The bliaut or bliaud is an overgarment that was worn by both sexes from the eleventh to the thirteenth century in Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or pleating across a snugly fitted under bust abdomen.

The bliaut, a garment popular for about 50 years during the 12th century, is known for its excessive droopy sleeves and tight waist. Facets of the bliaut can be seen expressed differently in the varied cultures of Europe.

Dec 9, 2016 · Bliaut. Women of the French court wore a loosely fitted tunic called a cotte or a form-fitting bliaut over a full chemise/shift with tight sleeves. The bliaut had a flaring skirt and sleeves tight to the elbow and then widening to wrist in a trumpet shape. A bliaut apparently cut in one piece from neckline to hem.

The meaning of BLIAUT is a close-fitting often laced medieval tunic with long skirts and sleeves.

The bliaut was a long gown worn by wealthy men and women beginning in the 1100s. Along with the houppelande, a long, full, outer garment, the bliaut was one of the long garments most associated with the late Middle Ages (c. 500 – c. 1500).

Nov 8, 2019 · The bliaut seems to be a development of those earlier tunics/dresses, with the addition of side lacing to pull the garment tight across the torso. The “smocking” is artistic interpretation of the gathering this tight lacing produces.

The bliaut was a long gown worn by wealthy men and women beginning in the 1100s. Along with the houppelande, a long, full, outer garment, the bliaut was one of the long garments most associated with the late Middle Ages (c. 500–c. 1500).

Jul 13, 2019 · The term bliaut appeared suddenly in costume history in 1874 with the publication of the third volume of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc's Dictionnaire Raisonné du Mobilier Français.

The bliaut or bliaud is an overgarment that was worn by both sexes from the eleventh to the thirteenth century in Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or pleating across a snugly fitted under bust abdomen.

My definition of the bliaut for the purposes of this class is: a garment of the nobility in the late 11th and at least first half of the the 12th centuries, worn by both women and men. It was generally made of silk and embellished with embroidery around a keyhole neck, was snug through the upper body, and had full skirts that fell into folds ...