Hi All! I am so excited that opening day of MIRF this year falls on my birthday. My new bestest buddy from the gym has offered to make my day a special party. She had no idea I would want to spend it at faire, but she is all for it. She asked me today about garb and character and I would like to help her. She is beautiful Korean woman, who is rather small in stature and large in personality. Whatever she does, I know she will rock it. Could anyone out there offer up a few good ideas for a korean/asian woman's personna or storyline? Thanks!
I don't know much about Asian/Korean clothing in the middle ages or renaissance; but I suspect it is the basis for much of the traditional or ceremonial garb today. As for a storyline, the Portuguese sailed around the world. She could have been brought back aboard a Portuguese merchant ship as a wife or just as a adventuresome noblewoman.
Thanks so much for the ideas, DonaCatalina! I passed them along to her. She is so much fun, it will be really interesting to see what she comes up with.
Perhaps a place to start for garbing is the Hanbok. Here's the wikipedia entry on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanbok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanbok)
The portuguese did pretty much sail everywhere, thanks to Prince Henry the Navigator. :) So it is possible that she was brought back as a wife or an adventuresome noble woman. :)
She could do pirate or spice merchant, with lots of asian influence in her outfit. Or perhaps she was stolen by pirates...
Seconding Trillium -- can never go wrong with pirate (or somehow-related-to-pirates, hehe)! Mix and match garb and accessories from cultures worldwide, break as many rules as you want, be gorgeous and badass at the same time, and have fun the whole way =D