I'm not sure if I have ever heard anyone mention something like this. But when my husband and I are planning what we will wear on an upcoming fair day, we have given various outfits names.
ME: What are you planning on wearing Saturday?
Him: I was thinking about Mr Pearly since it will be too warm to wear Black Spanish.
are we the only ones who do this?
No you're not. I have several outfits that I wear depending on the character I play at specific faires so they are aptly named based on the character.
No, but we should. Half the time Milord has no idea what pieces I'm talking about! LOL We have a couple of favorites, plus some things are obvious (pink corset, kilt), but only a very few pieces, like my Flaming Orange Chemise, have actual names.
Mine are usually names after the character they are for, such as Nesta' Green or Pru's Purple... The only outfit that really has a name of its own is The Wicked Lady (in my avatar).
I don't have whole outfits that are named... but I do have individual pieces. Of course, they are fairly basic and derivative, stemming from the descriptions of the pieces, themselves...
First I have The Pirate, which is, of course, my Moresca pirate bodice, and whatever else I pair with it at the time... and then there is The Leather. which is my brown leather Steampunk corset, and the only way my daughter or I ever refer to either piece. Then we have The Damsels... a handful of Damsel In This Dress Wench style underbust corsets we've collected over the last year and a half (and used frequently as "loaner" garb for various friends).
So far neither of us have any single outfit so remarkable that it deserves it's own name... or really anything that works so perfectly that it is worn the same way every time. Everything in our garb closet is very much mix-and-match, and put together however we're feeling that morning... or to match the weather. Perhaps one of these days we will work our way up to something that matches so completely that it will become an actual "outfit"... and merit it's own name! :)
Yep, ours all have names, full sets and pieces.
Quote from: Sir Michael Geare on September 09, 2013, 10:08:19 PM
No you're not. I have several outfits that I wear depending on the character I play at specific faires so they are aptly named based on the character.
and their names are?
LOL
All of our outfits have names. There is the "rust" outfit, and because our employer has asked that we wear blue, we have the "new blue", the "best blue", the "German blue", and the "hot weather blue". :)
We have Katherine Parr, The Elizabethan dress of many dresses (It's 6 dresses in 1), The Katherine of Aragon, The funky pirate coat, the Pumpkin pie Courtesan, the Dangerous Beauty Courtesan, the wench, the pirate wench, and the noble pirate coat
Hubby and I have 3 matching outfits-'Early Tudor'(Henrican),'Elizabethan Black' and the new 'Greens'
Hubby has 'Captain Kangaroo Pirate' (red frock coat/white trim) and I have my
'Celtic' -an Odd Bodkin ensemble for comfort days, usually worn with a Leine, and a belted tartan fastened with an annular brooch.
The PP has names for his. "The couch" is his heavy microsude polyester lined pirate coat. It is great for 1st weekend of Scarby and sometimes TRF. He also wears it for indoor function. Then there is "The linen" or as I call it "Middle Eastern PP". It is a sleeveless skirted doublet he wears for warm weather functions. He also will wear it with his '2 headed party Chicken' fez. (He got it from here www.fez-o-rama.com (http://www.fez-o-rama.com/retired-styles-flamingo-fez-c-44_12_155)) He has "the Simbad". It is a Navy Linen shirt and pants with a gold sash out fit he had me make for the Simbad the Sailor show he was in. Again another warm weather/ I want to go incognito outfit. He also has old outfits called "Mudge", and "Bastian", and we also have "Sir Roland/ Clockwork".
Fuzzlet has the Baby Pink Pirate, the Fabric Fairy, the Baby Belly dancer, and her Maid Marion. All of which go with one of our outfits, usually the PP's :)
I really have 3 outfits. I have "Lady Stitch" which is is my leather belt bodice, new sewing themed choaker, and brown skirt and a off white chemise. "Mummy Fabric Fairy" is my Plum Moresca blouse paired with a random top, bottom, and anything I can scrounge up. I usually do this when the weather is unpredictable. It doesn't matter what I look like because I am suppose to be stealing peoples garb pieces :)
Edit: got a direct link to the fez site.
The Purple
The Black
the celtic
The ranger
Ben Franklin
Wench
I call mine "Fred," but I'm a little weird...
Quote from: Merlin the Elder on September 11, 2013, 06:33:11 AM
I call mine "Fred," but I'm a little weird...
a 'little' - are you sure about that?? 8)
Well it's better than calling it Freddette.
Quote from: DonaCatalina on September 10, 2013, 06:43:37 AM
Quote from: Sir Michael Geare on September 09, 2013, 10:08:19 PM
No you're not. I have several outfits that I wear depending on the character I play at specific faires so they are aptly named based on the character.
and their names are?
LOL
Since I play historical characters in various time periods, they are named as such
Geare - Sir Michael Geare (Renaissance)
Cumberland - George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland (Renaissance)
Monson - Captain Thomas Monson (Renaissance)
Castle - Captain Egerton Castle (Victorian)
How our sets got their names is kinda backwards...
We, whenever we first got into faire, made up these characters with complicated backgrounds and all that nice stuff. Well, what sounds good in practice doesn't really translate well to reality; We quickly gave up the characters. But the names stuck! So far we have...
Cristina, my Templar outfit and anything that goes with it ( Sword, two belts, bracers, Converse sneakers )
Fionnuala - Druid outfit. This is getting completely overhauled in a few seasons. Right now this set consists of a staff, a white dress, a belt, and a few pouches. Wanna take it in a more wild, dirty, fighting Druid way.
The husband has...
Saeed. What you always see him in, lol. He has a few swords and knives he'll change out depending on what he wants to carry, but the core is the same.
The names make it easy when we're packing and getting dressed in the mornings at faire. " Hand me Cristinas belt." " Where's Saeeds turban?", that kinda stuff.
Quote from: Don_Juan_deCordoba on September 11, 2013, 11:54:31 AM
Well it's better than calling it Freddette.
Wow! I'm impressed! The Don showed up!
Quote from: Gauwyn of Bracknell on September 11, 2013, 10:18:30 AM
Quote from: Merlin the Elder on September 11, 2013, 06:33:11 AM
I call mine "Fred," but I'm a little weird...
a 'little' - are you sure about that?? 8)
Okay, Gauwyn... a LOT weird...
All 6 or 7 of mine are called the same thing...filthy wench.
Gina