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Renfaire garb in off season

Started by Nidhoggr, May 18, 2013, 03:33:21 PM

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Nidhoggr

So I am curious what most people do with their garb in the off-season or when having to store it.  Currently, I am just storing it in a treasure chest and various boxes (depending on the themed garb) during the off season.  But I finally figured out what I am going to do with it so these beautiful pieces of clothing I have can be seen year round. 

I am buying mannequins.  I am going to put my garb on the mannequins and display it in my basement (for the time being) and even put placards with information about the garb on it.  Sort of a "Museum of Alternate Me" if you will.  After all: My very nice french pirate pants and custom pirate hats shouldn't just sit around in the off season.  They should be admired.

LibraryPrincess

I like this idea! If only I had the room for it. For now, the majority of my garb is stored in plastic bins under my bed. Although, I'm going to have to get creative with my storage space eventually, because I'm quickly running out of room! :P
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Nidhoggr

A mannequin doesn't take as much room as you'd think.  And they are cheap.  Full bodied minor-poseable mannequinsa re between 80-130 bucks.

Norfolk

Off season??  WHAT off season??
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cowgrrl

It hangs in part of our sons large closet & some in my husbands closet & some just scattered around the rooms.

dbaldock

Most all of my garb hangs in the spare bedroom closet - taking up a little less than 24" of rod space.  And the boxes with belts, pouches, hats, and accessories are on the shelf above.  The shoes are in my bedroom closet, on the shelves with my regular shoes.

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Pinn

My garb takes up half of my closet space and over flows onto my dresser and then to other various rooms in my house. ::)
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Ms Trish

Not that I've used it yet, but trying to figure out what to do with that gigantic hoop! Not sure I like it shoved under the bed (especially now that I have a puppy who likes to hide under there when he's been scolded).
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Nidhoggr

Quote from: Norfolk on May 18, 2013, 10:10:47 PM
Off season??  WHAT off season??

Touché, salesman. 

I do believe I am going to start storing garb on mannequins.  Here is hoping mannequins are graded to hold a full chainmaille shirt, leather pauldrons, breastplate, and hold a viking longsword or hand and a half sword...

Sitara

The majority of our garb is stored in the closet and dresser. We also made an armor stand for George's chainmail and when not in use, my dressform wears some of my pieces.
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Aderin

wish I had any garb! haha I have one tunic.
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Amras Elfwine

LOL! Aderin, it always starts that way...next thing you know, you'll need a new annex on your house.

I see many of us in the same state of storage here...at the Elfwine estate, it is a combination of spare closets, multiple chests of drawers, shelf space, various containers in the basement...surprisingly, we know where everything is...
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DonaCatalina

We have a four bedroom house. Three of the bedroom closets hold garb now that our daughter doesn't live here.
But most of one bedroom is taken up with storage shelves for belts, pouches, fabric bins, shoes, swords, daggers and other assorted weaponry.
But we have been accumulating garb and accessories since at least 1991.
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We call ours the "Ren Room" or "the Dixieland Museum of Medieval History"..... ;)


And there is never an "Off Season" unless that's that small transitional period between changing garb appearances....

jackrocks

I have these steel rings that hang from the ceiling on one side of my basement. I *had* all our costumes there, with all the pieces to each (there are six of us here) with its own outfit, so that when Faire or parties come along, I know where everything is.

Then, my 13 yr old son decided to "start a band", and take over that half of the basement, needing for "the band room".

He swore to me that all our costumes/outfits went into ONE box (I had a hard time believing this), and now Faire time is here, we have two vending days coming up the first weekend in June, and pieces are missing! My 11 yr old is freaking out bc we can't find his pirate shirt, and who knows where the strings of beads for bandannas went. Grrrrr.

I like for it all to be in one place!