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Pretty quiet, had a weather-related headache for part of it.
Photographed* my more-or-less complete 1920s-style dress – really more of a wearable muslin, as it’s a test version in cheap fabric. I enjoy looking at 1920s sewing patterns because even the ones that aren’t the One-Hour Dress are fairly simple, and sometimes when I’m bored I mentally design my own using features** from the vintage patterns – so this was an attempt to actually make one such design.
ETA – posted another chapter of 1983. Things googled while writing this chapter include “Andalusian terms of endearment,” “did the New York Public Library have a newspaper archives in 1983,” “Dana’s apartment in Ghostbusters,” “history of domestic refrigerators in Europe,” “skim milk packaging 1980s” and “vintage oreo packaging 1980s.”
*Normally in photos my head looks really big, but when I take photos in the stairwell with my iPad propped on the steps, it’s the reverse, which I guess adds some variety.
** I don’t believe I’ve ever seen this pointed out in so many words by writers on historical fashions, but I get the impression from the home-sewist patterns of the time that it was a Thing to group the frills or other features at the front of the skirt, with the back left relatively plain; probably to emphasize the hips-tucked-forward “debutante slouch” silhouette. Which is a roundabout way of saying I decided after taking the photos that the sash really ought to tie at the front.
Photographed* my more-or-less complete 1920s-style dress – really more of a wearable muslin, as it’s a test version in cheap fabric. I enjoy looking at 1920s sewing patterns because even the ones that aren’t the One-Hour Dress are fairly simple, and sometimes when I’m bored I mentally design my own using features** from the vintage patterns – so this was an attempt to actually make one such design.
ETA – posted another chapter of 1983. Things googled while writing this chapter include “Andalusian terms of endearment,” “did the New York Public Library have a newspaper archives in 1983,” “Dana’s apartment in Ghostbusters,” “history of domestic refrigerators in Europe,” “skim milk packaging 1980s” and “vintage oreo packaging 1980s.”
*Normally in photos my head looks really big, but when I take photos in the stairwell with my iPad propped on the steps, it’s the reverse, which I guess adds some variety.
** I don’t believe I’ve ever seen this pointed out in so many words by writers on historical fashions, but I get the impression from the home-sewist patterns of the time that it was a Thing to group the frills or other features at the front of the skirt, with the back left relatively plain; probably to emphasize the hips-tucked-forward “debutante slouch” silhouette. Which is a roundabout way of saying I decided after taking the photos that the sash really ought to tie at the front.
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Date: 2018-08-27 03:57 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2018-08-27 07:16 pm (UTC)From:Nice! I like both the dress and how you look in it.
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Date: 2018-08-27 09:02 pm (UTC)From:On a different note, can I pick your brain some time about hair? I'm trying to present more retro femme these days but I've had short, punky hair for six years, and it occurs to me that when it's finally longer, I have no clue how to style it to look vintage.
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