For living history kit, a servant’s outfit and accessories are about as simple as it gets.

To present yourself as a servant, you must have at least one basic set of clothes and a few other items. . Please refer to our clothing glossary for definitions of the garments.

Required:

• Braes: Style will be timeframe dependent.
  
• Hosen: Probably “point” hosen, but possibly “tailed” or “joined” in post-1400 timeframes
• Shirt
• Tunic or Cote: Which, as well as the cut, depends on role and timeframe.
  
• Belt
• Purse
• Small “use” knife and sheath
• Headgear: Necessary if your hairstyle is not a period appropriate one. Your role may determine the most suitable sort, influenced by the time period being portrayed.
• Shoes

plus

• Bowl: A wooden one is fine.
• Spoon: One with a fig shaped bowl, wooden will do.
• A drinking vessel: If you don;t want to drink out of your bowl, which is a fine medieval solution.

Recommended:

• Cloke or a second Cote: Always welcome on cold days
• Pattens: You will be grateful of these if the ground is wet.