Viking Maiden

The local chapter of the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) held a Viking feast last year. My friends and I heard about it and decided a night out, eating off wooden plates and playing stupid Viking games, sounded like fun. I threw this basic gear together, finished the capelet (which had been sitting unfinished in my closest for almost 5 years) and grabbed all my medieval style jewellry. Voila! Instant Viking!

It helps that I'm actually of Norwegian ancestry and thus actually part Viking. Yes, the hair is all mine...it's almost to my knees when loose. Those two braids in the front have 3 or 4 others just like them hanging down my back.

Edit: I figured I'd also add the details of my persona, as it stood when I was a VERY active member of the SCA. My registered persona, Kale Gabraina (though I went by Chastangela Freyasdottir), was the youngest daughter of a widowed Byzantine noblewoman and her father was a member of the Varangian Guard. I won't bore everyone with the details or arguments over accuracies etc, but this was the basis for my choice of using richer colors and fabrics in this garb. I have a set of proper Byzantine garb as well, which I hope to photograph and post one of these days.