Jumat, 08 Januari 2010

How to Dress for a Renaissance Faire


Enhance your Renaissance Faire experience by dressing yourself and your family in period clothing.

1. Search the Internet and look in costume books to get ideas for your costume. Many Internet sites focus on the Renaissance Faire, and these sites usually have pictures of people dressed in Renaissance attire.

2. For women and girls, peasant blouses, poet shirts, lace-up vests and long peasant skirts will do.

3. Choose clothing items made from natural fiber fabrics over synthetic fabrics.

4. Put your sewing skills to use and create your own Renaissance Faire costumes. Some Internet sites offer free, simple costume patterns, and most fabric stores have a wide selection of costume patterns available as well. Search the Internet under keywords such as "Renaissance costume," "medieval costume," "Elizabethan costume" and "costume patterns" to find Renaissance Faire clothing patterns.

5. Look on the Internet for retailers of Renaissance costumes and accessories.

6. Wait until you get to the Renaissance Faire and purchase a costume there.

Renaissance period had in fact some prettily designed dresses for men, women and children. Renaissance dresses for women had many layers of clothing. At the Renaissance time, dresses were believed to be unfinished without hats.

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