What inspires you?

[sloth]

So not all of us garb up or craft, but for those of us that do, what inspires you for faire?  What pictures/photographs/paintings inspire your garb?  What do you look to for craft ideas?  Or even loki flavours?  Just what gets you all hot and bothered under the creative collar when it some Faire time?

[Betty Munro]

Luscious hollywood costumes.  The Tudors and Pirates of the Carribean.  Then I go hunt period portraits.  Visit the fabric store and listen for fabrics that call out my name ...

[SirRichardBear]

The works of Robert Howard, A Conan Doyle, H Beam Piper.  plus a love of history in general

[Adriana Rose]

Fantasy novels, movies, history renaissance to victorian,pinup and burlesque. Belive it or not there is some really good ideas in those last two.

[Lady L]

We visited the Minneapolis Institute of Art in late July. Mostly to show our 10 year old granddaughter, but I really enjoyed viewing the actual paintings that were made from the 1100s to the 1500s, the Tudor Room and the huge tapestry. The armor and swords were also of interest.

[Lady Rebecca]

Period portraits (or even not period artwork), movie costumes, fashion plates (for 18th c and later), other peoples' finished projects. Or basically, anything I can find by scouring the internet.

[DonaCatalina]

Period Portraits
Movie Costumes
Other people's projects
Christmas decorations
Medieval and Renaissance Biographies.....