1920s Summer Party Dress and Hat || Dressing the 20th Century Woman
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- I think we may have found the project that I hate the most out of everything I have ever made.
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I think you might enjoy your 1920s dress more if you ironed it and did something to secure the belt. I think the shapes and lines of the dress are nice, but the wrinkles hold you back.
I definitely need to secure the belt somehow. And maybe get a wider belt. It wasn't wrinkled when I wore it to the party and I still hated it. But just about all the women at the party also said they hated their dresses so I felt better about it!
This is a tough period to for me to like, just being honest.
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I hope you had fun at your party!
Thank you! It's my least favorite time period. I think the fashions only look good on like 10% of adult women but good friends always make awful clothes a little more worth it. :)
Being able to "out ridiculous" is now my new life goal 🤣 I hope that if you don't save the dress you can at least save the fabric because it's really nice fabric
That's one reason I do like the 1830s-I finally got the point of it.
I like this dress and I enjoyed the video! 'm very skinny and flat-chested so I've always liked the 1920's. its flattering for me. I have several modern dresses that are very retro and in the style of this period and I love them. 🧡💙
You definitely sound like a body type that would look good in these dresses!
Here on RUclips there is a gal called the "Long Haired Flapper" and she does some really cool flapper era hair dos for long hair. For myself I normally have hair to the middle of my back (mine's recently be cut a bit shorter due to headaches and heat.) and I take my front pieces curl them and take my back hair and put it into a bun. I then loop and pin the curls to the back to make it look like my hair is short. This probably makes no sense. But it works really well with a hat. :)
Thank you so much for the tip! I'll definitely check out her channel and see what I can learn. :)
Pretty fabric but like you I have too many lumpy bits for twenties or 60s to be flattering ❤
I feel the same about myself! I'm too full figured for this look.
I think the dress itself is quite pretty and turned out well, but I also agree that there are very few women who can wear 1920s fashion successfully (I certainly cannot).
There is definitely a 1920s shape, and certain shapes and sizes of humans look the best in that shape.
It's fine the job, you had the dress for the party, i hope you will do the changes to make it a lovely summer dress, cause the colours and even the lapel suit you beautifully
Thank you so much!
I hate the 1920s too! There’s basically only one body type that looks ok in those unflattering clothes! (And I’m not it!)
Agreed! I only know a handful of people who look good in 1920s fashions.
I actually think it's pretty as are you. Looks like what I've seen in family pictures 😊 and that makes me smile.
Thank you very much!
Side note... I'm wondering if you wouldn't like the dress better if it were in plaid... :)
With the longer early 1920s waist, I don't think there's anything I could do to like it. I do like the 1910s same style dresses with a slightly higher waist when they're in plaids. I just don't think I look good in a boxy waisted outfit.
@@KatelynKearns I feel you I am also plus size and have a short waist... I made an epic silk 1920s evening gown and decided to nip in the waist a tad by sewing a curved seam down the side and defining the hip line with trim. It ended up looking fantastic. :)
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The print is a no for this style of dress, this was the first thing that jumped out at me. But, I understand you did not want to spend money on this project. It's ok to hate it, especially when the 20s are not a period you like. The bright side is you now have a dress for the party and you were leaving in minutes! I would make another in a solid fabric in a color you love.
I absolutely love the style in 1910s dresses-with the waist higher and pulled in a bit. Those dresses I've seen in a lot of plaids so I'll likely try the pattern again but do it in a more mid/late 1910s style. I've seen the large prints in a few 1920s original dresses but they definitely preferred smaller prints which do go better with the overall aesthetic and design of 1920s dresses.
@@KatelynKearns Yeah, a higher waist!
i think that "boyish" is kind of a misrepresentation of 20's fashion, when you look at it compared to the fashions of the prior century, what it really calls to mind is youthfulness, with the shorter skirts, and the way it doesnt show off the body, a contrast of an innocent look with the improper behaviors coming to social life in the decade; the goal isnt to look hot, it's to look capital c Cute, with the neoteny that is tied to in evolutionary psychology. also the waist seam and belt are both too high, they should really sit like, at the widest point of the hip, and it looks like the belt is 2 or 3 inches to high
Yes I noticed the same about the belt that it sit to high 😊
That's an interesting interpretation and I see where you're coming from! Unfortunately, I don't have a childlike figure. I do agree that the waist seam is too high-the pattern pieces did not match up-some were 2 inches longer than the others so I cut them down to match but I probably should have cut the "too short" pieces again to match the longer ones. I'll have to secure the belt if I put it any lower as it falls off, which is one reason I do have it further up on the hips. But since it's an early 1920s dress, it isn't too far off-maybe just 2 inches or so. The early twenties don't seem to have the super long waist yet, it's just gradually getting longer.
The 1920's is tough for us curvy girls, it makes us look bigger than we are. You were right though the silhouette is that of a boy. It came about as a result of WW1 being over and women, who had been respected and useful in the war wanted to continue that so consciously or not they made themselves look more like boys but felt more feminine by way of makeup. With this they felt more freedom, particularly young flappers who would get up to all sorts of trouble. At least that's my understanding, fact check to make sure but it's a starting point. Hope it helps
I don't look into the 1920s enough to really research the thought processes behind why they did things. I care about that sort of thing for the 19th century, but this just isn't a time period that I'm interested in. I only do it if I have to.
It was all about the freeness in the 1920s. The ability to do the daring thing. Maybe you need to conjure up a 20s persona. Maybe her daring thing was she liked the old fashions, they didn’t stop her doing a thing she wanted at all
I think I really just need to find a style I do somewhat like. I have a few ideas, but we'll see what I decide. Thank you for the idea!
1920s fashion was notoriously heinous. My grandma used to say that the reason for cloche hats was so they didn’t have to look how ugly they all were. Think about it, any other time in western fashion history that hats that covered the face like horse blinders were fashionable, so was pale skin. In the 20s women are told that only tanned skin is good, but they now are told to wear hats that cover much of the face and don’t allow for tan. What you will get is a tanned lower face and pale forehead.
These fashions seem to be a reflection of the horrors of WWI and anger at women who didn’t want to get out of the workplace to go back in the kitchen and had the “nerve” to demand voting rights. They are fashions designed by people who believe “prepubescent boy” is the only acceptable body shape. Much like the nonsense on runways today.
I love your grandmother's opinions on why cloche hats were in fashion! Thank you for sharing!
I have pictures of my Grandma (born in 1904) in outfits (along with her friends) and the outfits are not attractive. Shoes, hats, hair, are spot on. But the dresses? No.
It was just the fashion, I guess. I mean, the 1830s and 1890s decided that giant leg of mutton sleeves were flattering so fashion does weird things!
That's a beautiful job on a horrible dress. Sorry, the 1920s clothes are dumpy, drop waisted and boring. I think women were so glad to get away from corsets that they over compensated and threw in enough material in the bust and waist for 3 people.
Thank you! I also think it looks awful so I'm not in the least offended. The 1920s is not my jam.