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Title: Conquistador miniature time period
Post by: The Gray Ghost on March 05, 2021, 01:20:49 AM
At what point would a conquistador miniature's clothing be out of style?
Title: Re: Conquistador miniature time period
Post by: carlos marighela on March 05, 2021, 01:44:02 AM
At what point would a conquistador miniature's clothing be out of style?

Probably around the time the next Paris winter or summer collection comes out. :)

Depends on what you mean by conquistador. That term takes in the better part of a centuryor more , in various parts of Latin America. Practical items like quilted leather and cotton jackets lingered on in parts of South America well into the 17th C but nether wear and other clothing items you see on miniatures ranges probably only run to the first few decades of the 16th C.
Title: Re: Conquistador miniature time period
Post by: SJWi on March 05, 2021, 06:06:49 AM
I would agree with Carlos. If talking about matters such as the Conquest of Mexico ( 1519-21), I would say these fashions were good until circa 1540-50. However I think during the 16th century you see a gradual move from effectively "late Medieval" to "English Civil War" style clothing and equipment .For instance a late Elizabethan army would look quite different from that which fought at Flodden in 1513.