What is... a Burgundian?

Burgundian is the visual for your basic theatrical "princess with the pointy hat dress".

It has very wide lapels in fur and velvet around a very deep "V" neckline. You can see the underdress in the little "v" in front. It has a wide belt, belted very high under the bust. It may be fitted in the bust or just gathered with the belt. It usually has a good bit of train. It can have tight narrow sleeves, or a little fuller with a turned back cuff lined with fur or velvet to match the lapels. It is usually worn with a pointy hennin.

Men's Burgundian garb is wide shouldered with sleeves puffy at top and not so puffy at wrist. All kinds of pleats converging at waist and a little short pleated "skirt" that only barely covers buns & naughty bits. It is worn with tights & pointy shoes. Also worn with the "doughnut & cockscomb" hats (liripipe & chaperone).

"Burgundian" dress was most commonly worn in Burgundy and the Netherlands in the mid to late 1400s.

The name is drawn from the no longer extant Duchy of Burgundy, which fell between the Loire valley and the Meuse river.

The marriage of Philippe le Bon, Duke of Burgundy, and Margaret, heiress of Flanders in 1369 was the start of the Burgundian domination in European dress.