How authentic are attendees in terms of looking like a person from another time?
We congratulate ourselves that through loving care, encouragement and sound instruction our number of people who own historic style attire has grown over several years from perhaps a dozen to hundreds. Some attendees have become quite knowledgeable and have invested untold hours and thousands of dollars to obtain extensive wardrobes with high levels of authenticity. Others are new to reenacting and just beginning to get outfitted. (Thus we have people from the full range of the “learning curve” and at varying degrees of authenticity.) Some sew from copies of actual historic patterns, some from adaptations of historic patterns and some from modern patterns with a historic flair. Some alter modern clothing to look historic. Some have clothing made by businesses or seamstresses who are skilled with historic reproductions. Some rent costumes. Some come in modern attire, tuxes or suits and ties for gentlemen and evening gowns or prom dresses for ladies. Many first attended in modern clothin
