Freaking the mundanes

[Rowan MacD]

Pennsylvania's faire is in Amish country. I've been asked at various stopping points if I'm Amish....Standing there in full corseted glory. Yep. Did the skirt give it away?

Mennonites or Amish...Hmmmm.
    Overbust or Underbust corset is the only difference that I know of..If you don't count that skirt hitches are used by unmarried women  .  Oh, and bodice coolers are used when milking cows in a hot barn...LOL.
 

[daggrim]

When traveling thru Iowa, being merchants at Amana Colonies RF, we stopped at a gas station and later, at a restaurant.  When asked about our Viking clothing, I just looked at them blankly and replied, in my best northwoods accent, "Vell, ve're from Minnesoda.  Everybody up dere dresses like dis, y'know."

[Rowan MacD]

 LMAO.  I heard a rumor that one of my favorite restaurants around there won't serve anyone in garb.
The couple were vendors at the Amana faire, and they were asked to leave when they stopped in to get breakfast after leaving their hotel...

[DonaCatalina]

When we descend on the Red River Faire; we'll probably cause some shocked looks.

[LadyAsh]

Okay, now that I have finished!

I started making my garb at 12. Throughout Jr high and high school I regularly wore my garb to school. Most teachers loved me. Subs were weirded out by me till they knew me. Classmates. . . it was interesting.

One set of girls were complaining about my wench costume being distracting. Now, when I went to school I was covered from wrist to ankle and flat chested though I was, I still pulled the neckline to 'modest heights'. The principle found it humorous. Why? Because he was a rennie too! He found no fault with my garb. The girls on the other hand got into trouble. It was January in Nebraska and they were wearing sockless shoes, short skirts and midriff baring tops. They were sent home to change and assigned a five page report on proper winter attire.

After I graduated I still would go out for no real reason wearing my garb and do my daily whatever. Shopping, local stores not only got use to me but were disappointed when I was dressed out of garb.

My favorite reactions tend to be those who asked why I was dressed this way or those who asked who I was. I usually replied "Because this is my fashion." or "This is me?"

I have had many people take my pics. Specially when I was dressed as a fairy with whole black eyes. (no whites, no pupils)  Though when dressed up I try not to scare the kids. Adults are a different story.

That is pretty awesome! I want to try that someday. I find my garb quite comfortable.

[genyferbelle]

A few years back, me and two of my friends went to Olive Garden after faire.

Walking in dressed in full garb was fun enough. The looks on peoples faces were priceless. Especially those at the bar. But the best part was the guy at the host's podium. He looks up. Eyes the 3 of us, and without missing a beat,picks up some menus, and says: "I'm not even gonna ask....Party of 3?"


Summed up the rest of the meal quite nicely. 

[ladylissame]

There is a group of us that have created a tradition of camping the opening weekend of KYRF, and then on the way home Sunday night, we stop at the same Cracker Barrel. We have been doing this since 2008. You can always tell the new people because they are coming out of the kitchen and peeking around the corner to get a look at us. The ones that have been there awhile come up and talk to us.

I think my favorite was when we were camping this year. A few of us returned to our campsite, while the rest went to get some more supplies. The people at the campsite next to ours shouted "The renaissance faire people are back!" when they saw us and even asked us to sing for them (they remembered us from past years). I think we were more surprised than they were!

[lilaney]

an elf, a queen, a ranger, and a fighter walked into a steak house. They knew we were coming, we called ahead and warned them.
They were tickled to have us there, the other people eating? The kids thought it was cool, the elder adults looked at us sideways, but, said nothing.
(I suspect we were used in analogies and parables after we left.)

[DonaCatalina]

maybe the parable of the sheep and goats?

[KeeperoftheBar]

Last weekemd we had a pub crawl in Surgarland, Texas.  The looks we got from the 'danes as we went from pub to pub.  There were about 30-40 of us, mostly in garb.  I had several people stop me and StudMuffin to inquire what was going on.  I played it straight and told them it was a Texas Rennaisance Festival promotion.  If I had been thinking, I would have told them it was a church group, that the people in armor were deacons and the minister was the woman in the pirate hat and bustier.

I did tell one hostess that the rest of her evening would seem dull after we left.

[Zardoz]

I wish I'd made the pub crawl, but while it was happening I was freaking the citizens at the Galleria ice rink;



I was helping out at a promotion for the upcoming Space City Con called 'Heroes on Ice', and I was far from the most interesting thing there!


http://www.spacecitycon.com/guests.html

[Lady Kett]

Nice Zardoz!  Were I male, I do not think I would have the cajones to ice skate in a kilt. Of course that is probably because I really can't ice skate and spend most of my time on the ground lol.

[JackGonzo, MD]

This last June I was with my mother in a Costco in California after a Scottish Faire, still in garb. Someone literally came up to me in an aisle and asked if I worked there...I was so stunned by the question that I had no witty reply

[Lady Mac]

L'il Mac and I were eating at a Waffle House outside of Houston; out of garb. A couple and their
two kids were behind us, the daughter probably 6 or 7 yrs old. Seeing his long grayish, white beard,
she kept peaking over mommas' shoulder at him. After a few minutes of whispering and her dad
turning to check him out too, the mom turned with a snobbish, trying to make a ridiculous funny
and said, "My daughter wants to know if you are Santa Claus." I have never known anyone
with quicker wit, without a pause he looked at the little girl, smiled, winked, put his finger to his
lips and said," Shh...I'm on vacation."

[Dallan]

I've had serveral experiences; one or two I've posted here before but this one belongs to my wive. We stopped at a bagel place around 7:15 Saturday morning to grab bagels for our MDRF tailgate. Lady Di went in wearing her belly dancer garb. Two older gentleman asked her where she was going dressed like that and if they could come with her.