Hooded Cloak

A Cloak has been around since the times ancient Greeks and Romans and probably before that. 

It's a garment to wear over your normal garments that is easily added and removed as needed for weather protection, whether that be sun, rain, wind or cold.

They come in many varieties, some with hoods, some without, some down to ankles or some finishing just below at the knee, (any shorter and they become Capes)  they can be ornate, trimmed with fur or anything, they can ceremonial, give you invisibility, worn to the Opera but are usually just practical. They are usually lined, they don't have arms but may have slits for the arms to pass through. 

The only common thing is they fasten at the front at the neckline with a buckle, button, chain, broach or indeed any fastening that can hold the weight of the fabric on its own as its the only fastening.

This is a fantasy hooded cloak 

Arabian Barbute

Now I'm not sure this helmet as a real historical equivalent at all, although did find a few images of turbans wrapped around helmets.

Its open faced barbute in style, made from plastic with a plastic ring around the crown to give a turban style Arabic look and then painted.

The helm was found within a batch of theatre kit, unlabelled or marked so who knows what it was used for.

Now its part of larp kit.

Beanie to Snood

One of the great uses of beanie hats is to make snoods, most of the £2 beanie hats from the supermarket are a tube of machine knitted fabric rolled over and stitched together at the top. Unpick the top or just cut the top off and you have a long tube of stretchy fabric which become an instant cheap snood.

Snoods are mainly used in lrp especially by the crew who need quick changes. They are used to hide the edges of masks and cover the neck where the mask ends saving makeup.

Cheap beanie plain colour, cheaper the better usually.

Feel for the double layer of fabric.

Unpick the top, or cut or tears if you want it quick.

This leaves a tube of fabric.

Stretch over your head

until around your neck.

Then pull up over your head, usually with you mask already on as below.

The rough unfinished edges you get from unpicking or tearing, just add to the effect.

Carrot Top

This carrot topped headwear was picked up from Chows Emporium around 8 years ago

It was from an opera called "Sir John in Love" labelled actor final scene and now used for tribal shaman in LRP

The wicker frame is tied together with sackcloth/hessian, fitted over a padded skull cap and then topped with an artificial carrot.

Watch for low branches and don't even attempt doorways wearing this hat

Seen above with a carrot-nosed facemask and below with an onion covered shawl also from Chows

Chow's Hood

This hood and total costume ensemble comes from Chows Emporium one of my favourite traders

In the photo above I'm wearing the costume to play a alien warrior in sci-fi larp system.

The Hood is large and interestingly decorated made of artificial leather and fur, the style is pure fantasy.