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A while ago, Eric commented on this blog about why to steer clear of shop-bought 'costumes' when prepping to attend a Renaissance Faire."Costumes are made from material that's cheap, flimsy, unattractive, hot and uncomfortable. Costumes are made to wear for an hour or two indoors, not for walking all over the place over an entire day in the elements at a local ren fest."
While it's true that most costumes bought from places like Party City are better suited to Halloween than the rigors of a historically accurate Renn Faire, one reason why people keep sticking to them is that they're affordable.
It's difficult to argue with something like Moon Costumes' Female Renaissance Peasant costume, which includes a blouse and cummerbund; making a light and affordable costume for under $40. For people attending fairs once or twice a year, that's a modest investment to make.
But if you're interested in the Renaissance Lifestyle as more than just a passing fad, it is worth creating a 'proper' costume all of your own. After all, part of the thrill of attending a 'fest is to create a new, medieval persona for yourself. Your costume should be as individual as your character.
Eric says that it's not that expensive to put together a passable 'real' costume:
"Ladies have it easy, needing only a circular skirt, an appropriate shirt/blouse, leaving the only specialty item to be purchased from those that make such items is the bodice. Plenty of quality bodice makers out there."
While it's not always easy to find skirts and blouses in authentic materials - cotton wasn't used as a material until much, much later than the middle ages - most natural fibers are passable and the skirt and blouse I've linked to above are light and breathable; perfect for an entire day spent under the hot sun of a Ren Fest.
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I am glad to see you are posting again! Hopefully with the spring upon us you will have some more Renaissance Babe pics for us!
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Quick correction - cotton was being grown throughout the Mediterranean as early as the 12th century and traded north. Germans are documented to have been importing it from Italy in the 13th century, and it was sold at Champagne in 1376. It was just misidentified by Northern Europeans as a form of wool. Further complicating modern views is the way that cotton is tied up in the popular consciousness with colonial plantations, which makes many people think of it as a strictly New World crop, which it isn't.
Cotton is just as "period" as linen or wool, thankfully!
Thanks Colin! That is a relief - as cotton is a lot more practical and affordable than so-called 'period' fabrics!
Curly's girls - I am to be much better at updating than I have been!
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Pray thee, when will there be more posts?
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Indeed nice article. However, I think that the clothes people used to put long ago were quiet comfortable since they used to do much tougher works than we do today. The ought to have been wearing the same clothes we see as costumes in movies and probably of a cheaper material but I suppose it's just that we are simply not used to it.. hehe.. :)
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