rennie

A term used by Renaissance festival performers and artisans to refer to the faire patrons who try to look/act authentic, but fail horribly. They often wear clothing they made themselves -- which shows admirable effort -- but they often make terrible mistakes such as wearing a hoop skirt without a real skirt on top or a bodice with no boning. Men will sometimes try to pass a lady's pleated skirt off as a kilt. Some wear clothing found in a costume shop and look as if a Disney movie or Tolkien novel threw up on them. The worst of them use the renfaire as an excuse to dress unacceptably slutty. A buxom woman might wear an open-weave crocheted brassier. A man might wear pants slit all the way up the side (which would acceptable and historically accurate with another pair of pants underneath). Worst of all, they will get disgustingly drunk and try to hit on everyone they see, creeping out performers and patrons alike. Rennies are the ones who give Renaissance festivals bad reputations. Used with disdain.