I spent a lot of time looking at clothing artifacts in museums (both in real life and online). They have a difficult time dating them unless they knew it belonged to a specific noble (like a king). Sometimes a specific form of stitching or weaving pattern (a change in technology) would help if they knew approximately where it came from. You could spend your whole life researching a particular kind of fabric or weaving, or way of putting the garment together.
In my previous posts, I was not arguing a big change in how we see the VMS tunics. I was only pointing out that there might be a lag of a decade or so before the illustration styles change from what was actually worn. I know how illustrators work, and this is something that occurs even today. Professionals often state a range of a whole quarter or even a whole century, so what I suggested is a very small divergence in comparison.
In my previous posts, I was not arguing a big change in how we see the VMS tunics. I was only pointing out that there might be a lag of a decade or so before the illustration styles change from what was actually worn. I know how illustrators work, and this is something that occurs even today. Professionals often state a range of a whole quarter or even a whole century, so what I suggested is a very small divergence in comparison.