Your Fantasy Costume

Celebrating Summer celebration Faerieworlds is one of the biggest and more well known faery gathering events in the United States. Being held in a natural environment of Eugene, Oregon, it has a tribal and almost hippy feeling into it. Featuring a selection of bands and concerts (unfortunately i’m not attending myself as performer or artist  this year but I highly recommend it), illustrators, artists and all sorts of vendors as well as a great participation of public all dressed up in their best fantasy garments… Another good event so you can showcase your best looks! Have fun and join your hands in a spiral dance with a wealth of fantasy lovers!

Above: long vampire coat

LRP STORE is the Europe’s largest online retail shop dedicated to the world of Costume, Props and Role-Play. From vampires and pirates to viking and medieval and LOTR AND D&D armor, weapons, accessories and more and also proposals of the matching items to make the most common characters you would like to portray if you’re used to play live role play, or just for your freak fun self to party or impress with the right haloween prop.

And a note from some of our followers that e-mailed me asking for more “stuff for guys and less girlish..”!! ok, ok! got it, here you have some fun! At your command!

The really big highlight of the website are the armor (from pieces  like rings and D shaped scales for your “make your own”, bracers    and also complete already to ship  sets (leather, chainmail, roman…)

Oh and they have a small collection of accessories which include some lovely Belt pouches… Ohhh I JUST WANT this one! snif!

They an ever changing range of LARP weapons, swords  from basic knight blades to rapiers, cutlasses, samurai katana swords  and even Orc cleavers,axes,  bows, arrows and quivers, pirate pistols and even some steampunk-looking devices. They have stock  ready to ship in  several styles  in multiple lengths as well so you can have a short and long sword to match. Some examples below:

Above: examples of weapons (Left: steampunk vulcane gun ; right: pirate pistol). Below: Axe

LRP store has also a quite  big collection of costumes like shirts, coats, lady gowns and cloaks like the following:

If it wasn’t enough with all of these, the site  includes  also a  small section of most common used prostetics like elf ears, witches and devil  chins, fake noses and so forth as well as a selection of basic make up sets.

So even for surfing quite a while and open your mind to new ideas for your fantasy costume, LRP store offer quite a lot of time of entertainment by itself.

If you want to go for a custom made dress, here’s a wonderful site that features the works of  Andralys: Angelique Stock french costume maker and designer. From  medieval to victorian and prerraphaelite (like out of a Waterhouse’ painting)  and even daring to feature some steampunk inspired models, it showcases some custom and one of a kind works and also post her sketches and ideas for her upcoming projects. You can order too bridal garments and just surf among the selected photographs that will expose the quality and versatility of this garments.

Above: stunning photography, so icy and angelic!

I’m absolutely in love with this fur coat (sigh)

The gown below is so beautiful and yet so dramatic, sometimes a simple pattern and combination of colors can render such striking results!

Kelly  Martinez is a jewelry designer  born in England. Her art is infused with Fairy tales,  ghostly stories and  ancient myths  and also showcases her love for Pre-raphaelite, victorian and Art Noveau.  In her website you can find some wonderful pieces of art she created casting in wax  the designs of her own imagination nourished by her deep love for all things faery inspired.  She is also  partner to Marc Potts, a very well known fantasy illustrator, the combination of both talents have rendered also a collection of pieces combining Kelly’s excellent taste for jewelry making and Potts gorgeous fairy drawings like in the following piece: