‘Like the shaven Hercules … his codpiece seems as massy as his club’ - Much Ado About Nothing, act III, scene 3

The Tudor Tailor’s reconstructions have sported quite a variety of codpieces over the years. Some are old friends while others are more recent upstarts!

Comedy codpiece - Toadspool Tailoring’s golden codfish codpiece tickled The Tudor Tailor team

Creative codpiece - Detroit Opera Costumers packed Henry VIII and his six wives into a perfect parcel – each wife peeled off to reveal a plain Henry underneath

Crafty codpiece - Temperanceflowerdew12 brought the birds and the bees to life with an embroidered meadow of grass and flowers

Jane and Ninya had the chance to admire Temperanceflowerdew12’s handiwork when she brought her ‘Birds & Bees’ codpiece to the conference in Jamestown

The Tudor Tailor’s pattern for full-length slashed bias-cut footed hose is suitable for 1485 to 1603. The style was worn by the elite to the 1540s and middle-class men to the 1570s

The Tudor Tailor’s pattern for full-length plain bias-cut footed hose is available in large and small sizes. There are two codpiece styles from which to choose (early Tudor or mid-16th century variations)