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Medieval Renaissance Peasant Separate Tops for Women
Create your own Medieval Peasant Costume to wear to a Renaissance Fair; cosplay con; an LARP or RPG event; or as a Halloween Costume by mixing and matching separate pieces.
I love becoming different characters for a day by dressing in a costume and the Renaissance era is my favorite time period. There are so many different characters and costumes which can be created for this time in history; including fantasy roles.
I am a semi-homemade kind of person when it comes to creating costumes. I like to use separate costume pieces to put together the look I want by layering, as well as getting a better size fitting. Too often for me, a one size costume does not fit me correctly. Usually, the top is too tight and the bottom too big, so I have found it much better for me to get separate pieces to create my own personal look with accessories that I like. It is also so much easier to accessorize when building a costume from separates.
I am featuring separate tops worn by the lower and working-class women during the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods. The plain simple peasant tops represent the class of women who filled the roles of tavern wenches, shopkeepers, kitchen maids, milkmaids, servants, and farm girls during the Middle Ages. Usually, the outfit of the day consisted of a peasant style blouse or a chemise, which was worn as the undergarment, with a corset and several layered skirts.
Medieval Renaissance Bell Sleeve
Peasant Blouses
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Peasant blouses can be worn under a corset or a peasant style vest, tucked inside a skirt waistline or worn loose over a skirt with a metal chain belt or leather sash.
I would only wear this blouse if I was not planning to wear a corset or a separate over bodice as they would hide the pretty ruffled detailing of the blouse. The blouse is ruffled at the curved neckline, at the curved hem and on the hem of the 3/4 length bell sleeves. There are 3 rows of ruffles across the front of the shirt too which give it an ultra-feminine appeal. It buttons down the front with wood buttons and the fabric is textured ivory cotton muslin.
Women’s Crocheted Boat Neck Bell Sleeve Peasant Blouse
Wear this beautiful crocheted top over a long flowy skirt and tie it at the hips, or at the waist, with the attached sash into a big bow giving a flattering blouson fit. If you prefer tuck it in hiding the crochet sashed hem and wear with an underbust corset or a waist cincher. The fabric is sheer and airy. I recommend wearing a camisole or a lacey bra under the blouse would be appropriate because of the sheer fabric.
Peasant Wench Renaissance Double Ruffled Bell Sleeve Costume Top
With double ruffles down the front, on the hems of the blouse and the 3/4 length bell sleeves, this white peasant blouse has a very pretty feminine appeal to it. The ruffles are edged with a delicate kingri lace trim which adds historical authenticity to this feminine top.
Women’s Renaissance Wench Bell Sleeve Costume Tops
Fun for Renaissance Faires and Pirate Festivals! Peasant tops with trumpet sleeve can be worn with full flowy skirts as a Medieval maiden or with tight-fitting pants or leggings and thigh-high boots for a lady musketeer outfit. See the examples next.
Romantic Renaissance Lady Cutlass Hi-Low Hem Blouses
I recommend wearing a corset over the smocked elastic waistline of these peasant tops and pair them with double layered peasant skirts. The ruffled blouse hem can then be worn outside and over the top of the skirt layers or it can be tucked inside the waistline of the skirts. The choice is yours as to what you feel most comfortable with and the look you would like to achieve.
Double puff long trumpet sleeve chemise style blouses are handmade with ample fabric to fit larger women up to a plus size. There is too much fabric for smaller petite women and i fear will swallow them up in cloth. The tops are available in 10 different colors and are best suited worn under a corset, waist cincher, or wide decorative belt.
Women’s Renaissance Off-Shoulder
Long Sleeve Peasant Tops
Long sleeve peasant blouses can be worn for many different costume events, with a huge variety of costume characters, and for many different eras in history.
Renaissance Off-Shoulder Long Sleeve Black Chemise Peasant Top
This is a fabulous peasant shirt and it is available in 10 different colors. I am featuring 3 other colors below. The snug fit of the elastic smocked waist makes it a perfect choice to wear under a corset, laced bodice, vest, or waist cincher. It will look fabulous tucked into a skirt for a Renaissance costume or worn out layered over layered skirts for a historical costume.
Wear it with layered skirts topped with a short tartan plaid overskirt for a Scottish Highland Lass costume. Think the “Outlander”, while wrapping a plaid shawl around your shoulders.
Pair it with leggings for a pirate or musketeer costume. Just add boots, a feathered cavalier hat, and a corset. The fabric is a light and breezy rayon (I recommend washing on a gentle cycle) with a nice drape. It has an elastic neckline which can be worn on or off the shoulders.
Renaissance Tavern Wench Trumpet Sleeve
Ribbon Tie Blouses
This sheer rayon tavern peasant wench top is adorable with its ribbon ties at the elbows of the trumpet sleeves and at the gathered neckline. It is available in 4 solid colors. Personally, I would wear a corset or a lace-up bodice over the blouse and pair it with double-layered skirts. The top can be worn on or off the shoulders by adjusting the ribbon ties.
A typical chemise style peasant top with a beautiful drape from the rayon fabric used in its design. It is made with an elastic neckline with ties and elastic in the puffed sleeve at the wrist. Wear it on or off the shoulders with a peasant style Renaissance skirt for a simple peasant women costume. The blouse comes in 5 different colors including this wine color. I’m featuring a few of them next.
A delicate scallop lace trims the edges of the elastic on-off-shoulder neckline, the sleeves bell cuffs, and the blouse hemline. The cotton blend fabric gives a beautiful drape to this romantic blouse.
A slashed trumpet sleeve with lace tube sleeve inserts turn this otherwise simple peasant blouse into a blouse fit for a Renaissance queen. Available in white and black (shown).
Renaissance Short Sleeve Peasant Tops
Short sleeve peasant blouses might be the perfect solution for hot summer days at a Renaissance Fair. They can be used for a multitude of other costumes as well, not just Renaissance costumes. Just off the top of my head, a few I have come up with are Red Riding Hood, Dorothy from Oz, and Octoberfest maidens. Whatever your costume needs may be, I am featuring a few different short sleeve styles to help you with your semi-homemade woman’s costume.
A very inexpensive short puff sleeve peasant top that just might save the day if planning on an all day in the hot sun Renaissance Fair. The fabric is a sheer rayon that is machine washable. For the very low price, I don’t expect it last forever, but it is a great peasant top to wear in hot weather. It is available in charcoal (shown), blue, and purple.
I love the ruched gathered raglan part of this beige summer top. It is ideal to wear with an under-bust corset in hot weather. It will look fabulous when worn with peasant skirts, corset, and a shawl. The top is also available in long sleeves.
These tops aren’t historically accurate as far as the fabric goes, but they do work well for festival costumes as well as Halloween costumes. They are available in 7 colors.
I love this elastic smocked waist peasant top for a summer Renaissance peasant wench or gypsy costume. The smocking on the hem of these tops makes in much easier to keep the blouse tucked into a skirt. It is made of chiffon and is double layered so you won’t have to worry about it being see-through. I would wear it tucked into a peasant skirts and under a corset bodice.
I would wear this sweet feminine short sleeve peasant blouse with two layers of full gathered skirts and a waist cincher corset with the tails hanging out from under the corset and over the top of the skirts. I wouldn’t want to hide the delicate kingri lace trim on the hem of the ruffles. Kingri lace also trims the edge of the wide floating collar at the shoulders and the ruffled short sleeves.
Ladies Short Sleeve Renaissance Chemise Peasant Tops
Very full short sleeve chemise peasant tops in a one-size-fits-all size. It has a lot of fabric and will NOT be suitable for a small, petite woman. These tops are better suited for women who wear medium to X-large sizes. The blouse can be worn out over or under your skirts, cinched at the waist with a wide belt or a corset. I like the idea of wearing a leather corset and double-layered skirts with this peasant top for an authentic rustc peasant appeal.
I hope you have found a peasant style top suitable to wear with your Renaissance peasant costume.
Keep in mind there are only three really important things to remember when searching for the right Medieval Renaissance Peasant Blouse to wear with your Medieval Renaissance Cosplay costume….
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