For discussion: Your favorite periods

[holyschist]

Some questions for discussion this week (and may influence which resource posts get started first):

1. If you have a persona or other reenactment focus, what period and place is that?

2. What is/are your favorite periods/places for clothing?

3. What period/place would you like to learn more about for clothing?

4. Are there any post-1600 areas of dress you're interested in as well?

Comments

[havocthecat]

I am not in the SCA! Because, oh God, it's a time suck that I do not have time for. Though I wish I did.

That said, I have been known to research Turkish, Persian, and other Middle Eastern garb of various eras, specifically because I want to know what's actually historical, and what belly dancers have come up with because it looks pretty, but is only vaguely accurate, if at all. Not that there's anything wrong with not-historical-but-pretty for belly dancers; I just want to know the difference, that's all.

(I'm sure this post wasn't directed at people like me, so feel free to ignore my comment, of course, if it doesn't fit with what you're doing.)

[holyschist]

This post is directed at everyone in the community, no worries!

Actually historical Middle Eastern is one of my interests as well, even though I don't dance (although I want to get into drumming). I compiled a bunch of resources for sca_garb several years ago on that very topic, although they're not all online, so that would be an easy resource post to start off with.

The SCA is SUCH a timesuck. It works for me because almost all of my hobbies fit into an SCA framework, but it also means I think "Gosh, it would be cool to do this modern embroidery project...but I can't use it in the SCA. so I won't" fairly frequently.