Go Fug Thyself

What is periodclothing.co.uk ? It's called Period Clothing, and there's a menu of information about the clothing of various periods (let's not get into how accurate that information is; it's cer...

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We've had a few comments that seem to misunderstand the purpose of this blog, so just for clarification: - This is a blog for snarking as entertainment and education. If you dislike that kind of...

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Y'know those funky, sparkly chainmail headdresses you see at Ren Faires and maybe the occasional SCA event? I sorta like them. But they're not period. At all. I'm not exactly sure when peo...

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This is the best site I've found so far explaining the myths and giving advice for the Near East/Middle East region: Middle Eastern Garb Do's and Don'ts There's also: SCA Near Eastern Garment...

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Wow.  The shit that passes for 'Celtic' these days never ceases to amaze me. Now, I have no problem with people taking inspiration from Irish/Pictish/Anglo-Saxon/Gallic/Viking/Whatever-else-hav...

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I had high hopes for Mittelalter Kostueme.  After all, they pictured real Medieval illuminations on the splash page.  But one glance at their offerings makes it clear that they spent no time lo...

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I'm starting to really dislike it when seamstresses don't give their sources.  It means that when I see something weird, I need to trawl the net looking for precedents. Like this thing.  T...

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Someone on Ebay is calling this a Viking costume. Words fail me.

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Welcome to an irksome little website... The creator of 'glory gowns ' thoughtfully fails to provide examples of her own work for anything but her Renaissance section.  So, what are we left wit...

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Found on Ebay... Contrasting front panel with lacing.  Princess seams.  Gathers at neckline.  Modern prints.  Crushed velvet. Gothic, maybe.  Renaissance / Medieval / SCA?  Hell, no.

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I found the Scapa whiskey, I found the Scapa! One lasht posht of the ebay results for the search 'medieval'. Yes, that is a t-shirt. No, I didn't upload the wrong image by mistake. Ye...

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At least these are dresses and not lingerie, right? That's good, right? Maybe not as good as it could have been. This is the fug that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends...

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I have to admit, I did not expect this to take a turn for the raunchy. I need a drink to forget. Why isn't there anything to drink around here?

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Oh, Ebay. You so crazy. Found by boldly searching 'medieval': It's not that I don't have better things to do with my time, because I certainly do...

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Oh yes. I did it. I typed 'medieval' into ebay and looked at the results with my bare eyes. Meet the 'best' results! To be continued if I don't develop a drinking problem first.

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I would just like to offer my thanks and gratitude to online costume suppliers for their clear and helpful labelling. It makes the job of finding nonsense and separating it from (reasonably) accu...

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I've never been impressed by the garb offerings at Museum Replicas , but lately they've really taken a plunge into the crapper.   "The splendor and beauty of ancient Greece has never been mo...

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Maybe the spelling of 'Ren Faire' has got some people confused.  It is, in fact, not the same thing as FaerieCon.  Sure, it's meant to be fun and not totally obsessed with accuracy, but it's ge...

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Winner of 'best artist costume' at a Renaissance Faire: That she showed up to a Ren Faire in this costume shows me immediately that she has no idea whatsoever what medieval or Renaissance clot...

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Spookykitten mistakes Hollywood for history.  Just have a look at what she describes as a Venetian courtesan gown: To be honest, I sort of like this dress.  It'd make a nice Amy Brown fae...

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I've never seen this film.  It might be good for all I know.  But I am decidedly miffed by the costumes... This seems to be the source of the idea that Venetian courtesans bared their upper...

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Oh dear, Denim and Diamonds is at it again.   Behold the 'SCA Bar Wench' costume.  Yes, it's exactly the same pattern as their 'Renaissance' outfit , and it's just as wrong this time aroun...

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For the most part, there's no point in snarking the guys' clobber at Mittelalter.net .  Why?  Because we've seen it all before at Mysticum.de .  The tunics with stingy yardage , the bugfuck fa...

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The very first page of Mittelalter.net had me in giggles.  There's just something doofy as hell about a German dude giving me an ogre face so stereotypically D&D that even he looks like he'll b...

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Demode has a serious head start on us, with brief reviews of historical films and their costuming from Tudor onward. Polite, accurate, and doesn't hesitate to call something complete schlock; it...

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