[Ansteorra] First SCA clothes (was: maybe an answer to recruitment problems)
Janice Dean Simpson
janicedean88 at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 17 17:19:05 PST 2012
My first event was a coronation in the Middle Kingdom. Their 40th!!!!!
I met Count Owen (Prince at the time), got a HUGE hug from him just before the coronation and honestly been in love with him ever since.
Anyway: clothes:
The clothing was borrowed, a yellow and mauve dress from the early 13th century, English I believe.
The young lady was happy to assist me, since she was informed I had never been to any SCA events. I had never met this lovely lady, and yet one phone call from my boyfriend had her with 2 dresses to pick from. She brought them to coronation, helped me dress and offered wonderful words on the SCA.
I have since learned that the dress I wore is the most common one loaned from her. And, it is well made, and beautiful.
I now make my own, and loan out my stuff as much as possible.
Ghilean Inion au Johnny
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From: Donna Nesbit <themaefare at yahoo.com>
To: Inc.Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] First SCA clothes (was: maybe an answer to recruitment problems)
My first event was Torre's 12th night. I wore a red cotton/poly "granny" gown and brought melemane feast gear. I had many laughing "compliments." The people were very gracious about it, so I ended up staying-- for 20 years.
Penelope
--- On Tue, 1/17/12, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com>
Subject: [Ansteorra] First SCA clothes (was: maybe an answer to recruitment problems)
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 6:20 PM
At 05:26 PM 1/17/2012, you wrote:
> My first event garb was the Vulcan priest's robe from 'The Search for Spock' film. I got a few compliments and a friend said it looked familiar but he couldn't place it. I figured 3rd century, 23rd century, as long as it didn't look 20th century.
>
> That was in 1987. My garb has improved a bit since then.
>
> Cheers,
> HL Caitlin
I'm reminded of a story someone told in a previous incarnation of this discussion. She was very new, but had a copy of the "Known World Handbook". One of the suggestions for first-timer clothes was making a T-tunic out of an old bedsheet. So she did. Unfortunately, the KWH article *didn't* specify it should be a solid color, so she showed up to her first event in a T-tunic with Snoopy all over it.
My first outfit was some black sweatpants and a red v-necked long sleeved woman's blouse, which I was using for choreographed duels with a fellow student at Rice University before I'd ever heardof the SCA.
-Tivar Moondragon
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