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Halloween Costume With That Renaissance Look
By Patricia Gorginas
By choosing a Renaissance Halloween costume this year, you’ll
celebrate an entire era of high fashion and nobility. Women can
choose from Anne Boleyn gowns to Lady Guinevere dresses, while
men can choose between being Robin Hood or Lancelot.
You can find some outfits that simply look like adult Halloween
costumes, while other apparel is custom-made to equip you for
Renaissance Festivals, weddings or other special occasions if
you’re after timeless elegance. Express your personality through
carefully chosen Renaissance costumes, whether you’ll be attending
a costume party or not.
If you’re looking for more than a cheaply made Halloween
costume and want something that looks professional, from a theater
performance, a movie or a Renaissance festival, then you can review
your options and buy custom, high-quality, historically accurate
Renaissance costumes at www.verymerryseamstress.com.
Affordable Adult Costume
If you’re looking to pay less than $155 for your adult costume,
then you’ll want to order cotton fabric, rather than twill or
satin. The "Reversible Peasant Package" is very popular
because it embodies the traditional "Renaissance" apparel
with a strapped front-laced bodice in any two colors, a cotton
skirt and matching wrist bracer, with or without the short chemise.
You can add any number of accessories from skirts, sashes or
headpieces. Made of cotton and sans chemise, the package is just
$99 but it ranges to $195 for twill material, with a short chemise
included. The next category up from the Peasant Packages are the
Merchant Packages from $155 - $250, which are simple and middle
class Renaissance, yet stylish nonetheless, with chemise, skirt,
brocade purse and sash.
Court Apparel Dressing As Jane Gray
If you would like to dress as an aristocrat, then you can find
"court" apparel ranging in price from $251 - $300, or
nobility for $351 and higher. For instance, you can dress as Jane
Grey or Mary Tudor for $1300 - $1400 with a costume made of silk,
lace, pearl, faux fur and jacquard.
Are you looking for a Halloween costume that is inexpensive but
doesn’t look cheap? At www.renaissancemodel.com
you will find a great selection of Renaissance costumes for every
budget. You can buy a reversible (black cotton twill/cotton velveteen)
"Princess Bodice" with accented metallic trim for $78.50
or a machine washable rayon lace-up gown with detachable sleeves
and gold trim for $68.50.
For a more aristocratic look, you can wear a rich burgundy cotton
velvet tunic with hand-sewn beadwork for $129 or the exquisite
"Forest Princess" late medieval tunic made of natural
flax linen for $275. Men can find pants starting at $29, shirts
starting at $45 and cloaks starting at $95. Kids costumes generally
run from $50 - $100, depending on the material and style.
Halloween Costume With A Renaissance Appeal
When your Halloween costume is going for that Renaissance appeal,
you’ll have many of choices to make. Historically, Renaissance
costumes are made of 100% natural fabrics. The best fabrics are
wool, woven cottons, raw silk, leather and linen. Peasants can
get a great look with different textured fabrics, giving it that
real feel, rather than that of a costume.
Royalty dresses in velour, sheers, gingham, seersucker, satins
and brocades. Men wore high collar or drop collar shirts, loose
fitting sleeveless vests (jerkins), tight-fitting doublet vests,
full-volume breeches, which were thigh-high, above-knee or below-knee,
not ankle-length, with no bare legs showing. Accessories can reveal
a trade, like cups attached to belts for the wench maiden costume
theme or a pouch for merchants.
About the Author:
Patricia Gorginas has written a number of articles on party ideas, cooking, recipes and food including
Dinner Party Ideas,
Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes,
Italian Cooking,
Chocolate Cake,
Muffin Baskets,
Cheese Recipes,
Food And Wine,
Boost Your Metabolism,
Italian Food,
French Food.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
Did You Know This About Halloween?
People all over the world celebrate Halloween. Some people dress
their children up and hit the streets looking for tasty treats.
Other people attend costume parties. If you are a parent then
you know how difficult it can be sometimes coming up with homemade
costumes.
You do not want to spend a fortune at the specialty store and
you want there to be great activities for kids of all ages. You
need a hand and you need one quick. Thanks to the internet and
some intrepid authors, you can find everything you need for this
special occasion.
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