doublets and breeches, and other European clothing.
Great Post ! The vlieger is a Dutch adaptation of the Spanish Ropa. Prior to 1581 the loose robe would look like the Ropa. Worn by upper and middle class women. From 1581 to 1620, the Ropa went from a loose gown to the vlieger which was a fitted gown with a sacque back. The loose fabric on the front and sides of the Ropa were pleated and sewn down to form the ropa... very similar to the Mantua or French sacque. The vlieger had the back left loose hence the name "vlieger" or in English "kite". The vlieger would not be in a 1570s inventory. Though a Ropa was possible. The book Fashion and Fancy by de Winkel talks briefly about the vlieger. The Vlieger is found in Netherland and New York, US inventories... though in America you see them into the 1660s. In the Netherlands people started to stop wearing them between the 1640s-50s. There are no Ropas in American inventories. During the 17th century both during the New Netherland and British eras... The people of New York wore Dutch clothing, German doublets and breeches, and other European clothing.
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Delete"... sewn down tot form the vlieger" not "ropa".
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