Fantasy Clothing

Fantasy Clothing

Remember when you were little and played dress up in fantasy clothing? Don’t lie, of course you do. Be it in your mom’s heels and lipstick singing along to “goodbye horses” or your favorite Halloween costume while saving/terrorizing your neighbors, you, at one point in time had the time of your life pretending to be someone or something else. Make believe wasn’t enough, dressing the part in fantasy clothing somehow always made it more real. That’s been proven throughout time itself. Hunters in tribes used to dress up to try and trick their prey or to gain favor with the animal spirits while Bugs Bunny did it for, well, probably for more personal reasons than Tex Avery would have us believe. But that’s not the point. The point is that fantasy clothing is fun, and depending on your livelihood, profitable!

Of all the genres out there to dress up as, fantasy clothing has got to be one of, if not the most diverse one of them all. It’s like the melting pot of creativity, although what we associate with fantasy in our day and age more so than anything else is the classic high medieval fantasy, Lord of the Rings style, if you will.

You’ve got diverse humans, stoic, if not staunchly dwarves, mystical elves and of course more orcs, goblins and the gods only know what else than you can shake a broad sword at… or a very big club.

Elves are known for their links to the woods and similar lines and patterns show up in their fantasy clothing while the earthy dwarves tend towards geometrical shapes and designs. Humans have, of course, a well rounded take on whatever they see, enabling them to fit in just about anywhere while still maintaining a sense of “human”. You know, as opposed to, “not human”.

In any case, most of the fantasy races that are humanoid in shape tend to have certain similarities to what they wear. Though each race has its own sense of fantasy clothing style, the cut of said style can still be similar. This would prove most true with shirts, pants and some dresses and tunics. That along with a clever background story and you’re well on your way to mixing and matching to come up with more fantasy clothing outfits than you initially though!

Then of course you get into the extra stuff. No, not inter-racial breeding, I’m talking about latex. Not that kind either. I mean elf ears, horns, beast noses. You know the stuff that makes fantasy clothing less status quo and more, well, fantastical.

But of course, the prosthetics are only if you or someone you know is comfortable in dealing with that much adhesive and make up. But there’s always the jewelry, even for the men too, whether you want your fantasy clothing as an Elvin noble man with a crown of flowing silver or a no-nonsense dwarf and his bad ass Thor’s hammer ‘round his neck.

There’s always more room for the nonsensical and the fantastical in this world, so get out there and spread the imagination, but don’t forget to put on your robe and wizards’ hat before you go!


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