Way to go! I did the same. Walked into the Faire, saw an outfit on a mannequin I loved, walked into the shop and said, "I want that. All of that." 20 minutes later I walked out fully kitted and started my love of Renaissance wear. Been many years collecting pieces, including Moresca, so now I have several character outfits. You are totally LOTR elf. 🥰

I love the shopkeeper standing in the background @ 10:38 smiling while watching you vlog; I can tell she really knows how much you know about and appreciate her artistry!

If you’re on the smaller side I also recommend getting a kids/youth bodice. I got a kids L at the Colorado Faire for I think 50ish bucks (can’t remember the specific price but it was way cheaper) it’s one of my fav bodices and is also reversible!

I don't know why this is recommended to me... but the algorithm hit with this one 🎉

I believe she is at the Texas Renaissance Festival, it is Todd Mission, TX. It is an amazing place and a great place to spend the day. It runs through the beginning of October and ends the weekend after Thanksgiving.

Thank you for the shoutout! Hamish-owner, The Shadowed Stranger

As far as I can tell (with a very brief scroll down and Ctrl+f), no one has commented it. So fyi, the shoulder piece is called a spaulder! It could also be called a pauldron. Rule of thumb seems to be that pauldrons are bigger than spaulders, and more likely to be plate vs leather, but in common use the two words are often interchangeable. In my mind, I always called the ones like you got spaulders and the great big shoulder pieces you see on most WoW characters pauldrons.

the headpiece really brought it together! you put it on and it just totally transformed the look! i'm glad you went with the curly one

I love this! My renfaire outfit started with a single piece that i really loved and that I've been building around for years. Now I've made it a habit to buy one single piece that goes with my costume at every renfaire I visit.

You put this together fantastically, the pieces look like they were made for each other!!

your elf ears are perfect wtf... they're on so well, looks like your actual ears

Brave of you to keep your hair down! I can't do that or I sweat to death regardless of what I'm wearing. First stop is always the hair braiders

Lovely! Unicorn Clothing is where I got my first outfit, about 25 years ago, and I still go back every year to pick up new pieces and see what they’ve released. Their tie dyed butterfly skirts and pants are a year round staple for me.

I don't know why youtube is sending me to cute girls trying on renaissance faire outfits, but who am I to argue with the almighty algorithm

that top is perfect, especially with the bodice, I was so happy you decided to get it!

Oh my gosh! You are so pretty in your costume! I love Lord of the Rings and Hobbit, and you definitely look like a Mirkwood elf. And at 15:44 those sword skills? Amazing!!! I'm so jealous! When is it my turn to get stuff like that? You look so cool and elf like and the ears look so real! The circlet on your head also tied everything together and just added that touch of elf even more. Awesome!

loved the lady giving maintenance instructions! 8:03

I’ve been adding to my Renaissance faire costume collection piece by piece over the years, I like that a lot is mix and match, so I have options for different looks, a lot of my blouses are either thrifted or found at target, you don’t even have to spend that much as long as you have statement pieces that can work for a lot of looks and good bases and accessories. I think that’s why I love renn faire costuming vs regular costuming, I feel like I get more use out of my purchases because I use them for more than one shot

10:09 "Which brown do you like, this warm brown or this cool brown?" " . . . the lighter one." I felt that.

This was fascinating to watch! I had no idea there was such a variety of things to buy at a renaissance fair. Definitely adding it to my bucket list!

Love Boss Wench! Got my whole pirate outfit from them minus hat and bucket boots and other leather accessories. Really enjoyed your video showing support of the businesses at the faires!

The main reason that most of the things made at a ren faire are so expensive is because they aren't made with (practically) slave labor

The outfit looks so good on you! I love the top, it was great decisions to get it instead the dress, cause it's just looks so much more flatering on you!

I’m glad you chose the blouse! It looks AMAZING on you!!! Love the entire look!

I go to this ren faire every year! I love all of the shops and options that they have.It's always so much fun! And so mich to do!

Looks so good! I've been going to the renfest since I was a kid & its such a vibe. Love how you combined different shades of brown & it works so well.

You did such a good job putting this together!

Did the same thing at the MN Ren Fest! Always love shopping the Boss Wench. Wish I was there.

glad you got the top!! you look great in it

Fantastic guide! You look great in your new gear. No shade, you're wonderful. Offering a suggestion- "less expensive" and "more reasonable" trump "cheaper" only to flatter the vendor and not reflect the quality of the goods. But obviously, we all knew what you meant. Well done.

It is crazy but I honestly think I enjoyed every single video you‘ve uploaded so far - It even gets better every time 😄 Lovely outfit! I did not get your vision first but it came together beautifully 😊 you have such an eye for authentic and adventurous looks! ❤

I enjoyed this so much! I've always wanted to do a one day shopping spree at faire. I love your final look!

I live for shopping at faire videos. This was fun thank you for bringing us along ❤

Living vicariously through you!!

As a person who loves costumes, this was a very fulfilling video for me. I've always wanted to shop a whole costume at a faire, and now vicariously I got to shop at a Ren Faire! Thank you!

I love the frilly sleeves with the leather armour! And that reveal was so cool!!

looks amazing! great choices it was cool to see it all come together

This has to be one of my fav ren faire outfits i've ever seen! I feel inspired!! 😍

This was incredibly fun to watch!! I want to do something like this but with a Viking inspired look! That would be SOOOOO much fun! You look fantastic!

This is so inspirational because it’s like treating the ren faire like a thrift store and making an amazing outfit all on ur own

Very nice, the outfit came together beautifully and looks really good on you. My Renfaire starts in 3 days so excited..Flarf in S. Fl. One day I will get to TRF.

Fun video, got a full view out of me. And I get that you went with a budget in mind and bought on the cheaper side for Ren. Not sure if affordable was the right word though. 😅

This is SO COOL omg!! I love it!!! Someday I want to go to a Renfaire dressed like a LOTR elf too!

this is so impressive! kudos to you!

Fun to watch you narrate your shopping and decision-making, love the outfit! I do wish you'd gone with the first headpiece tho, the pointy one with the gem - it made you look more elven / LotR and fit your face well. Maybe you can add one like that next year...

I flew down for that faire from WA Halloween weekend. I did die from heat exhaustion 😂 I'm not used to that weather. So many cool shops. I bought a LOT of stuff (I had to buy another travel bag to get all my loot home😂) my little brother lives in TX and takes his kids every year. This was my first time to TRF and I had an absolute BLAST! Your outfit turned out AMAZING! 🥰🥰🥰

Stunning as ever. I so would love to do this one day.

That was great! You look fabulous!

Love the look you put together ❤️

Enchanting yet Dangerous Elvan Maiden. Well Done. 😎

Years of faire-going, I can tell you nice loose pants would *not* be too hot to wear in the heat...and I live in Florida and used to go to the Georgia faire (April thru 1st wk of June) where 85 is considered a COOL day. In fact, do yourself a favor and get yourself a good pair of knee length bloomers to go under the skirt. SO much more comfy in the hot weather. Truly, it's sunlight on your bare skin that makes you hot. The one year I decided not to get all kitted up and just go in shorts and a tank--something I hadn't done for 10 years--I absolutely ROASTED. I hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, which is why I decided to go "casual" in street clothes because it meant I didn't have to leave for faire until 45 mins before rope drop, so I could catch an extra hour of sleep. The next morning, I put on my bloomers, chemise, underskirt, overskirt, and bodice, and I was seriously so much better, even though day 2 was hotter than the first one. The nice cotton gauzes most of us make our faire garb out of are much more breathable than the modern poly-cotton blends and denim we usually wear.

You have amazing taste love the skirt, amor and sword ! ❤

this is hyping me up for ren fest season aaaaa

You look great. Love your design talent.

Looks good! Thanks for sharing.

I'm heading out to Scarborough this weekend 🧐 I want more ren-things

My aunt got married here back in November. It was.. amazing. Like a wonderland of renaissance. I was overwhelmed with how much shopping there was

That outfit is awesome!

I lived on Houston for 20 years. I miss TRF so much!

I live in WV now, but I used to live in Houston and camped 3 years in a row lol. Fun faire! (Recognized the faire 5 seconds in, very distinctive parking lot lol)

Love TRF! We go every year, but I never get to shop, so this was fascinating to me.

I want that goddess dress you tried on at the start it was sooo pretty! The outfit is gorgeous at the end though :)

I've been saving up to get my dream set from my local ren fair. I'm super excited because I can fianlly get it after two years of saveing, well 3 seasons of their fair now, but it's finally gonna be mine and I can bring my little raven to life!

you're so pretty, girl 🥺

Really, you look so beautiful and the music at 15:38 with the sword skills is soooooooo cool!

Whoa, hats off to you Mam!

TRF is a great fair to do this at. Love it

Ah Boss Wench! She comes down here to Bay Area in Tampa Bay too! Good choice!

Great video, killer outfit

Beautiful! You look like a Noldor Princess!

Love this! You inspired me to try a bit of this at my next faire. Sorry if someone asked this in another comment that I didn’t see, where did you get the shorts you start the video with? I neeeeed some of those in my life and have been having the hardest time finding similar ones.

We go every year ❤ have fun

At the end, it gives level 1 to level 45! All those pieces are really cool! I definitely would've gone for the pre-set outfit, but where's the fun in that? XD the whole outfit looked amazing!

Texas also has the Scarborough Renfest which I highly recommend. And if you don't like crowds, the faire is pretty empty on Sunday (due to all the locals being in church the vendors informed us when we asked) compared to the Saturday which was packed. Renfests I have atteneded so far: Arizona (one two-day weekend): the aesthetic looked odd in the desert locale but it is a large faire and had a lot of unique shops and entertainment Bay Area in Florida (six times): smaller but has great shows and shops. The chess board show is especially entertaining. And they have a mermaid! In a tank! That speaks dolphin! Bristol in Wisconsin (six two-day weekends): large faire, very pretty, has unique events and a pirate ship! In the water! And now real washrooms. Highly recommend! Colorado (one two-day weekend): large faire with plenty of entertainment and shopping but the site is on an incline which not only means a lot of walking up and down but that also creates rain-washed cracks in places so walking parts of it can be quite challenging. And painful. Georgia ( two two-day weekends): smaller but its shops are more varied especially when it comes to home decor, has the best food I've ever had at a renfest and is very pretty Kansas City in Kansas (one two-day weekend): lots of great shops, I so want to go back Louisiana (one two-day weekend): very small and site needs investment Michigan (more than thirty times): large faire, excellent shows, unique shops as well as the typical fare, has more of a gritty look and feel, and is my personal favorite Minnesota (one two-day weekend): large faire and was loads of fun Ohio (five two-day weekends): has grown substantially over the years and is now as entertaining as the the larger fairs like Michigan and Bristol. Definitely Recommend! Scarborough in Texas (one two-day weekend): have to wear a sticker to purchase alcohol but had great shows, shops and street players as well as being very pretty. Highly recommend! Texas (one two-day weekend): it is the largest renfest in the USA and wonderful chaotic fun but had a lot of repeat shops with 'made in china' products

I enjoyed this very much. Thankyou.

Algorithm threw this my way; you look outstanding! I am so jealous as well; the Carolina Renaissance Festival over here in NC has gotten so crowded, it's miserable going to it these days. People are, figuratively, wall to wall. You can't even make it from one show to the next in time to catch them, but the shops are a little better (the shops, at least, can put limits on how many people are allowed in at a time). Do they have caps on how many tickets / how many can enter at the Texas festival itself?

Nicely done. You seem like youd be comfortable wearing those clothes everyday if you could. Nice sword flourish at the end too btw. Got some skills. 😉

TX Ren Festival is fun for those new to faires. I spent many a weekend there over 10 or 15 years span, but quit going in favor of smaller, less commercialized faires. I know people hate when others talk about how it "used to be"...... and this festival is no exception. They used to have chariot races and full contact jousts that drew huge crowds. Then there was a bad accident (someone was killed by a flying chariot wheel) and that was ended and the jousts stop going full contact.

You are a stunning elf 🧝‍♀️

I KNEW IT WAS THE TEXAS REN FAIRE! I love this place, it’s SUPER expensive but totally worth just going to experience it

I got a full outfit from Unicorn Clothing about 15 or so years ago, I am still using it and its still in amazing condition.

That is a CUTE outfit!

Glad you went with that crown! Very LOTR. More than that thinner one

Loved the outfit! 🎉🎉🎉

Love seeing the level-up. Looks great, though I imagine the tiara being made of a different material like hemp with flowers or leather, skipping the leather shoulder, and wielding a dagger instead of a sword. Seems almost like a rogue look.

Opening cut, i immediately knew the camping rows 🤣

2 Things I realized this week about TRF: it is one of the biggest and also it has been around long enough for my mom to have gone there in college.

So I pic a color theme and add to it until the outfit is complete and then start a new one in a different color it makes the experience so much more adventurous

Having dabbled a tiny bit in leathercraft.... i realized i could make those bracers you got..... for cheaper... edit... on another note, excellent job with your ren faire outfit!

I've never even been to a Ren fair. I live festival fashion though so I think this scratches the itch

lol went to TRF and walked out with my family tartan. Didn't even plan to go just happened to be in town and went for kicks and giggles.

As someone who has desperately wanted to do this (or rather, wanted ONE PIECE) but balked at the prices…you have inspired me to try again now with expectations of prices and a budget to compete. 😂

GRWM Elf edition. 😍

That shirt is beautiful on you -- in and out of ren-wear :)

You look *fabulous*!

TxRF! Huzzah! Nice costume!

maybe I can go ther one day. it seems like a better deal than Disneyland! it is however a long way there, I am danish. maybe I will start making my own pieces. I do work in leather after all.

When I was little I went to the ren faire on MN and I haven’t for so long cuz of Covid 😭 imma save up to go to the largest ren faire and ask my friends if they want to come :)

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.

It's a dream of mine to go to a Ren Fair, but I know I'd have to save up at least a grand to be able to enjoy it without financial stress or worry :')