Ren Faire Kilted Wench

[Alan H]

If you're not a paid performer in a troupe/Guild/Company at an event which actually tries very hard to be realistic, then basically wear what you want.

Tartan or leather corset, boots to mid-thigh, pirate tricorn hat, super-tight leggings, and a cutlass at your waist? It works. You have a Captain Hooker jacket? SO so so so so right.

Notice the fairy wings on one of the lasses in "Clan O'Hottie"....those are period-accurate fairy wings, don'tchaknow?

Carry on.

[Zardoz]

So ren faires are only limited to the Elizabethan times?

Anything earlier, such as perhaps, 1100-1300?

Some faires are set in earlier times, Sherwood Forest Faire in Texas is set in 1190, but most faires are in the Tudor period, either during the reign of Elizabeth I or her dad Henry VIII. The largest faire in the country, The Texas Ren Fest, is set during Henry's time, cool thing about that is we get a new queen every few years!;

Anne Boylen, Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth wait their turn...

Digging around I didn't find any wenches in actual kilts, (not counting the mini kilts and billie skirts) but lots of arisaids;


But feel free to add tartan to any garb you want, the fairy Queen does it;


If you're not a paid member of the faire 'cast', have some fun and wear what you want.

Wait, I did find a kilt! but it's on one of my barbarian friends, don't call her a wench!

[sydnie7]

I think Zardoz has been to some "pyrate" events and posted his usual array of wenchly pix You might look among his posts.

[auld argonian]

I think Zardoz has been to some "pyrate" events and posted his usual array of wenchly pix You might look among his posts.

I was gonna say, Zardoz seems to get to the BEST Ren Faire-y events and his photos are great. Certainly some inspiration to be found there.

Best

AA

[chewse]

I think Zardoz has been to some "pyrate" events and posted his usual array of wenchly pix You might look among his posts.

I think Zardoz is our resident Ren Faire expert! Hopefully he'll see the thread and weigh in.

[Panache]

GGGP,

I suspect you know this, but for any Renaissance Faire outfit you can be period accurate or you can be cool. The vast majority of Renaissance Faire outfits are far more inspired by the Dungeons and Dragons role playing game than actual attire worn during the time of Elizabeth I. (Don't even get Alan started about men's Ren Faire boots! )

Since we are talking lady Renaissance pirate wenches I think we can all agree you are going for cool!



Anyway, I offer you a photograph of my family in our Renaissance Faire outfits

Here you have....



One brave and resourceful highland courier

One wee little Shepherdess

One clever Goldsmith's apprentice

and one of the mysterious Fairy folk, a Lady of the sidhe

I wish you luck on your outfit and hope you have a grand time at Faire

Cheers

Jamie

[Alan H]

When I joined a Guild...which was one of the larger mistakes I made in the past 4-5 years.... I actually put in a fair amount of time trying to figure out what would be a reasonable getup for a Scotsman of low-to-middle class during the reign of the famous and romantic, if impractical, Mary Queen of Scots. Upshot was, that nobody cared what was actually authentic, they dressed the same as Faire people "always dressed". That was what I was supposed to do.

Direct quote from my Guild Mistress...."the patrons expect to see the men in kilts".

I was obliged to go to Guild training sessions where people who'd been doing this for years told us "how it's done", but couldn't put an actual historical reference together to save their lives. 3/4 of what I had to listen to was utter garbage, and of what was left, they could document NONE of it. From clothes to weapons....all of it, utter junk. It was after about the third one of these that I realized that this was a show put on for the gratification of the Guild Mistress and her friends....not even for the patrons, though we must wear what the patrons "expect" us to wear.

Don't get me wrong, the Guild Mistress is a nice woman and I like all of her family and several members of the Guild, but I just couldn't stomach the utter BS of packaging all this as "historical education through role play" and then everything about it was utter nonsense.

I'm totally down with having fun with utter nonsense. I'm ALL about having fun! Just don't try to make me swallow nonsense and regurgitate it as "educating the public".

However, I now have a really cool, if utterly fanciful Highlander Costume much like Panache's, complete with a GREAT targe that Panache made for me. I'm totally outfitted for Halloween and any Ren Faire within 120 miles.

End Rant.

[Zardoz]

Pirates? I'm here to help!










According to the Girltourage, you can "pirate up" basic faire garb by adding a fancy hat and some boots. These photos would support that, most of the girls just added some boots, hats, and maybe a sabre and brace of pistols, to elements of faire outfits they wear for other themes.

Here's a link that might be usefull; http://www.museumreplicas.com/s-6-pirate.aspx
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[Geoff Withnell]

Here's a fairly tame shot of my favorite wench.

[Brock63]

we might need to see Captain Hooker to determine your best course of action...LOL