What I really wanted to share with you was a gal who designs and sews her own era specific clothes, but I couldn’t find it. She ran the gamut from Regency to Medieval.
I liked a lot of her stuff. I’m not a fan of most modern clothing. It’s not made for women, but for women-haters. It is rarely complimentary and mostly slutty. I think women’s fashion entered a cyclical depression starting with the tube top and we won’t be out of it until normal women take back the fashion industry.
I’ve seen hundreds of prom dresses and, even for the youngest most beautiful bodies, they’re unflattering. Showing less is more. I’m hoping that we’ve hit the nadir for women’s fashion and that things are beginning to look up, then a new “fashion” takes hold that just “uglifies” womanhood. Good luck with your fashion change. Do you sew your own clothes?
No, I don’t sew much. I can successfully make one skirt pattern and one jumper pattern, but it’s hard to get two hours uninterrupted even to make the skirt. Mostly I shop at The Salvation Army.
There’s a whole world of beautiful outfits, from different countries and eras, including styles that will flatter even a very stout figure, but it seems as if many women consumers are simply blind. With what is currently for sale, at best a lady can look tidy and dignified, and perhaps find a flattering color, but there isn’t much that’s really gorgeous, even in formal gowns, as you observed.