Ah, yes, another reason to do living history. I have been fortunate enough to attend one real inaugural ball, but those don't come along very often. I also do modern western square dancing (my husband is a caller), which gives me another opportunity to play with fabrics and fancy trims. I gave up the short styles with pouffy crinolines a while ago; the longer skirts are worn with softer petticoats--the circumference is just as full, but it doesn't stand out as much. I DON'T make my petticoats, though. Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:57:55 -0600 Subject: Re: [h-cost] various fashion
> I heard a comment about the color black in clothing: " People wear black > > because it reflects the mood of the times." > The guys I know who wear black, aside from the wannabeagoth crowd, do so because they know it will match all their other black stuff. They want to look nice, but are design challenged when it comes to picking colors or textures. Fashion changes too much to keep up with, so they stay with safe neutral colors. As for dressing up in historic costume but not in real life, I rarely have RL chances to wear long gowns, silk dresses , beaded fabrics or anything requiring a crinoline. But costume events give me several chances a year to get decked out in something fancy and original. It's not that I don't want to wear ball gowns, I just don't get to many State Dinners or Coronations. :) Dawn _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
