Faire Garb

[Capt Gabriela Fullpepper]

I cannot speak for other faires but at CoRF on your ticket it clearly reads that by coming on site you give permission for your image4d to be taken and used without your written or prior concent. Most places have this rule on hand.

NOW this is different that concerts were most camera's not even cell phone camera are not allowed in as the artists (not really the artists but their record company) feel they would lose money if you used their clients likeness for any use what so ever.

As for what people wear and why even if other think it looks bad? A lot of it has to do with self worth and feeling. Maybe it is a way for them to finally escape normal life and be and dress however they feel.

Being a Goth I don't dress that way to dray attention to myself, I do it to express myself and how I feel and what I like. I did the same thing when I was in a band and wore leather. Many might call me a Hippie (which is wrong) others a rebel or a troublemaker. I was always none of those. I was just being my inner self and expressing it to the world.

People have been doing that since the dawn of man... expressing themselves for how they feel and who they are.

While many of us may not agree with how someone else dresses or looks, maybe that person likes what they see. What they see is different than what we see. Like bulimia or Anorexia. They see only a fat person while in reality they look like a skeleton or a death camp survivor. Or maybe they have a low self esteem and by dressing in the mode they dressed it, it boosts their self esteem up

[gem]

I think in many cases it's truly an issue of people just not being aware of it.  For instance, I just saw the pictures taken of me at a very important event last weekend.  In the mirror, I looked great--but none of the pictures look anything like I thought I looked.  It's very hard to tell sometimes, and it definitely has me questioning pretty much everything I wear and how I wear my hair &c.  (I wasn't indecent or inappropriately dressed or anything; I just didn't look how I *thought* I looked.)

It's easier for me to pick out mundanes that aren't dressing to their advantage, because I think many people do think of garb as a time for dress-up and playacting, and go to more of an extreme than they'd do in street dress.  But as an example, I had a young woman come to a recent book signing of mine.  She was wearing a red shrug with huge sequins on it, and she looked about 12.  I write for teenagers, so it's not unusual to have young kids in my lines--I was completely flabbergasted when she mentioned something about where she'd gone to college!  I am CERTAIN she didn't put that shrug on *intending* to be mistaken for a junior high school student.

[Dinobabe]

I think in many cases it's truly an issue of people just not being aware of it.  For instance, I just saw the pictures taken of me at a very important event last weekend.  In the mirror, I looked great--but none of the pictures look anything like I thought I looked.  It's very hard to tell sometimes, and it definitely has me questioning pretty much everything I wear and how I wear my hair &c.  (I wasn't indecent or inappropriately dressed or anything; I just didn't look how I *thought* I looked.)

It's easier for me to pick out mundanes that aren't dressing to their advantage, because I think many people do think of garb as a time for dress-up and playacting, and go to more of an extreme than they'd do in street dress.  But as an example, I had a young woman come to a recent book signing of mine.  She was wearing a red shrug with huge sequins on it, and she looked about 12.  I write for teenagers, so it's not unusual to have young kids in my lines--I was completely flabbergasted when she mentioned something about where she'd gone to college!  I am CERTAIN she didn't put that shrug on *intending* to be mistaken for a junior high school student.

I think you may have put it best.. "that aren't dressing to their advantage".  Goth, scifi, fairie, thong, weird pirate skull thing with claw hands, it doesn't matter!  We are all guilty of it at some point.  But I too look at people and go "Whoa, what the?!", because often more times than not they could make one small change to the ensemble and it turns into "Whoa, cool!"  Like it was mentioned before, when you watch "What Not to Wear" and the person is transformed.  Not because Stacy and Clinton are wizards but because suggestions (rules  ) were given that helped to bring out the best traits of the person! 

We are all unique in body type, self visual, ensemble abilities, and self esteem (or lack there of).
I think we all need a sit down with Stacy and Clinton just once, we might learn something about ourselves and actually like it!

[crazyrennie]

Being that I am an extroverted  peon in my everyday life, dressing as a Countess for faire gives me a more extroverted way to express myself. To be more a part of the entire faire experience than just as an observer.

I have also noticed that when dressed in garb, people treat you with more respect.

The motto for the House of Olmsted is..."MORE MONEY THAN COMMON SENSE" I wonder how that would translate into Latin? Anyone a Latin expert??

the closest I can find is
More money than sense
amplius pecunia aliter consilium

[Lady Neysa]

I think in many cases it's truly an issue of people just not being aware of it.  For instance, I just saw the pictures taken of me at a very important event last weekend.  In the mirror, I looked great--but none of the pictures look anything like I thought I looked.  It's very hard to tell sometimes, and it definitely has me questioning pretty much everything I wear and how I wear my hair &c.  (I wasn't indecent or inappropriately dressed or anything; I just didn't look how I *thought* I looked.)

I've had that happen to me before too, both in mundane clothing and garb.  Isn't it weird how we look totally different in pictures than we do in the mirror?  Once I wore garb that I thought was a great color combo in the mirror, but when I saw the photos, the colors were very drab looking and I looked totally washed out.  I don't know if I really did look that way, or if it was just poor lighting and a bad photo. 

[Lord Finger]

In real life, I wear a tie to work. In the winter I wear a top coat and a color coordinated scarf. Strangers call me sir and hold doors or step aside on the sidewalk. When I dress down I receive no such treatment. It's amazing how differently you're treated based on how you're dressed.

With that in mind, I often alter my appearance based on how I feel like being treated. If I feel like being sociable, I'll wear the shirt & tie when I go out. I'll go with a ragged hat and old t-shirt if I want to be left alone.

I guess I'm just trying to reinforce the point that sometimes people will dress for a certain reaction, even if it's a negative one.

[Jademozingo]

Speaking as a person who is currently build garb, the guy might not have the money yet for shoes or boots.  Right now shoes or boots are at the bottom of the priority list, especially with my three year old son.  My first bodice needs much work, it didn't turn out as well as I'd like. My son needs pants.  On top of mugs for each of us and a decent pouch for me, not to mention more mundane things like tennis shoes for a growing boy.

[Dev]

Like someone said, with really outlandish stuff, just a small change can turn something "WOAH WTF?!" into "WOAH COOL!"

I'm sort of a clothing victim, lol.  Every time I step outside the box, clothing-wise, I see photographic evidence and want to vomit a little bit in my mouth.  My main flaw is that my imagination takes unsuitable items and translates them into what they're supposed to be...it's really hard to explain...It's like painting a straw hat black, pinning up 2 sides and seeing a HA bicorn hat at least until pictures are taken.

[Adriana Rose]

I always say when there is a person that is in not very tastful cloths " there goes another home without a mirror"

There are people that look fantastic, there are others that make you want to poke your eyes out with a stick. Its just the way they want to look so what