Comments on: “Old English Costumes” c.1913 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/old-english-costumes-c-1913/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 03 Nov 2024 17:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jinx http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/old-english-costumes-c-1913/#comment-69868 Jinx Mon, 26 Sep 2024 23:16:13 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=12239#comment-69868 Om nom nom!!! I would love to have any of these fine outfits! We missed this wing of the V&A when we were there. Which means we have to go back to London, darn! The Costume Museum in Bath is fascinating as well. Om nom nom!!! I would love to have any of these fine outfits!

We missed this wing of the V&A when we were there. Which means we have to go back to London, darn!

The Costume Museum in Bath is fascinating as well.

]]> By: isis http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/old-english-costumes-c-1913/#comment-52882 isis Thu, 07 Jul 2024 08:38:19 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=12239#comment-52882 i wish i could find one of those costumes and wear it! i wish i could find one of those costumes and wear it!

]]> By: Filipek http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/old-english-costumes-c-1913/#comment-44494 Filipek Tue, 03 May 2024 23:32:54 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=12239#comment-44494 It's interesting that there's such a distinct difference in style between the 18th and 19th century yet so little variation between dresses of the 18th and 19th century themselves. I am sure there were Victorian "Valley Girls" claiming that muslin was so "last season" but the untrained eye can't really see those subtleties now. I mean, as a product of the late 1970s I used to think that every decade of the 20th century was very distinct - but now the fashions seem to divide into a pre and post WW2 atmosphere. A 1950s guy in jeans and a t-shirt wouldn't look that out of place in 1999 to an outsider. Makes me think that a fashion paradigm shift is overdue! It’s interesting that there’s such a distinct difference in style between the 18th and 19th century yet so little variation between dresses of the 18th and 19th century themselves. I am sure there were Victorian “Valley Girls” claiming that muslin was so “last season” but the untrained eye can’t really see those subtleties now. I mean, as a product of the late 1970s I used to think that every decade of the 20th century was very distinct – but now the fashions seem to divide into a pre and post WW2 atmosphere. A 1950s guy in jeans and a t-shirt wouldn’t look that out of place in 1999 to an outsider. Makes me think that a fashion paradigm shift is overdue!

]]> By: Staar84 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/old-english-costumes-c-1913/#comment-40686 Staar84 Mon, 28 Feb 2024 13:43:43 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=12239#comment-40686 None of these are actually from 1913. The collection was donated in 1913 and at THAT time they were already considered old. They look like they date from the mid-1700's (starting at the top) until the 1870's or 80's. None of these are actually from 1913. The collection was donated in 1913 and at THAT time they were already considered old. They look like they date from the mid-1700′s (starting at the top) until the 1870′s or 80′s.

]]> By: naomi http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/old-english-costumes-c-1913/#comment-40619 naomi Mon, 28 Feb 2024 03:03:26 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=12239#comment-40619 And to think that nowadays there are women who shuffle around in yoga pants (how many of them actually practice yoga?) and men slouching around in basketball shorts. And to think that nowadays there are women who shuffle around in yoga pants (how many of them actually practice yoga?) and men slouching around in basketball shorts.

]]> By: Marmaduke http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/old-english-costumes-c-1913/#comment-40511 Marmaduke Sun, 27 Feb 2024 12:32:51 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=12239#comment-40511 These are great because people still knew how to carry themselves in 1913, so the costumes look more authentic. These are great because people still knew how to carry themselves in 1913, so the costumes look more authentic.

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