Edwardian styles have been creeping back into couture.
The whole purpose of the Edwardian silhouette with it’s s-bend corset, white shoulders, ’stuffed’-like bosom, hip-hugging skirt, and flared hem, was to personify the elegance of the exaggerated female form: Small waist, curving hips, delicate, subtle yet substantial, and a generous, matriarchial busom. It was smooth, lacey, art [...]
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Givenchy on Edwardiana
Posted in Fashion History, Silliness on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Physical Culture
Posted in Philosophy, Silliness, tagged 19th Century Physical Culture, Physical Culture on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is important stuff for a costumer – particularly a 19th and early 20th century one – to know.
Did you hate gym class? Did you find it a terrible, tyrannical thing? Well here is some academic logic behind those feelings.
The concept of the gymnasium and physical regime grew out of the 19th century. Prior to [...]
The S-curve
Posted in Economics & Fashion, Silliness, tagged Edwardian Fashion, Edwardian S-curve, S-curve on May 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
S-curves are on the brain. They come in lots of colors and sizes. They are marvelous things and here is why.
The birth of novelties is a chicken or the egg affair. They come from advances in technology which comes from desire which is a result of advances in technology and so on.
Let us take Patchouli [...]
Bow-Bottomed Shorts
Posted in Silliness, tagged Bows, Shorts, Shorts with Bows on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is clear and undeniable proof that if a combination can be imagined, it can and will eventually exist. The world of fashion has obviously been taking hints on clothing decoration from eras long past, and in some cases their shock for shock sake – or feminize and embellish for feminization and embellishment’s sake – and [...]
Costuming requires Risk Taking (or, Joann’s)
Posted in Silliness, tagged Costuming on March 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have a lot more fabric than I thought I did. I wasn’t sure if I would need to use the plum to line the polonaise. If such was the case, then I would need to be rather stingy with the design and would have less froth.
Yesterday I broke down and went to the local [...]
Purple and Forbidden
Posted in Silliness, tagged Silliness on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I read an article not too long ago – I think it was in the New Yorker – that mentioned that what was popular lately was purple and the forbidden. This statement seems to be something like one of those fill-in-the-blanks that columnists seem to use when a deadline is approaching and have run out [...]
Ceci n’est pas une Botte
Posted in Silliness, tagged Boot, Boot Purse, boots, Fashion, Purse on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been skiing lately. So no historical costuming until the snow melts.
But here is a remarkable link. It’s a boot. No, it’s a bag that is made to look like a boot. Or maybe its a boot that was turned into a bag, because it really does look like a boot. So if you want [...]
