What to Wear & How to Look Great!

One of the first steps in developing a persona within the SCA is deciding what to wear. In the beginning many different type of clothing can be found within the shire's membership. Your first event will probably be in loaner clothing. This is the best way to attend your first few events. First, to see if the SCA is of interest to you and second, to give you time to look around at what people are wearing. Borrowing clothes gives you time to talk to people about why they chose what they are wearing, and to see what feels comfortable to you.

The internet is one of the places to do research for clothing of different time periods. There are so many different aspects of histoy that to list them all would be a huge feat. To make the start of your search easier, we have included a few links to galleries and basic clothing construction. There are also many members of Sylvan Glen with books of research material just there for the asking. Give the members of the shire the oprotunity to show you what type of research materials they have. They will be happy to share them.

Images of Different types of Clothing

La Couturière Parisienne Costume Site ~~ Pennsic XXVI Costume Exposition

Pennsic XXVII Costume Exposition ~~ St. Valentine's Day XXV Costume Show

St Valentine's Day XXVI Costume Show ~~ Fashion through the Ages

Gallery of English Garb ~~ What should I wear? ~~ The History of Costume Index

Beginner Clothing Construction

Grey Company: Basic Dark Ages Costume ~~ Grey Company: European Dark Ages Dress

Grey Company: The Tunic ~~ Costuming Hints from the Southwest Costumers Guild

Making a Keyhole Neckline ~~ DawnPages: Costume Patterns

Specific Time Periods

Early Period Magazine ~~ The Handbook of German Dress ~~ Viking Tunic Construction

Clothing & Hair Styles of the Bog People ~~ The Viking Answer Lady Web Page