Day 25: Veil
There is no clear evidence for veils from the Viking age, so you can see it as an extra garment in this calendar.
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Day 24: Oriental Caftan
In Birka and on Gotland there are quite a few finds indicating that people wore clothing which either were imported from och inspired by the east, or maybe both.
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Day 23: Wrap-Over Coat
Just as yesterday’s Birka coat, the wrap-over coat is a garment that was used both during the Vendel period and the Viking age.
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Day 22: Birka Coat
From Birka there are several indications that the so called ‘third brooch’ could be connected to a fitted garment. These indications are loops around the needle of the brooch and fabric laying diagonally on top of the tortoise brooches.
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Day 21: Shawl
If the rectangular cloak is the typical outdoor garment for men, then the shawl is the typical outdoor garment for women.
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Day 20: Half-Circle Cloak
A different type of cloak is the one shaped like a half-circle.
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Day 19: Rectangular Cloak..
We have now come to the outdoor garments in our calendar. Let’s start with the rectangular cloak, which is seen as typical for the Viking age men’s clothing.
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Day 18: Peplos
The peplos is actually the predecessor of the smokkr, but on Gotland it seems like it was used throughout the Viking age too.
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Day 17: The Gathered Smokkr
As I wrote yesterday, there are several versions of the smokkr and just as there is a gathered version of the sark there is one of the smokkr.
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Day 16: The Smokkr
The smokkr is the most iconical of the garments in the Viking age woman’s clothing.. The tortoise brooches belonging to the smokkr are even used to identify Scandinavian women in settlements abroad, e.g. in Russia. The smokkr is also the Viking age garment we know most about, after the shoes.
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