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El Taller de Morgana: Affordable custom made medieval gowns

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El Taller de Morgana is the project of a friend and fellow illustrator and editor  from Spain Maria Parra. Her love for sewing has made her create this blog where she has started to take commissions for medieval and renaissance garments. She has proposed a line of "basic" medieval designs that you can order  to be made with your measures for a price of 150 eur plus shipping. The only way now is to contact her directly through the site where you can pick the fabrics or simply request further information . She´s based in Spain. Of course we will update this article when more examples are provided as this costuming project of hers has recently launched. Note that the website is in spanish only but feel free to contact the crafter in english. Above: embroidered medieval chemise by El Taller de Morgana

 

Ye olde medieval wedding dress shop: Bridal, medieval and other cute gowns and coats

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Based in UK Ye olde medieval wedding dress shop is a shop with over three decades in couture experience and offer a selection of medieval,  Celtic, Pagan, fantasy, lotr inspired, cosplay and bridal garments like the following. All  are handmade to measure and your custom color.   Above: White LOTR medieval dress (it can be done in other colors) made of high quality satin. The wide V shaped neckline decorated with silver braid follows through to a deep laced-up back finished off with a long adjustable garter belt.

 
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Von Lancelot: affordable but pretty princess dresses!

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Von Lancelot is an ebay store that feature a very affordable collection of renaissance, medieval, pirate, colonial and vintage garments. I have to say that it's one of those rare cases where the quality of the actual real garment might be more than you  were waiting for the price you paid and the photos provided by ebay.  I have a neighbor that ordered one and I'll say it was an offer (because they have lots of sales and special offers too) and I was surprised because it was much better than she and I had expected and it really suited her well, she´s become a happy customer so I have seen quite a few of the things with my eyes. The fabric was really soft and the trim was not cheesy. Of course you can always order a simple garment and ten use it as a base to customize it.

 
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Arm Street Medieval Store: Historical costumes, armor, footwear, tents and more

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  Above: replica of XV garment     Arm Street is a huge store specialized in medieval things armor, helmets, combat gauntlets, medieval and renaissance costumes, dresses and tunics, authentic leather footwear and belts.Please add me to your list of favorite sellers and visit often. They also run a store in ebay, so you can also go there and check their listings at:    ARM STREET IN EBAY    Isolda: Limited edition Wedding Dress. I really love this one... It'd go great with my white wingsssss!! slightly resembling to the accolade it has that lovely preraphaelite romantic look!

 

Andralys: Medieval and fairy fantasy gowns

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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.

 

Moresca: Fairy tale and Ren clothing

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Moresca is a New York based company specialized in fairy-tale, fantasy and renaissance costumes. I had the chance to see the wonderful bodices, garments, gowns and accesories when I attended as performer to the faeriecon last 2009. I fell in love with the seagull short bodice but I wasn't fast enough! people grabbed them in one day... as lovely as they were. I'll probably will be getting this one for a videoclip. I think it's heavenly adorable. It belongs to the MORESCA  "seagull" collection, though I think of an "artic wolf" too and that's the way I want to characterize myself with it.

 

El Costurero Real: King Arthur's legends collection

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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.

 

More historical and medieval shoes for your feet....!!

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When it comes to the point to find the right shoes for a fantasy garment,  it's often one of the weak points that often spoil the historical or rigor of it all. I just found this wonderful site Lady Oren's medieval shoes with a lovely collection of shoes and boots. Most shoes can be made in leather or suede  and you can add some motifs in certain models. I love these below, a with a leaf fairy design burnt on leather:

 

Medieval moccasins and ghillies for Highlanders, irish goblins and fairies

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We´ve all seen drawings in old books of Irish fairy tales with those fancy to dance all night away with goblins and fairies... Ghillies are typical soft  leather shoes for irish and scottish dancing in fact and have a lovely ancient traditional historical look For an accurate definition read this wikipedia article about them (yes I know this term is also used for some camouflage material as we´ll cover in the future). Surfing the net I found the perfect site for them...