March 18, 2011

Why Popular Men and Women Renaissance Costumes?

The renaissance festival is the most celebrated festival in the United States. People from different walk of life comes together to take part in this festival and celebrate it with great pomp and show. They Play games, learn new things, shop for artisan craft and have loads of fun. Fairs generally include an abundance of costumed entertainers, musical and theatrical acts, art and handicrafts for sale, and festival food. In this fair people dress themselves from the characters of medieval fashion history of Europe. People loved to renaissance clothing, costumes & dresses as Monk, Knight, Prince Charming and Wizard. Most popular websites like TudorDressing.com, Renaissance-Festivals.com and TheGothCode.co.uk have made easier to the people to buy different variety of festival dress of their choice.

Let’s take a closer look at the medieval costumes and clothing of visitors which they wear for festival from middle age period. Moreover Women dressed as Queen or Princess for which they wear kirtle, gown with a cone shaped skirt and long train and linen chemise beneath the gown. They can also portray themselves as pirate, fairy, angels and bat. To be dress as pirate one can use skull images as embellishments, a belt buckle, and a pirate sword. Wings are other very popular accessory and used to become fairy, angel and even bat.

For men’s dressing one can have Shirts, Pants & Kilts, Coats & Vests, Doublet & Tunic, and Cloaks & Capes. If a man wants to completely look like a person from period then he must be covered from head to toe but people often give disregard to footwear. Footwear is most important part of  costumes to which people give least importance. Without footwear renaissance dresses will not be completed, one can choose High Seas Boots and Sword with pirate shirts to get a flavor if dressing sense of pirates from medieval period.

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