Renn Faire shirt?

[Highwayman]

I'm becoming a regular up at Bristol Renn Faire in Wisconsin, it's a particularly hot and balmy one but my friends and I love dressing up. I just picked up a USA Kilts Casual model which should be ideal for the heat, but what about up top? Looking for something comfortable in intense heat, but still fits my kilt in an offbeat environment. Bonus points if it can be removed easily in case we want to get dinner on the way back and I don't want to look like a Shakespeare extra at Denny's.

[uncle remus]

I usually wear a Jacobite shirt with my kilt when at a renn faire. My three shirts are linen or cotton, so they are fairly cool in hot weather. I go to the Arizona renn faire temps are in the 80's usually. I don't think they are actually period but they look good with a kilt. I go out and eat after the renn faire dressed in the same garb I wore to the faire. Usually I get positive comments from the people around me. if you want to take it off I find it isn't too difficult to remove. For coolness in hot weather I would recommend 1st linen, then cotton and stay away from the "plastic" shirts although a shirt blended with polyester would probably be more durable. I get my clothing from http://www.pendragoncostumes.com/ ordering their partlet or pendragon shirt. I have also purchased off the rack at various vendors while at the faire. I son't think they do the Wisconsin faire. They have always been a good company to order from and their products ore of good quality.

[mattbeaty]

I haven't any suggestions, but i am also interested in what others have to say on this topic. Wouldn't mind a good old fashioned kilt shirt myself.

[MacKenzie]

Give this a look... http://www.gaelsong.com/product/1513...-celtic-shirts

[brewerpaul]

If you are handy with needle, thread and cloth try downloading the Medieval Tailor's Assistant in pdf format. It is chocked full of patterns and such to make your own Medieval garb.

link to the pdf file, it is about 250 pages.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...UuQIKwzp2pmI7w

I used it to make a shirt and kirtle for a Medieval dinner Jennifer and I hosted.

[Benning Boy]

Celtic Croft, link above right, sells a nice cotton Jacobite shirt that buttons, rather than using drawstrings.

Learn to make your own at rennaisancetailor.com.

[Stitchwiz]

Celtic Croft, link above right, sells a nice cotton Jacobite shirt that buttons, rather than using drawstrings.

Learn to make your own at rennaisancetailor.com.

Could you please check the web address - I haven't had any luck with it. Thank you

[California Highlander]

Could you please check the web address - I haven't had any luck with it. Thank you

Try http://www.renaissancetailor.com/ (one N to start, two Ss.)

[gordontaos]

. Bonus points if it can be removed easily in case we want to get dinner on the way back and I don't want to look like a Shakespeare extra at Denny's.

You might be pleasantly surprised by the lassies response if you just show up "as is".

[OC Richard]

One sees kilts worn in conjunction with ordinary Ren Faire garb (shirts, vests, shoes, hats) all the time at our local Ren Faire.

I myself don't wear kilts when I'm there, because I'm playing my renaissance-era Cornish pipes, so I wear ordinary Ren Faire clothes.

Recently I was hired to play for a local production of MacBeth so I threw together my usual Highland garb and my usual Ren Faire garb resulting in this



Of course this is, historically, completely inaccurate. Kilts in the modern sense didn't exist then. If you want to be more period-authentic I would go down to a local fabric shop, buy a big piece of rustic-looking tweedy or tartany wool (but not in a recognizable modern tartan) and wear it as a Great Kilt.

BTW here's my Ren Faire outfit as I would usually wear it, playing the Cornish pipes (here for a procession of Cornish Bards)