There's new exciting projects popping up... and sometimes it takes me a few years to find out about them. Like the "Refashioning the Renaissance" project, a large research venture about everyday clothing and fashion in the Renaissance. It's based in Finland, but the website is in English.
The project encompasses quite a lot of different research bits and pieces, such as the re-making of a silk stocking, dyeing tests, and more - you can read about those on the project blog. The project will still continue for a while, and I hope they will get to do a lot more fascinating things!