A word on fabrics

In the beginning.... there were fig leaves.

Then natural fiber cloth

Then after a really looooooooooooooooooong time, man-made fabrics.

Let us discuss them.

I love natural fibers, they last wonderfully, and are readily avalible. Now I also love my strechy pants, and tank tops with elastic, and all other kinds of modern fabrics. But some do, and do not have a place in garb. If I am wearing a skirt for everyday walking around, working, helping with Feast etc... I am willing to say that 99% of the time, that skirt..... is cotton, or a very heavy cotton blend. Why? Its durable, and if i am helping with feast and i get to close to the flames, or need a quick pot-holder..... guess what, cotton works well. If I though about trying that with a synthetic fiber skirt..... it would melt..... into my hand. Or say I am near a fire, and *oops* get to close...... cotton scorches..... synthetic melts.  Now, many of my shirts are synthetic, and that's fine. I  can easily keep that away from the fire, or have a layer of cotton in between. So think about where you are going when you pick (if possible) the material an item is made out of. Its called Logic.

..... Unless its really cute, then screw logic and look cute! But be careful

As for outer wear such as cloaks, there are many options, wool, fleece,velvet, canvas, just to name a few. I have a pure wool cloak that was given to me by my mother. this cloak is 27 years old, and it still looks great. Also, it is warm! I have been in rainy events where I am all warm and dry in my cloak, while others in cloaks are soaked to the bone, and cold. However, if this cloak had not be passed to me, it would be exspensive to create, but in the end, worth every penny. I have hear the merits of polar fleece cloaks and tunics made by the amazing Linden (this woman is amazing in everything I have seen her do!), and I am planning to make myself a tunic in that style soon. But polar fleece can get hot, and melts when exposed to high temperatures, like fire. So they all have their yeas, and drawbacks.