Costuming Help!

06 Feb 2008 05:03 #1 by Halfdan Gundarsson (Eun Lee)
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I am finally going to be able to make it out to an event, I want to play a Gypsy however I can not find anywhere to buy Male Gypsy clothing!  If anybody has any nice sites it'd be awesomesauce!

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06 Feb 2008 22:14 #2 by Kendrick (Kendrick)
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07 Feb 2008 06:32 #3 by Tamzyn Worthington (shimmershadow)
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Get a few bright colored, basic pieces (shirt, pants, possibly vest--I recommend House of Dra).  Then, hit up a bellydance or Eastern Indian shop for scarves and cheap jewelry and jingly crap.  Voila.  You will be able to pick up more stuff as time goes on, but that should do ya to start.

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07 Feb 2008 07:24 #4 by Elawyn (Elawyn)
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I dont know where you live, but if you can get to New Hope, PA you may be able to find some random shirts/pants in some of the Indian clothing stores.  Then, like Kate said, just go all out with accessories. :)

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07 Feb 2008 19:50 #5 by Secarius (Secarius)
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loud clashing colors = male gypsy

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08 Feb 2008 00:56 #6 by Baroness Hartwoode (jadelet)
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Montclair, NJ and Bloomfield NJ each have great little indian shops with said brightly colored shirts and pants and various and sundry scarves, coin belts, and other gaudy bits that you can turn into great gypsy gear. And btw, for all things costume, there's a great little known shop in central jersey, South river I think, called Grannd Companies. You genenrally have to make an appointment to show up but its a pretty well-stocked retail shop with a really friendly owner. They have many brightly colored renaissance shirts of varying styles as well as tons of other cool stuff.

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08 Feb 2008 10:42 #7 by Odo Garaath (Odo)
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There is a company in Hackensack that sells cotton and mudcloth Dashikis (Think of it like a tunic.) They're very colorful, without being random.

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11 Feb 2008 21:02 #8 by brik (sonya)
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my friend rebecca sells costumes online & at kr events during market faire.  most of her stuff if pretty basic & nice and inexpensive, but i am sure she can make some things like crazy and gypsylike for you :)

www.merchantswares.com is her website.  you can e-mail her from there if you like or just see what she has at the next event

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