Jester (or clown) type costume
Coni J
daughters and I will be dressed as visiting nobility. My husband would be
most believable as our personal jester since he has full blown Tourettes.
In researching the Renaissance period clothing, I find plenty of items on
the clothing of nobles, peasants and working class, yet I have yet to find
any type of clown garb. Any suggestions?
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You might want to try the costume patterns in Simplicity. Also, the public
library has books on period costumes in the sewing section.
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LdyMusyc
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>My family will be going to Ren Fest this year in costume (as guests). My
>daughters and I will be dressed as visiting nobility. My husband would be
>most believable as our personal jester since he has full blown Tourettes.
>In researching the Renaissance period clothing, I find plenty of items on
>the clothing of nobles, peasants and working class, yet I have yet to find
>any type of clown garb. Any suggestions?
>
The Lord Mayor's Jester at the Ohio Renaissance Festival, Tettles, has
a web page. She's put a *lot* of research into it, and it might help
you out a great deal.
<digs around for link..... *there* it is>
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/3883
I highly recommend it, and I believe it was featured in Renaissance
magazine a few issues back.
LdyMusyc
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Tyma the Jester
> My husband would be
> most believable as our personal jester since he has full blown
Tourettes.
::stepping up to the mike::
Ahem... is this thing on?
Usually, a jester or fool would wear a parody of the clothes that his
or her noble lord would wear - as his or her clothing would usually be
given to him or her by the noble lord. It would usually be very tight
(if the fool was larger than the lord) or loose (if the fool was
smaller than the lord); the more extreme in either direction the
better. Usually the fool would wear donkey ears and a tail; the origin
of the three pointed jester cap. Considering that the fool would
usually be doing foolish things (tumbling, tripping, crawling around,
etc.) different colored patches were common; thus the origin of a
"fool's motley".
When I am my normal jester self at faire, I do not have a noble lord
(although I do have letters of marque from a Russian nobleman who my
clan protected through Poland - long story, and I have been recently
taken in to the service of local Baron) so I didn't have the luxury of
cast-off noble-wear. I wear the traditional curled-toe shoes, tights,
pumpkin-pants (Slops? Pantaloons? I don't remember the real name for
them...), a tunic-style shirt belted with a leather belt, which is
where all my pouches and stuff hang, a big ole floppy hat with three
long, floppy points, and of course the pointed and belled collar,
wristlets, and anklets. The chosen colors are a dark red, blue, green,
and both light and dark brown. You can see pictures at my home page of
http://members.aol.com/cdtyma or at my small-faire guild home page of
http://members.xoom.com/cdgypsy - oh, and we can't forget my stunning
facsimile at http://members.xoom.com/bardicrealm/members/012.htm - my
personal profile page care of the newly formed Bard's Guild. :-)
There is a site on Geocities called "The Jester Pages" which is an
excellent resource. I don't recall the URL, but I think the URL in the
previous reply is the one I am referring to. Either that, or search
Yahoo or Geocities for "jester" and you should find numerous resources.
Hope that helps some...
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>
> My family will be going to Ren Fest this year in costume (as guests). My
> most believable as our personal jester since he has full blown Tourettes.
I'm no expert, but I do note that Holbein's sketch of Sir/St.
Thomas More's family includes their "fool"--who is dressed just like
everyone else--more like the servants than the family, but
nothing clearly out of the ordinary. Of course, this is a formal
portrait of the Chancellor of England's family with the setting
that they are about ready for prayers, so it may not be typical.
hth
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