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Queen Anna’s Birka Garb Challenge

18 Friday Nov 2016

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dama_z_gronostajemUnto my beloved populace of the East,

I have thought long and hard about the fashion show challenge for Birka this year. I have received many wonderful suggestions and it has been a very tough decision, but I keep coming back to something I teach all of my apprentices. “Anna’s Rule #1” is:

Accessorize, Accessorize, Accessorize!

Accessories are what makes a piece of garb into an outfit and every time and place has its own accessories. Shoes, hats, jewelry, bags, belts – leather, pearls, floors, yarn – early period to Elizabethan and everything in between.

So pull out your needles, hammers, thread, beads, wire, metals, leather, whatever you wish to use and get ready to accessorize your favorite garb. Or make something
completely new!

–Anna Regina

Birka Garb Challenge Announced

16 Wednesday Oct 2013

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New Orleans Saints fabric swatches

New Orleans Saints fabric swatches

Start germinating those design ideas now — Her Majesty, Queen Avelina, has just posted the following challenge…

I am issuing a garb challenge for Birka. My challenge to the clothing artisans of the East is:

Pick your favorite sports team and interpret their uniform as a medieval garment or outfit.

Documentation is not required, however it is appreciated. I do not want to see crass commercialism. i.e. Going to Joann’s and buying Pittsburgh Steelers polar fleece and making a t-tunic is not what I am looking for. Instead, look at the lines and details of the uniform and see how it could be implemented. Is there a medieval way to incorporate the mascot into the decoration?

I’m sure people will have questions about this concerning things that I have not thought of, so this will almost certainly get refined over the next few weeks.

The thought was to review the entries during the Fashion Show at Birka. I will have a gift for the one I think best meets the challenge.

HAVE FUN!!!

Clarifications:

1) I’m going to let you, the creator decide what a “sports team” is. It does not have to be pro sports. If your favorite sports team is the Warwick Vets High School Hurricanes Softball team, go for it.

2) Any one can model. The creator of the garb will get the prize.

The next Market Day at Birka will be held January 24-25, 2014 in the Barony of Stonemarche. For more information, please visit the EK Event Listing or the Birka FaceBook page.