I haven't watched mad men but i think the 50s revival has been bubbling along for a while before it popped up. Especially among plus sized women who, thanks to the internet, now have options beyond the shapeless sacks found in major department stores. Elizabeth
On Sun, 28 Apr. 2019, 4:00 pm Lavolta Press, <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing that interests me is modern trends/fashions in historic > costuming. Some are widespread. Movies are a definite influence. The > Titanic movie set off a wave of interest in 1910s styles, and > reenactment and dance events to wear them at, that is still sloshing > around. The revival of Jane Austen's books, and the movies made from > them, has sparked tons of interest in Empire styles. Books can be an > influence; for example the interest in the Women's Institute One-Hour > Dress booklets. (Even though it's not an hour, at least not if you > consider preshrinking your fabric, finishing the seams, trimmings, and > any hand sewing whatever.) The problem I see with that, sometimes, is > people insist that sensible compromises in materials and labor are Total > Accuracy because they can't admit they are never 100% accurate. Or > sometimes, it's just the current fashionable thing in a group. For > example, a longstanding Renaissance Faire performer (a woman) once told > me they had a new member who made beautiful and expensive leather > doublets. All the men wanted one, and the doublet maker racked up lots > of preorders. This woman's husband really wanted a leather doublet > because they were trendy, so she bought him one for Christmas. (Or > rather, got him on the preorder list.) I admired her for not going round > and round about when and why leather doublets were worn, just saying > frankly that people in her group wanted them because they were trendy. > > I suppose Mad Men has influenced modern mainstream fashions, though I > hated boxy little sheath dresses then and I hate them now. > > Any more examples? > > Fran > > Lavolta Press > > www.lavoltapress.com > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
