I love just how convoluted these became. Layers and layers of sneaky closures. One would have thought that shorter clothes with fewer foundations would have instantly made for simpler closers -- No! Surprise, it still takes you half and hour and help from a maid to get dressed. Please do show us these dresses in more detail. FABULOUS VIDEO!
I’ve been looking for a resource like this FOREVER!! I can’t wait for the pattern to come out! I’d enthusiastically welcome as deep a dive into each of these beautiful garments as you’re willing to go.
I just love the 1910s with all their super different varieties. Is there any chance you could put those dresses on a mannequin or a dress form? I'd love to see them in fuller versions. :) Also, as to closures in that period, I can't remember where I heard it, but someone said, you were meant to look as if you didn't put a dress on, but you magically materialised inside the dress, very funny, but accurate way to describe their hidden closure systems. :D
The dress on the right is very similar to my great grandmother's wedding dress, from 1912. All that was left when I was little was the bodice and omg, the hooks, the eyes, the snaps were so complicated but when it was all done up it looked great. Well as great as a terminally fragile mix of Persian silk, French lace and tiny faux crystals made for a woman wearing an industrial strength corset could look on a skinny 11 year old!
new bought snaps nowadays rust away in a couple of washes in the washing machine......the snaps on my shoes were worn before my shoe was....the quality of the metal certainly went down as well...
Because they could! I guess it's because dressmakers were still working out how to make the clothes work, with the same skill set they had from only a few years ago. The structure that was in the corset was not there anymore so they had to come up with some sort of transitional way. After all it wasn't a given that clothes would inevitably get simpler. There was, for a time, a real possibility that the whole corset thing could have made a comeback. There's a few times when it 'could' have happened
I love just how convoluted these became. Layers and layers of sneaky closures. One would have thought that shorter clothes with fewer foundations would have instantly made for simpler closers -- No! Surprise, it still takes you half and hour and help from a maid to get dressed. Please do show us these dresses in more detail. FABULOUS VIDEO!
Oh yes please... more on dresses.
Wow, I had no idea that snaps had been around for so long. Great video.
I would love to see those dresses in more detail!
Fascinating!
Oh my goodness! This is FASCINATING!!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to share all this.
Always more videos on dissecting these and other antique garments. It is so helpful and inspiring to see how they were done! Thank you
Oooh, yes I would love more videos about these dresses!
Thank you so much for creating this video. It's very important subject matter should be made common knowledge.
I’ve been looking for a resource like this FOREVER!! I can’t wait for the pattern to come out!
I’d enthusiastically welcome as deep a dive into each of these beautiful garments as you’re willing to go.
Amazing video, can make video about 1912 cerulean blue dress. The dress is so beautiful!!!
I just love the 1910s with all their super different varieties. Is there any chance you could put those dresses on a mannequin or a dress form? I'd love to see them in fuller versions. :) Also, as to closures in that period, I can't remember where I heard it, but someone said, you were meant to look as if you didn't put a dress on, but you magically materialised inside the dress, very funny, but accurate way to describe their hidden closure systems. :D
The dress on the right is very similar to my great grandmother's wedding dress, from 1912. All that was left when I was little was the bodice and omg, the hooks, the eyes, the snaps were so complicated but when it was all done up it looked great. Well as great as a terminally fragile mix of Persian silk, French lace and tiny faux crystals made for a woman wearing an industrial strength corset could look on a skinny 11 year old!
new bought snaps nowadays rust away in a couple of washes in the washing machine......the snaps on my shoes were worn before my shoe was....the quality of the metal certainly went down as well...
*stares at closures*
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... But why?
I ask myself that about a LOT of vintage and antique clothes. Lol.
Because they could! I guess it's because dressmakers were still working out how to make the clothes work, with the same skill set they had from only a few years ago. The structure that was in the corset was not there anymore so they had to come up with some sort of transitional way. After all it wasn't a given that clothes would inevitably get simpler. There was, for a time, a real possibility that the whole corset thing could have made a comeback. There's a few times when it 'could' have happened