Medieval Costume Level Up!

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• RI

  @rickardspaghetti · 4 years ago

  Level 100: The Burgundian knight. There's no purple like Byzantine purple, and where to buy the best gilded armour to flex on the emperor himself! "Gucci!? My serfs wear Gucci!"

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• WH

  @WhatIfBrigade · 4 years ago

  "Do you use antlers in all of your decorating?"  lol, Ok Gaston.

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• YU

  @yuritrasimaco5201 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Shadiversity: WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS!?<br><br>Metatron: MAH PASTA!<br><br>Living Anacronism: NO. SNEAKERS.<br><br>It&apos;s really good to see you&apos;re building your character in the community already!

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• CA

  @Cascadejackal · 4 years ago

  Some stuff I&apos;ve learned through experience.<br><br>Pouches are VERY useful. I&apos;ve always got at least three on my faire gear, typically five, and they all have a purpose.<br>A wide pouch on the back of my belt that holds my repair kit (super glue, leather cord and lacing, leather and cloth sewing kit, a shepherd&apos;s crook pin, etc) is ALWAYS part of my kit. It weighs basically nothing and has saved me a lot of trouble on events. The tools don&apos;t have to be period accurate since probably the only time they&apos;re gonna be seen is when something breaks, but you can get some neat stuff like scissors, small shears or my favorite and most-used thing, the shepherd&apos;s crook pin/awl, that are either accurate or at least look the part.<br>One pouch for modern stuff if I need it. Wallet, phone, etc.<br>At least one pouch for general storage, probably with a cloth bag in it for extra carrying capacity. Extra pouches are also for carrying stuff.<br><br>If you get and plan to use a waterskin or costrel, carry it around for a while before any events! It might not seem like much weight, but after an hour or so it can be VERY annoying at least. Get used to it, work out the most comfortable way of lugging it around. Resize or replace straps, cords or ropes if they&apos;re not long enough for easy carry or become painful when carrying a full litre of water around for a while.<br><br>Don&apos;t go for expensive antlers or horns if you&apos;re just starting out working with them. You can buy dog chews that are literally a full (goat, I think) horn for much less, and they&apos;re much nicer looking than you might expect. I&apos;ve made a beard comb, beads, pendants and toggles out of stuff I got from the pet shop, and they look great. Carve them, polish them, paint them, or just hack the tip off, thread some cord through and wear it. Just, uh, wear face protection when working with horn. That dust is nasty. Oh, and if you need to burn some hair off the base, do it outside.

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• LY

  @lylachristopherson865 · 4 years ago

  I bought some leather belts at a thrift shop. They were crispy, dried out but very long. I brought them back to life by soaking them in coconut oil. Lots of coconut oil. They have a new life and were literally one dollar each. They work very well.

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• BB

  @Bb24138 · 4 years ago

  After you spend hours on your gambeson even more hours on your chainmail and everything you ordered online comes in the mail &quot;Oh yeah, it&apos;s all coming together&quot;

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• IV

  @IVM-i1r · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m more into reenactment (viking age), so I want to hand-sew and use historically believable patterns and accessories - but these videos are lovely! Everyone has to start SOMEWHERE and I&apos;m so happy the whole medieval/fantasy-niche grows bigger and bigger &lt;3

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• AL

  @alexandrenicolier5925 · 4 years ago

  To the question &quot;Why are you wanting to have medieval clothes?&quot; I just respond &quot;man, I don&apos;t like modern way of clothing, if I could be wearing medieval style clothes everyday, I would do it !

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• MA

  @marthdaeglin · 4 years ago

  The bracers point got me! My first garb purchase was a set of braces with articulated hand guards and really ornate designs and dye-work. Very pretty, very out of place on anyone but a very well-to-do noble.<br>I got my first wool tunic for a Halloween costume last year, now I wish I had gotten one much earlier. Completely agree that a tunic of some kind does a ton to bring the other elements together and turn a costume into actual clothing.

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• KS

  @kshni_ammat · 4 years ago

  Belt tat is what takes one from &apos;just a nobody&apos; to &apos;someone with a story&apos;. Also, adding trim or embroidery to ready-made kit personalises it and takes the garments to &apos;someone with a story&apos; even if it&apos;s just a visible running stitch along the edge or seam, or a visible blanket stitch on the edge.

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• GO

  @gormauslander · 4 years ago (edited)

  I like the perspective offered here. Acknowledging historical inaccuracies, which helps with misinformation (looking at you mall ninjas), but also not apologizing for that discrepancy, because historical isn&apos;t better, it&apos;s just different, and not the main objective

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• LO

  @longsword1969 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m so glad you said the woman shoes thing it&apos;s amazing how many awsome medieval looking shoes women options there are.

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