Ever After Men's Medieval Costume Ideas

"Ever After," a 1998 updated Cinderella story starring Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott, featured many sumptuous costumes to inspire Renaissance-era costume enthusiasts. To find your own "Ever After"-inspired medieval costume, choose a design that recalls the romanticism of the era depicted in the film. These costumes are appropriate for Renaissance fairs, Halloween parties and Renaissance-themed weddings.

Very Merry Seamstress

The Very Merry Seamstress has a large selection of men's Renaissance-style costumes. Designer Heather Piper-Brown studied costume design at SUNY Oswego and sells highly detailed costumes and accessories. The Very Merry Seamstress features vests of brocade or velvet for fancy occasions or vests in solid colors for a more casual event (vests start at $50). Doublets, or vests that lace in front, are also offered (starting at $95). For an "Ever After" look, Pumpkin Pants, puffy velvet knickers with an adjustable waist, are a good option for $98. Braes are cooler, however, as they are essentially linen shorts for $25. Piper-Brown also creates cuffed breeches for men in various materials, starting at $50, and tights for $42.50 to $52. The Very Merry Seamstress also sells modest codpieces to wear over the tights, noting that they are strictly "family-friendly." Codpieces can be added in matching fabric for $13.

Renaissance Costumes Clothing offers eleven different "Ever After"-inspired ensembles ranging from Robin Hood styles to knights' armor. Your best bet for recalling the romanticism of the movie are the men's nobleman costumes, which come with stylish accessories including hats, capes, boot covers and pants. Some also come with a puff-sleeved shirt, shown frequently throughout the movie. These sets are priced from $40 to $60 and also come in larger sizes.

The Tudor Shoppe sells either complete costume sets or individual pieces in period-appropriate styles. Vests or doublets made of suede, velvet or brocade are priced from $32 to $120, so you can find one for most any budget. Men's shirts for either peasants or noblemen range from $22 to about $60, come in various colors and materials and have the appropriate full sleeves and flowing look for the period. Breeches, or pants, come in fine velvets, satins and cottons and cost between $23 and $95. The store is one of few that also sell appropriate footwear, retailing from $30 to $120, in styles from rugged boots to fine nobleman's slippers.

Museum Replicas has exquisitely detailed men's costumes ranging from a fitted, quilted, sleeveless military gambeson shirt for $48 to a cavalier shirt with a lace-up collar and gold satin sleeve inserts for $70 to a billowy white shirt made of cotton for $42. They also sell a variety of tights and pants ranging in price from $28 to $95, as well as hats and jewelry appropriate to the period.