Hiya!

I just thought you'd like to know that I followed your suggestions
and my goodness I should have remembered to also use common sense.
Your suggestions were great and very usefull but I forgot to think
about the fact that this is Quebec, the event was in the Mauricie
region and it gets very cold at night. The first night, it went down
to 2 degrees Celsius (35/36 F). Water actually froze in some bottles.
After 2 very cold nights and 2 very hot days, it became warmer at
night, but it also started to rain. Sunday morning, for the great
battle, we stood in the rain for a whole hour waiting for the games
to start. And all I could think was "And so it begins..."

If anyone cares to see some pictures, you can find my album here:

http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wiccanmaiden1982/album?.dir=/1ee1&.sr
c=ph&.tok=phG_cgDBsksuq__V

I'm afraid there will most likely be some cut and paste to be done.

My personna, by the way, is Oriana Golwen.

Happy Costuming
Gwenyver

Gwenyver's Closet
http://www.geocities.com/wiccanmaiden1982/

Costuming Montréal
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumingmontreal/

Titanic - Rose's Closet
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/titanic_roses_closet/





--- In Clothes_of_Imladris@yahoogroups.com, Sarah <aranel13@y...>
wrote:
> Light layers, so you can mix and match and peel off layers if you
get hot. Linen, cotton, silk, even rayon, so long as it's natural
fibers. You will melt in polyester. Cotton holds moisture, which
tends to have a cooling effect when the wind blows over you. Reusing
outer garments isn't an EWWWW! thing, so long as you can change
whatever is closest to your skin. Ventilation is a wonderful thing.
Air circulation will keep you cool. If you must lace something
tight, have open sleeves. Skirts are great, since air can get to
your skin and you can flap it a little to create wind when there
isn't any. Faire folk and SCAdians have told me that even full
Elizabethan garb is wearable in full summer heat, since once you
sweat through the layers, it keeps you cool. Definately find/make a
fan. If it's very hot, drink lots of water, but keep in mind to wear
something you can easily maneuver in for those inevitable trips to
the bathroom. Clingy fabrics are not good with sweaty
> situations. Something that's a bit stiff will stand away from you
more. NO VELVET! Ye gads, even cotton or silk. The fluffy pile
traps heat. Loose woven fabric is a godsend. Ice cubes come in
handy! Last year at DragonCon, we had to drop cubes of ice down the
shirt of my other half when he got over heated in his Faramir armor.
Bring a handkerchief you can wet and drape around the back of your
neck unobtrusively. That will cool the blood vessels going to and
from your head greatly. If you're going to be out of doors and in
the sun, keep said sun in mind. Sunstroke is a Very Bad Thing (tm).
Protect your skin. I can see a human or elf easily draped in a
cotton gauze "shawl". (BTW that's what medjai used to wrap their
heads in the Mummy Returns) It's lightweight, airy, and will keep
the direct rays of the sun off of you. LIGHT COLORS! Reflect the
sun, don't absorb it. Loose necklines. Something like Eowyn's
refugee outerdress would be great, since the sides allow for
> a bit of ventilation.
>
> Wow, I rambled.
> Sarah
>
> Clothes_of_Imladris@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Subject: Need suggestions
>
> Hiya!
>
> Ok so I haven't posted in ages, but you still love me right? I am
in
> need of ideas and only you can help me. For a Fantastic/Medieval
event
> that lasts 5 days, I need to make myself some medieval lookng
clothes,
> but as my character is said to have been educated by both men and
> elves, and was saved by the elves when her family was killed, I
would
> like my clothing to have some traces/inspiration of elvish culture.
Now
> it is in august and it will be hot, and it's kin of like a camp so
I'll
> be living in a tent for 5 days so my clothes nee to be practical.
Any
> ideas?
>
> Gwenyver
>
> Gwenyver's Closet
> http://www.geocities.com/wiccanmaiden1982/