SCA Costumes
In February 2007 Kirsti Thomas and her husband traveled to Venice, Italy to celebrate Carnevale with friends. Since they are part of the Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA), a historical re-creation group, they brought their historical costumes with them. Somewhere along the way, the airlines lost the suitcase containing their costumes.
One of the costumes, shown above, is a red Doupioni silk skirt with a black velvet band at the bottom (not shown in this photo). A white cotton duck Elizabethan-style corset is also part of this costume.
Another missing costume is a black 16th century-style dress created by professional costumer Tammi L. Dupuis. This costume also has sleeves of the same fabric tied on with velvet ribbon, not shown in the picture.
The third missing costume is a green and white, 16th century-style, slash-and puff doublet and one pair of green and white, 16th century-style, "pumpkin" pants (below). A pair of leather masks, one red and one black, were also in the suitcase.
Kirsti has a website, www.usairwayslostmycostume.com, explaining the whole story and telling the stories of other lost SCA garb, including a piecework skirt. If you know any information about these costumes, please contact Kirsti at [email protected].
Posted March 21, 2007.
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