My brain came to a stuttering halt. I know you have changed sizes since I was last active, so I thought I'd go looking for a photo of you in garb. Couldn't find one. Makes sense. You live behind the scenes and you stay out of the public eye of the SCA.
I would put you in ornate, eye-catching Elizabethan. Bright, attention getting colors, with jewels and bling and pizzaz. Skirts with trains embroidered with witty puns, pomander balls emitting tantalizing scent, headpieces embellished with gems and silks. And I'd have you surrounded by an entourage that included musicians for you to smile at, pages tossing flowers before you, acrobats tumbling for your entertainment, maidens dancing attendance on you answering your every whim before you even need to voice it, and the occasional buff young hunk hauling furniture for you to rest upon, should you choose to pause and converse with one of your many friends.
But that's just me dreaming about you getting the attention and awe that you deserve.
It's a difficult question, as I never saw you RL - or on any pictures I recall.
But maybe it could help if I say how I usually choose colours? I usually go for whatever wool is just available, what sometimes result in colours I'd never wear in RL.
For what period resp. what style: It depends what style appeals to you most. If you close your eyes and think "garb" or "dress" - what source picture springs to your mind? Usually the pop-up is something you are already connected, altough without thinking about. (For me it's the reading Magdalena by van der Weyden) I found this method working rather well with people who attended a "I'm sewing my dress myself for the first time"-class (Not that I put you in the same basket as a bunch of newbies... just to illustrate what I mean, as my grip of the English language's sometimes a bit weird...)
I think you would look good in deep warm colors. AS for style, I now you do lots of norse (easier to work?) so have you thought about layered tunics? Still workable, can be very elegant, not binding, add more layers when cold! :)
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Illustrations:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maciejowski_Bible
http://www.medievaltymes.com/courtyard/maciejowski_bible.htm
http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibOnlineThumbs.asp?id=OnlineKings
etc.
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I would put you in ornate, eye-catching Elizabethan. Bright, attention getting colors, with jewels and bling and pizzaz. Skirts with trains embroidered with witty puns, pomander balls emitting tantalizing scent, headpieces embellished with gems and silks. And I'd have you surrounded by an entourage that included musicians for you to smile at, pages tossing flowers before you, acrobats tumbling for your entertainment, maidens dancing attendance on you answering your every whim before you even need to voice it, and the occasional buff young hunk hauling furniture for you to rest upon, should you choose to pause and converse with one of your many friends.
But that's just me dreaming about you getting the attention and awe that you deserve.
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But maybe it could help if I say how I usually choose colours?
I usually go for whatever wool is just available, what sometimes result in colours I'd never wear in RL.
For what period resp. what style:
It depends what style appeals to you most. If you close your eyes and think "garb" or "dress" - what source picture springs to your mind? Usually the pop-up is something you are already connected, altough without thinking about. (For me it's the reading Magdalena by van der Weyden)
I found this method working rather well with people who attended a "I'm sewing my dress myself for the first time"-class (Not that I put you in the same basket as a bunch of newbies... just to illustrate what I mean, as my grip of the English language's sometimes a bit weird...)
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