Finding A Renaissance Halloween Costume
Usually, when people think of a Halloween costume, they think of witches, devils, ghosts and other horrifying creatures. Yet scary is not the only type of costume theme. In fact, many adult Halloween costumes are focused on a particular era, like Western, Roaring 20s or even 16th Century England Renaissance. In fact, Renaissance costumes are some of the most breath-taking show stoppers you can find on the internet. The pieces vary widely so no two queens or wenches will look exactly the same.
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 buy custom, high-quality, historically accurate Renaissance costumes at www.verymerryseamstress.com. 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. 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.
You can also find historic Renaissance costumes at www.charactersparade.com. These costumes are inexpensive and ship fast, usually within 1-2 days. Find classics like Robin Hood ($50) and Lady Guenevere ($50), as well as executioners, knights, bar maids, inn keepers, pirates and friars. If you don't mind paying a bit more, then the colorful "Renaissance Fair Maiden" dress goes for $150. It has extra-full sleeves on a poet blouse, an olive green satin overskirt, a golden satin waist sash and a rolled burgundy headpiece wrapped in gold cord.
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.
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Or perhaps you're looking for fun Halloween party games for teens. Don't feel daunted in your quest for "the cool factor" with this age group, as they're a lot easier to impress than you may think! One mother said she sent out a story starter with the party invitations and asked the kids to write a creepy ending to be judged at the event. She said the stories were so funny, gross and fascinating that they reread them each year! Given the popularity of YouTube and viral videos, and how tech savvy kids are these days, you may also want to have a "Blair Witch Project Style Film Festival," asking each kid to write and film a five-minute horror movie to be screened at the party. Or if you'd like, you can make this a party activity by assembling old costume accessories and writing down movie ideas, letting kids pick out of a hat. Give each team 20 minutes to film their own movie as the other kids do another activity, waiting for their turn. Halloween hide-h-go-seek can be terrifying when the seeker is dressed up like a horrifying monster, creepy music is playing in the background and those caught have to lay on the floor like vampires in their coffins. Board games are always a howling good time for teenagers as well.
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