Your Fantasy Costume

Ravenswood leather is a wonderful site that features all sorts of costumes made of leather. Prices can look a bit high at the first sight, but we’re talking about really fine quality. They also feature a section to teach you how to take care of the pieces you buy in the store. But it doesn’t only feature the most amazing pirate (also ren and futuristic looking)  coats for men (and women too) I’ve seen so far, there you can find all sorts of accesories from belts, to gauntlets, bracers and pirate hats to become a real pirate.They feature the pieces in several colors from plain and classic black to several shades of brown, green and even white.

Above: some examples of accesories

Among my favourites I’d mention the jerkins and saberist jerkins for men. I think every guy should have one of these.

There’s also a girl version, that i’d hightlight in its “dress version” as in the picture below. Some of the  women bodices look very “Hercules” or “Xena” like.

L´atelier des elfes is  a lovely french site that features a collection of the most gorgeous pieces for your elvish characterization.  From head circlets and crowns to brooches and belts, it features a collection of accesories that would add the final touch  of your lotr crown. In fact it has accurate replicas of Celeborn’s silver-plated belt and Galadriel’s crown among other lovely items inspired in elves and fairies and some even with an oriental motif. Items are a bit pricy but certainly exclusive. I particularly loved also the earrings that extends over the cheeks.

As I always say, one image values more than a thousand words and you’ll see these are impressive!!!

Above: “Lady of the lake” model

Alassie Angelines is a spanish designer that specializes in historical garments. She created her own company called “El Costurero Real” delivering accurate replicas of medieval garments of a very high quality, using materials, dyes, and jewelry but adding also her own interpretation of the characters she recreate.   She’s won several prizes and is making her  own way working for several cinema projects. Her blog offers also tutorials and articles of overall interest for any lover of fantasy or historical garments… so if you are going to attend a ren fair, you´d better have a look at it (so far it’s only in spanish) but illustrated enough to be easily read with an online translator.

Above: Queen  Guinevere

Above: Sir Mordred

She has just launched a collection called “Leyendas artúricas” (Legends of King Arthur) that has its own particular website, a collection of garments and gowns for the main characters of the Arthurian Romance around this well known character, from King Arthur self,  Lancelot, Morgen le Fay, Lady of Shalott and more…

Above: me wearing one of the garments of the collection designed by Alassie Angelines… for me it’s been an honour  to be chosen as one of the celebrities that endorse garments from this lovely designer. I think this is “Morgen le Fay” model.

All garments are made upon demand and can be ordered in different kind of fabrics taking one to two months to be completed. If you are foreign make the questions or request in english, a brand new website in both languages is on the making.

Aside of the gowns and dresses, a sister-site offers all kind of complements from headpieces (designed by El Costurero Real),  belts, cloaks, necklaces,  jewelry and all sort of goodies and ready to wear. I particularly love the crowns, handmade and lovely for a lotr elvish gown, without over-using the “Galadriel” model found elsewhere. I’m dying to grab one of these for my performances.