Rogue Corset - Beige / Brown

The street is a hard place to conduct business, but it’s a way of life you’ve become very good at keeping. You have a reputation as one of the deadliest rogues in the city, with knife skills to rival even the King of Thieves. He’s actually a close friend of yours.

Those who don’t know any better think you are simply a pretty face, and those poor ol’ saps usually don’t escape with coin left in their purse.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Rogue Corset is a leather underbust designed to protect the abdomen while making you look and feel confident surviving the cut throat streets. The corset’s fit is highly adjustable thanks to the leather cord lacing down the back, as well as the canvas straps along the sides, shoulders, and along the front. The leather bodice is embellished with canvas accents against the full-grain leather. With regular leather care, you can expect the Rogue Corset to last a long time. Use this corset to create an intimidating statement or add some interest to your kit.

Customers Please Note: This is not a cincher corset

HISTORY

• Typically used as an undergarment through history, made from fabric and bone
• Metal corsets were invented during the 16th century, the closest historical evidence of women’s corsets being used as potential armour
• Corset armour has gained popularity through fiction and fantasy literature

The sword sits in your baldric hanging down over your Fencing Shirt, faithful to its master despite the challenges. It has been a long and dusty road, but that sword has remained at your side through it all.

As your infantry unit comes to a halt, there is the tension one always feels before the fight. You resist the anxiety, because the moment you step into battle all of that must fade away. It will be you fighting alongside your fellow soldiers, and it will be the sword hanging in your trusted baldric that keeps you alive.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Fencing Shirt is a loose roguish garment designed for comfort and style. Made from medium cotton, this shirt falls just under the hip and is fitted with a high collar with a v-neckline. Adjust the collar opening with a laced cotton cord through brass eyelets. The sleeves are designed to give a full, loose look associated with swashbucklers, pirates and musketeers. Tighten a cotton cord at the wrists to keep the fabric out of the way, made to easily fit inside a pair of gloves or gauntlets.

The style is classic late renaissance, but will match a wide variety of characters. Match with other Epic Armoury clothes and armours to create your personalized look.

HISTORY

• Shirts began as a form of undergarments for men in the 7th-10th centuries
• Considered more of a Renaissance-era fashion for men with its billowy sleeves
• Traditionally worn as an underlayer beneath a doublet or vest

As a squire, you must wake with the sun to prepare for your training. You are responsible for your master as well as your extra chores, and it’s only after the morning’s water is boiled and you’ve set out your master’s clothing and armour that you are allowed to begin your drills.

What armour you own, a pair of Squire Bracers, is easy enough for you to wear as you practice your sword swings. One day you will be a fearsome knight. For now, you must continue to work hard.

DETAILS

Epic Armoury’s Bracers Squire are sturdy leather armguards designed to protect the forearms during combat. Made from four thick full-grain leather plates fit together using tough leather cords, these bracers have great structural strength to make them last a long time and resist deformation. Comfort is also important, as these bracers feature soft split-leather lining against your skin on the inside.

Secure this gauntlet to your arm by adjusting the leather cord lacing to your desired tightness. The style is timeless and moderate, and is fully compatible with other Epic Armoury leather and metal armours, giving you the freedom to customize your costume.

HISTORY

• Unlike popular belief, arm protection was only called a bracer if it was meant to protect the forearm of an archer
• Forearm protection not intended for an archer would have been called a vambrace or forearm guard