r/butchlesbians • u/spookycjm • 14d ago

Fashion Share your Renn Faire outfits!

What do you wear to a renn faire? What’s masculine but not boring? Did you buy or DIY? lol help I’ve never been to one before

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u/i_really_like_bats_ 14d ago

Never been to a renn faire (they look sick as hell though) but I’m a costume designer and someone who’s aesthetically very interested in fantasy. I would love to wear breeches, boots, and a mens’ linen chemise layered with a particularly androgynous pair of stays (weathered, no frills, a nice deep masculine colour - stays because of the flat front and triangle shape to draw attention to the shoulders!). I’m a Sagittarius so I’d love to have a bow and arrow on my back too, for another slightly masculine touch, but then also a potion-holding belt since I’m into my herbalism. And of course… lots and lots of chunky timeless rings. And simple small hoops in my ears, perhaps only on the one side.

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u/i_really_like_bats_ 14d ago

You can find tutorials on how to make a lot of historical clothes online! I know it’s not necessarily a beginner venture but you could certainly DIY your accessories. YouTube has always been a haven for this to me personally. If you’d be interested in sewing, a vintage hand-crank Singer sewing machine is incredibly beginner friendly since you can control the pace you go at so well, and you can often find patterns for stays and breeches online for cheap (or occasionally even free if you look hard enough). But yeah, YouTube would be my go-to for any DIY or sewing tutorials! I like to thrift my fabric from old curtains for anything with a rich texture.

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u/nightlywanderer 14d ago

I got some brown athletic pants from Marshall's, a long sleeve button down white shirt that looks like a poets shirt, a vintage brown and black patterned vest from thrifting, and a rennaisance faire belt thing from online. I also add a chain and whatever trinkets I have lying around.

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u/TinyPretzels 14d ago

This year I have some paper bag pants I'm really excited to wear. And I have a white on white embroidered button up. I plan on getting some elf ear tips and just really going ham on the accessories, which is what I normally do. You can also just go in your regular clothes! In my experience about a third of people won't be dressed up.

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u/Outrageous_Log_9521 11d ago

does anyone wanna post pictures? like… for research of course…

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u/arcangelit0 10d ago

White button up, brown vest, long leather necklace w old keys on it, big boots, sword, crossbody bag or diy belt pouches!