I guess the answer partially depends on your ideas regarding cleanliness, and what social station you are portraying. Someone lower down the social scale might only have one pair everything, but could stay clean by changing linens. I'm shooting for a change of clothing for every potential day of an event, and ideally two.

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Originally posted by chef de chambre:
I'm shooting for a change of clothing for every potential day of an event, and ideally two.

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I'm glad I'm starting with a middle class portrayal

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Originally posted by Saverio:

So how about the rest of you? especially those who do portrayals lower on the social ladder.

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I do lower class....it depends on the weather. If I am going to a cold event, I will bring layers, my heavy longsleeved lined dress (wool w/ linen lining), a wool unlined shortsleeve (pin-on sleeves) dress, and two linen smocks. If it is warmer, I won't bother with the heavy lined dress, and I'll bring a second linen shortsleeve dress instead. If it gets too hot or two cold during the event, I just add, subtract, or swap garments as needed. I don't actually have two of anything, aside from smocks, and I haven't felt the need to acquire a second set either. If stuff gets wet, I can just change the linen smock, and the wool garments are still fairly comfortable even when wet.

• 2 fustian undergowns, short sleeves
  
• 1 Wool undergown, long sleeves
  
• 1 wool overgown
  
• 6 smocks
  
• 6 stockings
  
• 6 pairs drawers
  
• 2 tuckers
  
• 2 headcloths
  
• 2 pairs shoes
  
• 2 aprons
  
• 1 pr wool sleeves lined in linen
  
• 1 lined hood.
  

The temp at our spring event ranges from freezing/snowing to over 90*, and Pennsic ranges from about 45* to about 100 with 100% humidity.

Frankly, I think the number of smocks, drawers and stockings I have is excessive for my medieval station, but I like to have clean linen every day and I can't always find time to rinse things out at night.

As previously mentioned, it is the change of undergarments that makes the difference. The outer garments do not get that dirty and can be worn numerous times. Just putting on clean linens makes all the difference.

I would work on additional undergarment items and then add more tunics and other pieces down the road. As Chef pointed out some people may only get one or two new tunics a year, depending on their station. I have started using feast days as a way of expanding my wardrobe. I set two feast days a year that I make a new suit of clothes for. Usually a tunic, an over tunic, a set of chauces and a hood. This gives you a suit of clothing that goes well together but also allows you to mix and match with your other stuff.

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I find it useful to consider the weather you are likely to encounter.

For each event I bring:
enough smocks for every day of the event
enough headcloths or headdresses for every day of the event (mine always get very dirty)

then I bring:
something for hot (ie 80 degrees and higher)
something for cold (ie 50 degrees or colder)
something for rain (pretty much guarenteed up here )

mix and match as possible (I've styled this "medieval garanimals", which dates me horribly).

also lately I've been doing upper class more than my usual middle class, and so require three full layers at all times. :P

in summary, in my trunk for the event this weekend (weather will run from 80* and muggy during the day to 45* at night, chances of showers fairly high) I have:
3 linen smocks/chemisas
3 pair drawers/braes
2 pair warm weather linen stockings
1 pair heavy wool stockings
2 kirtles in mid weight brocade
1 wool overgown
1 lighterweight jaquard fustian overgown
1 heavy wool mens coat (good for middle of the night bathroom runs )
1 wool hood
1 hennin and veil
1 horned linen headdress with 2 sets of linen veils
2 pr shoes
1 pr pattens
1 silk partlet

again, remember this is for an upper class portrayal, at an event where I'm expected to preside and be all decorative the entire time (ugh). Obviously the event the NEXT weekend, where I get to play middle class cookgirl I get to bring less clothing, and stuff gets to do more double duty.

hope this helps,
--Anne-Marie

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My wife does the same thing with my super tunics. I wondered why she was so happy that I made one.

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CHAMBER POT!!!!!

Man do I want one

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lot more decent than just a cloak- especially in windy weather, don't ask how I know this......

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Hmmm, it sure makes me believe something about what (or what not) you sleep in.

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