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Customer Gallery - Historical and Live-Action Roleplay

Historical costuming covers a lot of genres and activities. Whether you're looking for garb to wear to a Renaissance Faire, outfitting yourself for a historical re-enactment, or involving yourself in a fantasy game with a distinct medieval look, SLC can dress you up just right. My involvement as a freelance tailor for Ravenworks Costume Shop in Madison, WI has given me the opportunity to flesh out my historical and medieval costuming skills and branch out to offer you a wide range of costume items including:

  • Shirts
  • Chemises
  • Doublets
  • Over-dresses
  • Bustles
  • Tunics
  • Robes (hooded or not)
  • Vests
  • Jerkins and Surcoats
  • Embellished Frock Coats and Jackets
  • Cowls
  • Hoods, etc.

For historical Japanese clothing, check the Costume Stock page. We can provide you with authentic hakama, hand-woven jute waraji sandals, and kimono.

Medieval and Rennaissance gowns make great bridesmaid dresses!


LARP? LARP!

There are many live-action role-playing (LARP) games out there, in all fandoms. The one I am involved with is primarily medieval-looking, but has given me lots of opportunities to develop specific costume parts such as the ones seen below.

PLEASE NOTE that these particular Strange Land Costuming items are not recommended for historical accuracy. They are extremely generic and meant to be tailored to the character and your personal need, not to specific historical periods. I do have a small collection of patterns to help with slightly more complex period costumes, good for visiting Renaissance Faires and Halloween costumes. For true historical accuracy, however, I would recommend finding someone in the SCA or a costumer who specializes in particular historical periods, who can undertake the immense research required to complete a complex, historically-accurate costume.



Cloaks

 Semi-circular and 3/4 circle cloaks are useful no matter who you are or what universe you're in. Versatile, easy to make, and inexpensive depending on your choice of material, they look great and wear well in all kinds of weather.
  • Cloak options:
    • Semi-circular cloaks are standard five feet long by ten feet wide
    • 3/4 circle cloaks are a nearly-complete five-foot-radius circle
    • Fitted cloaks are longer/fuller (see blue velvet cloak on left)
  • Fabric choice:
    • Twill or wool is recommended for heavy, outdoor use
    • Any fabric ranging from gabardine to silk or velvet can be used for cloaks that aren't for vigorous use
  • Lining:
    • Cloaks may be lined or unlined, in matching or contrasting colors
    • Formal cloaks can be lined in lighter-weight fabrics; outdoor cloaks can be lined in warm fabrics
  • Hoods:
    • Hoods are optional (a hoodless cloak is often referred to as a "cape")
  • Length and closures:
    • Cloaks can be shortened or lengthened depending on height and preference
    • Your cloak can have no closure (if you intend to pin it closed with a cloakpin or brooch) or it can have a string-tie, button or strap
  

 




Tabards

 A tabard is any sort of fabric covering meant to go over the top of a regular shirt, armor, etc. Often, medieval tabards bore emblems or coats-of-arms for a knight. Thus, any character wanting to display his or her House, Lord or emblem should look into some kind of tabard.

Tabards can be short or long, simple or tailored. The simplest tabard is a plain rectangle with a hole cut for the head, belted at the waist.

This picture shows a tailored tabard I made to play Imrahil.		  

  




Cyclas

 The cyclas is a 12th-century overcloak, similar to a surcoat. It consists of one piece of fabric with a hole cut in the middle for the head, which is belted at the waist and split up the front and back for riding.

A long cyclas looks great over an ankle-length tunic! Fancy trims and emblems are optional.

Our wizard, seen here, is wearing a short gray cyclas over his chain mail.

  

  
 

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