Personally, I play in the SCA because I can dress up alot... What I'd prefer to do is to play dress up for several periods, and (I'm sorry) for brevity let's just say from 1650 through 1900.
I love each of the different fashions that evolved and exploring each development and their fabrics, textiles, accessories and social graces would be exquisite. If there are 'Societies' in the USA (Seattle, Washington area) that I could begin playing in I'd love to know about them. Or, if not, if there's a group that focuses on the Irish/Celtic/Welsh (I think they are all different and distinct groups) history, language and costuming, I'd also love to know about them, too. Elena/Gia > Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote: > > > Sorry sorry folks, drinks on me! > > > > I ment why so much renaissance fairs and renaissance reenactors and not > > so many 18th century? > > The American RenFaires are mostly very fluffy. Lots of flashy clothes, > stage magic, selling of pretty things, and not so much history. They > make a fair amount of money for the organizers, and the few historic > elements are often provided by really dedicated volunteers who get paid > nothing, and who are not a big part of the experience for most of the > attendees. > > It's an experience of its own, really, not related to re-enactment. I > expect the 18th century is too close in time to be myth'ed up like that > and sell well to the general public. > > cv > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
