Vanity

[chargirlgenius]

So, when and if I ever get around to making 18th century clothes, do they all have to be ankle length? I've been looking mostly at extant stuff, so I have no idea how long it would be on somebody.

I'm vain, and I've always preferred floor-length to make me look longer than wider. Ok, so I know if I add the bum roll thingies and maybe pocket hoops and all of that I'll be plenty wide, but y'know what I mean?

In other news, 29 lbs of tropical weight wool arrived today. Woo! The cranberry is a little too stretchy to be the 100% that it's advertised as, and the houndstooth is a bit too modern. So I have to think about those and what to do with them.

Comments

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

I think it's really just the 1770s that are short - in fashion plates of the 1780s you can just see the feet, and in the 1790s you can't even do that at times.

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

And of course, I've been considering aiming at the 1770s. :-) But that's purely from a "that's when the war was" point. I have to compare silhouettes more.

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

/o\ I wondered if it was something like that. But I think you could get away with longer skirts and just be not entirely fashionable, as many people are!