Reconstructing Fashion: The Mock-Velvet Doublet of a Seventeenth-Century Florentine Waterseller.

This article explores an extraordinary 'doublet of black stamped mockado, nasty' owned by an everyday artisan, the Florentine waterseller Francesco Ristori, who died in 1631. Our only record of this garment - like many non-elite objects - is a written description in a posthumous inventory, but this article shows how we can reconstruct this doublet through a combination of archival, visual, material sources and hands-on experimental methods. Offering a thorough account of the processes and methodological basis of the material reconstruction, it explains why Ristori's doublet exemplifies many key features of early modern everyday fashion, the historical importance of the doublet as a garment, the innovation of mixed fibre fabrics like mockado, the novelty of stamping techniques, the challenges and importance of black dye, and what the 'nasty' condition suggests about Ristori's use of the doublet.

Tailoring in 3D: A Digital Reconstruction of a Seventeenth-Century Doublet.

This Research Note explores the creation of a digitally animated doublet, based on an archival and material reconstruction of a seventeenth-century Florentine doublet, as a new research methodology for textile scholars. Using Clo3D software to show how 2D pattern pieces are cut and assembled into a highly complex sculptural garment, the animation reveals the artful achievements of early modern tailors and how early modern clothes interact on the body. We examine the possibilities and challenges of digital reconstruction, explaining how we overcame software limitations to create a historically informed animation that renders complex fabrics, patterns, inner layers, and construction processes visible.

Long-term coastal dynamics: The evolution of a mixed sediment mega-nourishment consisting of colliery spoil.

Mega-nourishments, where large volumes of sediment are deposited on coastlines, are increasingly employed to manage shoreline erosion, yet our understanding of their long-term behaviour is limited by the fact that most current schemes are less than 15 years old. However, on the County Durham coast, 39 million m of coal spoil was tipped onto beaches between the late 1800s and 1993, acting as a de facto mixed sediment mega-nourishment. Our findings reveal key insights into the long-term dynamics of mega-nourishment schemes, including evidence of effective sediment dispersal around headlands into normally disconnected units of coast.

Food insecurity and substance use among young adults in the United States.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between food insecurity and substance use among young adults aged 18-25 in the U.S.

Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was completed by a diverse sample of 1024 young adults (50.