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

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

I do have "What Clothes Reveal", which I have to look at more. But I'm always happy to look at books. :-)

[tattycat.livejournal.com]

That's a good that I actually don't have yet. I do have the clothes at Williamsburg book, and Whatever Shall I Wear (which is probably the one book I would hand anyone new to the 18th c.) and several others.

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think I do have “Whatever Shall I Wear”. It’s sad, I buy books and don’t remember it.