In practice, it might help if it actually had costumes as advertised. Under the heading 'Plus-size Renaissance Faire & SCA Costumes' are gems like these:
Pretty and great with jeans, but how are these costumes at all?
In tribute to Go Fug Yourself, we document the horrors of poorly-researched, poorly-made, or just plain fugly medieval and Renaissance costuming. We're limited to professionally made costumes, and no cheap Halloween products, unless something goes so far beyond taste and common sense that anyone should know better than to make or wear it.
Ugh. The Maiden of Verona costume looks like something that appeared in my 4th grade school play. :P
ReplyDeleteYes, but that kind of terrible quality and lack of research is everywhere. I found it more startling that JEANS APPEAR on the page.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see this blog... Finally someone is doing the good job of exposing historic ignorants, because I am so tired of amateur-like clothes that have nothing or little to do with the historic era they are supposed to be from... ;(- I am a passionate historical fashion researcher and I just can't stand especially one thing: why do some people actually confuse clothing frlom one epoc with another...? Quite often I find that they write 'medieval clothing' when the picture actually shows renaissance, elisabethan, or even - yes, victorian!!! ;* - gown...!!! ;(- ;* Or it says: ''medieval renaissance outfit'' - so is this medieval - OR - renaissance...?! ;/- I can tell, because I know the difference, I can recognize any costume from any time in the history... But let's imagine someone who doesn't know, having completely no idea of how a garment from certain times look like - and they will be completely fooled and confused... They are getting a kind of knowledge which is incorrect and inaccurate... They would fail their exams in fahion history, if they were looking for information for educational purposes... ;* I think people who know little or nothing about historical fashion, should not even try to mislead others... ;* Nice blog, keep up the great work! :-) Greetings from England. :-)
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