Oh boy. If you don't know how to use thee/thy/thou, please don't try.
Anyway, some of their stuff - for example, the stuff they're reselling from Sofi's Stitches - is fine. Other things, well. They claim 'Introduced in the late 1400's, this festive Celtic Dress may still be seen in Europe today.'
What what? Oh yeah I see these on the streets of Dublin all the time. It doesn't look accurate to anything, it's certainly not 1400, and I don't care what language the dress speaks.
Well how about the... Gypsy Princess Garb?!? I won't even start.
The men get a 'Norman Saxon Tunica'. It's a perfectly inoffensive early tunic, in case you wondered; I have no idea what the Romans or the Normans have to do with it.
There is one thing I noted with joy: this site actually has a long, ankle-length tunic for men! About time someone offered one of the most commonly worn medieval garments. It's, uh, a shame that it's black cotton, huh?
Now I'm confused. I'm sure I saw that 'Celtic Dress' on Sofi's Stitches' website a few years ago. It's certainly the same model they've been using. I've forgotten what they said about it, but I don't remember it being anything stupid and I'm sure this place has changed the text.
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