Renaissance Festivals

[eNon No.7807528]

Any one do Ren Faires?

I'm working on a doublet and breeches for myself, and a dress for my niece.

[Anonymous No.7808144]

>local faire has a fucking steampunk costume contest but no historical contest

How's your ren faire, /cgl/?

[Anonymous No.7808273]

>>7808144
Better steampunk than faeries and wee folk I guess.

>>7807528
I don't even know where to find out about Ren Faires in this area.

[Anonymous No.7808310]

>>7808273
"Wee folk" -- children?

[Anonymous No.7808314]

I want to go to the ren faire with my lolita comm, but will the rennies think we're being retarded and dressing in inaccurate garb or some retarded shit like that?

Related, I wish I HAD some garb because there's a garb discount and it's all so pretty but I don't have time to get anything and I can't fucking sew.

[Anonymous No.7808329]

My ren faire is dirty and hot and full of disgusting food and old lady tits.I know im just not an outside person but please at least grass somewhere?
the entire faire is on 100% dirt
maybe because its a fire hazard to have booths set up on grass? I don't know..

its also not worth the price (in my personal opinion)

[Anonymous No.7808330]

>>7808310
midgets obviously

[Anonymous No.7808350]

I used to be a part of a /hema/ group that did the three actually in area, but I never went to any of them. They are medieval fairs more than ren fairs.

[Anonymous No.7808361]

>>7808350

Medieval fairs are best fairs

[Anonymous No.7808368]

>>7808361
No one even cares that the systems we use are like 15th century. They just like sword fights. We aren't even the normal longsword-type hema group either, we're about the only one in the world to do George Silver.

[Anonymous No.7808387]

>>7808368

Not to rag on you, but wouldn't George Silver be an anachronism for a 15th century group?

[Anonymous No.7808400]

>>7808387
A bit of what we do is 15th century, but we basically do whatever we have teachers for. We do a lot of Silver, Hutton, Fiore, highland broadsword, that sort of stuff. Basically it's a bit of everything.

[Anonymous No.7808407]

>>7808400

Fair enough, with how little is left, beggars can't be choosers.

At least you're slowly combating the idea that European fighting was just having at eachother with cleavers.

[Anonymous No.7808465]

>>7808407
I think Silver is much better to do than longsword, because it looks gentlemanly.

[Anonymous No.7808487]

>>7808314
>wearing fancy clothing to fest

I don't know about your fest, but here everyone gets coated in dirt and overheated constantly

I mean I don't think people will care, since mostly it's just cosplayers who ruin it constantly
>mfw this girl on facebook constantly posts about how she dresses as Merida to ren fests

[Anonymous No.7808817]

>>7808310
Non fairy fae, like leprechans and banshee

[Anonymous No.7808992]

>>7808314
Seriously don't worry about it. Renn Faires are generally 0.5% historically accurate. They are more like fantasy/cosplay/renaissance-like faires.

Even the stuff that seems like it might be historically accurate is in the wrong century.

Tricorn and other pirate hats? 17th century

Long flowing dresses with long flowing sleeves? 14th century

any kind of kilt that isn't just alot of plaid belted around the waist? 18th century

I've worn lolita with a medieval flair and didn't have any problems at all. Just remember you will be walking forever, get rather dusty and your petticoat will deflate.

[Anonymous No.7808999]

>>7808992
ick didn't realize that the comic was in two parts.

[Anonymous No.7809037]

>>7808992
I wanted to get F+F's Emma Regency dress (because it's super pretty, and feels more renny than any of my other dresses) but there isn't any time. Still wouldn't be any kind of accurate garb of course, but I feel like it would fit in better.

Oh well.

>>7808487
Ehhh I plan on wearing bodyline. I know ren faires aren't exactly clean, but my local one isn't exactly filthy either, as long as you stay away from the deathtrap rides.

[Anonymous No.7809076]

>>7809037
That's a pretty dress. I don't mean to be bitchy, but it'd be more accurate to say "it feels more historical" because generally the 1300's to the late 1500's is the renaissance, but regency is the 1810s and 20s. 400 years of difference.

Anyway my historical pet peeves aside, feel free to wear whatever you want to renn faires as they are generally not historically accurate at all.

[Anonymous No.7809090]

>>7809076
Yeah, you're right. Honestly I'm not up to snuff on my historical clothing, but I just meant it's more...

Well it's less lolita. It's not just a puffy dress.

[Anonymous No.7809100]

Aw shit, had a blast at the KCrenfest this year. Might go back on the last weekend.

Also I saw a Dr. Who cosplayer at the faire. Not sure if it was because LOLENGLAND or LOLTIMETRAVEL but it looked really out of place.

Lastly, has anyone ever thought what the site of a renfaire must look like after it's closed? I mean, all the little shops, buildings, and huts and castles are there, but no wares or peoples.

Must look like a ghost town.

[Anonymous No.7809169]

>>7809100
Doctor who cosplayers run a muck at my local faire, so tired of them.

how about if the faire is abandoned?
http://dcist.com/2013/11/abandoned_dc_the_virginia_renaissan.php#photo-1

[Anonymous No.7809198]

>>7809169
Wow. Place looks like the village from Resident Evil 4.

I swear a heard a chainsaw start just now...

[Anonymous No.7809603]

Would really like to make a fancy cranach gown for next year. Probably will go with a simpler kampfrau/trossfrau instead since I will probably end up covered in dirt and sweat by the end of the day.

>dat beading tho

[Anonymous No.7809858]

Looking at buying a gown, is the verymerryseamstress reputable? I've only heard great things about her, but I'm trying to narrow my options.

[Anonymous No.7809995]

Am I /ren/, /cgl/?

[Saviolo No.7810556]

>>7808368
>we're about the only one in the world to do George Silver.
Are you serious?

[Anonymous No.7810565]

>>7808314
A lot of renn faire folks actually have a pretty wide breath of "alternative" fashion knowledge so there is a good chance that a lot of folks will have at least a vague idea of what you are wearing.

[Anonymous No.7811142]

>>7808314

We have Homestuck and MLP cosplayers in droves at our Renn Faires. Last year they took up entire walkways while doing photoshoots and ran around taking obnoxious selfies with expensive masks and chainmail from vendors that have "please ask for assistance" signs all over everything.

Your lolita will be fine, anon.

[eNon No.7811481]

Here's an approximation of what I'm doing for my doublet, though I'm still debating what to do for details (trim, front closure).

I'm also going to convert a pair of pants into Elizabethan breeches.

As per the conversation, at my faire there is even a Tardis booth, with no shortage of Dr. Who.

The only problem I have is when people wear furry and fetish wear. This spring, a girl wore a cat fursuit -- did not fit at all. And I think a regular is a man who dresses up as a leather dragon costume, then is lead around by his female handler by a leash.

If this was a secluded fetish convention, I'd have no problem with such costumes. But to parade around in leather fetish wear, so kids can see, that's not appropriate.

[Anonymous No.7811502]

>>7809198
You're right, it does, and it's incredible.

Someone in the area should turn it in to a RE4 horror experience kind of thing.

[Anonymous No.7812895]

>>7809995
verily

[Anonymous No.7813141]

I went to the MD Renfest last weekend for the first time with a few friends. We had a blast, bought some cool stuff, and ate funnel cake fries washed down with cider. It was great.

I didn't see any cosplays except for a slightly chubby girl dressed in what I think was supposed to be a fem!Link costume. It really looked like she cut a green t-shirt and made the bottom half a skirt with the top part being a crop top, and a hat that was bought off Etsy. It was pretty ugly.

[Anonymous No.7813164]

I work a renaissance faire, and basically no one cares what you wear as long as you stay mostly decent. We've seen it all.

[Anonymous No.7813449]

There's a teeny-weeny renfaire near Columbia Missouri this weekend (Sat and Sun) that I'm going to.

It's at Boster Castle in Kingdom City, and I'd like to see if anyone else might join me?

We have pack-turtles!

[Anonymous No.7815253]

Does anyone know if you can harden leather with the fur still on it?

[Anonymous No.7815290]

>>7815253
Wax obviously won't work, as you can't buff the excess off . Boiling should work, but you would have to be very careful. Hides are usually soaked then scrapped to remove the fur, so handle with care when shaping. I've never tried it myself, so you should probably test out a scrap first.

[Anonymous No.7818330]

>>7813449
That's awesome, and you guys should be proud of yourselves. That shit is adorable.

[Anonymous No.7818564]

>>7809603
the dirt and sweat ages it, makes it look more authentic

[Anonymous No.7818617]

hey guys, how do you find leather for costume pieces?

[Anonymous No.7818948]

>>7818617
Tandy Leather shops

[Anonymous No.7818993]

My husband and I go! He actually proposed to me on the kissing bridge :)

[Anonymous No.7819048]

>>7809995
You could turn your your 'kilt' into a belted plaid if there is enough material to do so. Image search for belted plaid and you'll see what i mean. Mind you i guess some period glasses would help, but getting prescription frames into them can be expensive

[Anonymous No.7820042]

I consider myself blessed, because I live within three hours of three pretty on point ren faires - kentucky highland in lousiville, o-ren in cincinatti, and fisher's in indianapolis. Fishers and Ohio both have jousts run by the guys who did Fullmetal Jousting (so it is awesome and violent and dangerous and I have *seen* both guys get knocked off their horses simultaneously,) and Kentucky has a fantastic fair ground with tons of trees, awesome musical acts, and some sweet vendors that can't make it in O-ren with their massive over commercialization.

>>7808314
Lolita wouldn't be bad, but it will be hot and you will get dust and sweat all over your clothing. Don't wear something you're afraid to wash.

The only outfits that really piss me off are like... furries, completely stupid anime costumes (fucking naruto) and really shitty Jack Sparrow cosplays (its just... awkward.)

Selfposting because I got back from o-ren today and I'm super proud of my new garb.

[eNon No.7820099]

>>7820042
Is that a rat in your pocket?

[Anonymous No.7820103]

>>7820099
Tied to my belt! Picked up the mouse a couple years ago, and he makes for a great coinpurse

[Anonymous No.7820112]

Why do they bother calling blatantly Medieval fairs 'Renaissance' fairs? Is it a marketing thing?
Here we just call our (largest) Medieval fair a fucking Medival fair.


>>7808273
At least fairies and shit can gel with the setting.

[Anonymous No.7820129]

>>7808273
Folklore>any other costumes than period appropriate

[Rue No.7820174]

Something non-period I did once was a dumb faun. It was comfy so

[Anonymous No.7820180]

>>7820112
Because a lot of the "official" settings are still 16th century England. Our renfaire has your typical medieval and fantasy stores, but all of the court shows use Elizabethan garb.

[Anonymous No.7820210]

>>7820174
Looking great!

[Anonymous No.7820583]

>>7808314
My local faire is more fantasy than renaissance but I've often heard people complain about lolitas there. Gothic lolitas are considered acceptable since there's a big goth contingent there anyway and classic lolitas who go more historically accurate Victorian or Rococo are also relatively well liked, but most of my comm is sweet and all the faire folk I know hate them just as much as they hate furries. A year ago there was this huge bitchfest on my FB feed regarding a photo of someone's costume that was apparently "ruined" by the sweet lolita standing in the background. The people who were bitching about her were fine with steampunks and normalfags in the background because, in their words, "at least they fit the colour scheme/aren't disruptive".

So basically it really depends on the ren faire in question. Some might be fine with lolitas, others might secretly hate you for ruining their grimdark experience. You won't know for sure until you ask people involved with that specific faire.

[Anonymous No.7820748]

>>7820583
I am a lolita and I would never wear lolita to a renfaire just like I would never wear steampunk, or cosplay. It just doesn't fit. Normalfag clothes or medieval/renn/thematic fantasy only. (So I might make an exception for medieval or renaissance themed lolita, but the silhouette would still be wrong, so I think it might still look too strange.)

[Anonymous No.7820750]

>>7818993
This is really cute!

[Anonymous No.7821397]

>>7819048
I've been wanting a belted plaid/great-kilt for a while now, but unfortunately I got my kilt at a renfest from a lady who makes them from various plaid blankets and such.

There's a lady who does sewing for me who could make a belted plaid for me, or would I just need a large piece of plaid fabric?

Also my bum.

[Anonymous No.7824481]

I'd like to

[Anonymous No.7824492]

I'm thinking of trying to make satyr legs. I already have horns. Just not sure how I'd make inexpensive durable hooves that look good.