SCA Life

Be wary of the terrifying creatures who are known as . . . garb nazis. (Also known as costume nazis.)

In every organization there are those who will find some way to prove themselves superior to their fellow person, and garb nazis are of their number. The average garb nazi wears picture perfect garb of whatever period they have chosen, and they tend to condemn anyone whose garb is less than picture perfect.

Unfortunately, these folks don’t always take other people’s monetary issues into consideration, nor do they consider that people in period may have varied their garments from those chosen by artists to memorialize.

Do not allow these less than friendly folks to depress you too much if they attack your garb. The point of the SCA is a bit of fun, not slavish imitation of people seen in Jan van Eyck or Hieronymus Bosch paintings. If you run afoul of a garb nazi, your best bet is to smile, nod and get away as quickly as possible. And don’t take them too seriously.

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