Post B2STniqHMQ9Gi68DZo by Victor_Emmanuel@poa.st
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(DIR) Post #B2RlD5bTNOGUbZvak4 by vitalis@dirtyknight.life
2026-01-19T15:23:24.072062Z
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(DIR) Post #B2Rm04l3JBSaAklcoa by Eiregoat@nicecrew.digital
2026-01-19T15:32:18.282766Z
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As always, there's a kulak essay for that...https://www.anarchonomicon.com/p/no-medieval-armies-didnt-look-like?utm_source=publication-search
(DIR) Post #B2Rm8QpD9CZavehGDI by CatLord@poa.st
2026-01-19T15:33:48.519257Z
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@Eiregoat @vitalis What's the tl;dr? Interested but u have to pay to read it
(DIR) Post #B2RmP98WANaczXhJ8i by vitalis@dirtyknight.life
2026-01-19T15:36:44.054827Z
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can’t read it either, but the headline makes it sound like historical nerds are making a big fuss over nothing. I think hollywood does have a problem with putting a grey filter of medieval period piece movies and shows but I am able to just enjoy it for what it is
(DIR) Post #B2RnJLtRvJGKm0RyzY by Marakus@poa.st
2026-01-19T15:46:59.681259Z
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@CatLord @Eiregoat @vitalis Shad made good videos on the topic. Bottom line, colors and clothes were not invented last week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ddb4jroEaM
(DIR) Post #B2S8p2h6wEkXX5dDN2 by Eiregoat@nicecrew.digital
2026-01-19T19:48:01.121344Z
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Sorry, forgot she paywalls old articles. Here's an archive link.Her point is that they did used to brightly dye and embroider their clothes, but that their clothes were hard-used and probably faded and wore out quite quickly.https://archive.is/p8b5d
(DIR) Post #B2S8q9kiBLd1iEqZ3w by Eiregoat@nicecrew.digital
2026-01-19T19:48:12.195064Z
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https://nicecrew.digital/@Eiregoat/posts/B2S8owsoJzUmGQKO2a
(DIR) Post #B2SBR2kbNRVkcUVpGi by vitalis@dirtyknight.life
2026-01-19T20:17:10.326645Z
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I think faded color fabric is a fair argument for the people that labored, but I still take issue with the fact that hollywood makes all peasants wear clothes that look like soiled and tattered brown potato sacks. as the article mentions it is true that most people had 1 or 2 complete dresses, but they were very high quality and meant to last. when it comes to people of nobility, I maintain that modern day movies and tv show costumers are allergic to brightly colored fabrics that would have been historical. and even when colors are present, they are muddled and darkened. I have doubts about the faded textile argument when it comes to nobles because they would rarely be active in the sun enough for that to happen. I think medieval movies during the 50s and 60s were the last to get it right. we just kind of have to accept that anything medieval now will have a gloom and doom palette, a dark age before bright colors were invented.
(DIR) Post #B2SDBye4YfOfS5OymW by wgiwf@poa.st
2026-01-19T20:36:59.347654Z
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@vitalis @Eiregoat @CatLord I've heard the dye used to make the famous redcoats of the British Army faded over time in the sun and became a sort of pink color, unless you were an officer. They had uniforms dyed with better, more expensive, dyes.
(DIR) Post #B2SEv7v71NBJCdSt7Y by Heil_Honkler@poa.st
2026-01-19T20:56:21.374063Z
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@wgiwf @vitalis @Eiregoat @CatLord or could just afford more sets
(DIR) Post #B2SIGLBdBwrEI8zyym by vitalis@dirtyknight.life
2026-01-19T21:33:39.712684Z
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during the 14th century it became such a problem with the nobility over lowly prostitutes flaunting their vibrantly colored and embroidered clothing they received as gifts or bought with their money that sumptuary laws were passed to prohibit them from wearing it and mogging the nobles in their own fashion
(DIR) Post #B2SNEApDFDUZLbIZpw by branman65@poa.st
2026-01-19T22:29:25.814812Z
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@vitalis @Eiregoat @CatLord nooo you don't understand everyone wore potato sacks and nobody lived past 3 and it was constantly overcast until the enlighenment now we have gay sex
(DIR) Post #B2SOyLB3BfY2jH5htw by GapYoukai@cawfee.club
2026-01-19T22:48:58.057964Z
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@vitalis what film?
(DIR) Post #B2SP9xeiSv5bFmVZ6O by vitalis@dirtyknight.life
2026-01-19T22:51:01.832148Z
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The Court Jester 1955.
(DIR) Post #B2SPAhMuVSB91sWzjc by GapYoukai@cawfee.club
2026-01-19T22:51:12.957417Z
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@vitalis tyty
(DIR) Post #B2SRjafzZzjaJkDpdg by Eiregoat@nicecrew.digital
2026-01-19T23:19:56.031512Z
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That's very common across the world.- Nobles do a thing- Filthy peasants get rich somehow- They start doing the thing (completely ruining it)- Laws have to be madeIn Ireland you could wear any colours you liked but the number of colours depended on your social station:- Slaves 1- Freemen 2- Tradesmen 3- Warriors/Professionals 4- Nobles 5- King (in peacetime) 6- King (in wartime) 7
(DIR) Post #B2SRt26SyZVXzG6jce by Eiregoat@nicecrew.digital
2026-01-19T23:21:34.883389Z
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Also, clothes were recycled a lot. The "harlequin" pattern was originally supposed to depict a beggar wearing clothing stitched together from scraps.So even if an army started out somewhat consistent and uniform, they sure as hell wouldn't be by the end of the campaign.
(DIR) Post #B2SS7k7O7u8iYDYLg0 by Eiregoat@nicecrew.digital
2026-01-19T23:24:16.665943Z
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đź’Ż The peak was probably this, a peace summit between Henry VIII and Francis I. Both sides wore extensive amounts of cloth-of-gold (silk embroidered with gold wire until it looked like just gold).It was bankruptingly expensive for both sides.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_the_Cloth_of_Gold
(DIR) Post #B2SSY0jywmL9dM89r6 by Eiregoat@nicecrew.digital
2026-01-19T23:28:59.715256Z
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Fading also happens from washing and being in the rain.And when they were at home... sure they probably wouldn't have worn their best tabard out every time they went hunting, but on campaign they would have worn them any day they could reasonably expect a battle.Also dyes back then often weren't as colour-fast as they are now and detergents weren't as gentle.
(DIR) Post #B2SSYKD2YxsE0ys8Ho by nugger@poa.st
2026-01-19T23:28:42.347288Z
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@Eiregoat @vitalis @CatLord >sheYES, A GIRL WITH GIRL IN NAME, INTERESTED IN AUTISTIC WHITE MALE INTERESTS
(DIR) Post #B2STniqHMQ9Gi68DZo by Victor_Emmanuel@poa.st
2026-01-19T23:43:05.774431Z
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@Eiregoat @vitalis @CatLord ok so peasants were dull, but the nobility would be brightly colored.
(DIR) Post #B2SVNmEwIyuTcxQFUW by vitalis@dirtyknight.life
2026-01-20T00:00:40.417887Z
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I will give concede that colors will fade with multiple washes and from the elements of hunting or long military campaigns. but medieval movies still go out of their way to minimize (and outright erase) the colors beyond just being hard worn and faded. if you look at the example of the original post with The King, he is literally stripped of all heraldry and color, down to just a cold steel harness that only serves to reinforce the grey aesthetic. I dislike that the author of this article justifies this trend by saying the colors just isn’t compatible with modern film cameras because it captures too much detail. I cannot buy that because the viewers will see the fabric in 4K, the studio cannot afford the added cost of aging the colored clothing so they must opt to make the entire wardrobe dirty brown and covered in eggshells, or just omit colors entirely. to me it just sounds like an apologist for what is really just the director’s desire for a gritty scene and tone for the film. all this being said, I still enjoy modern fantasy and medieval period piece media. I must give props even to The King with Timothy Chalamet, because despite the lack of color, even faded colors, I was pleasantly surprised by how historically accurate the armored sword fighting was in the film.