#dressiing

[mskathryn]

Claudia Maxones

[troubldteenz]

me when someone yaps for too long

[marzipanandminutiae]

Hi, this is a bit of a shot in the dark on my end, but I have a fashion inquiry (and I apologize if I sound ridiculous at all; I’m a bit at my wit’s end).

Is there a good way to research forms of casual Victorian garb? I feel like I’m going a bad route by inserting the word ‘Victorian’ into any search because it results in rather fancy things (or modern twists on such that are purchasable). Would it be wiser to site dates in search? Is this going to fruitless?

Sorry for taking up any time if this is out of wheelhouse. But if you do answer, I really appreciate it.

I'll do my best! Focusing on womenswear, because...well, that's what I know best. But if anyone wants to chime in about the gentlemen, please do so!

So, casual Victorian doesn't always read as Casual to us nowadays. Standards of casual clothing- that is, clothing one wears for everyday life when nothing special is going on -were rather higher than we have today.

This is an illustration of matchstick-makers in London's East End c. 1871, done by one Herbert Johnson. The women have their sleeves rolled up and aprons on, but when they leave the factory (rolling their sleeves down, adding hats to go outside- which most of them would have done; it was part of looking Respectable) they might be indistinguishable to us from any other women of the same era wearing not particularly bustle-y skirts. Some of them probably have on the commonplace Matching Skirt And Bodice dress format of the era; others have on blouses made from the same patterns as those worn by middle- and upper-class women.

Also note that they have on ribbons, chokers, earrings...they're just like us. They like wearing things that make them feel Put Together, even though they're doing one of the lowest-valued, most dangerous jobs open to women at the time. Because people have always been people, regardless of time or social class.

And for middle-class women and up, Casual might be even harder to distinguish from "fancy" to us today.

This is a mid-late 1880s day dress with a skirt length suitable for lots of walking, from Augusta Auctions. Could not tell you the social status of the woman who owned it, genuinely. Probably not the absolute poorest of the poor, but beyond that...this is a dress you could potentially wear to run errands. Even to go to work, if your job wasn't especially physical. Because. I don't know. It's a Day Dress. You wear it for day things. It's not especially formal, because then it would be made of a more delicate material and probably have a longer skirt (unless it was a Serious Dancing ball gown). Possibly also a lower neckline and puffed sleeves, if it was exclusively for the most formal events.

The idea that a dress was "fancy" just because it had ornamentation wasn't really in their cultural vocabulary.

Here is a group of women playing croquet in what looks like the early-mid 1870s. They're just hanging out! Having a good time! They're probably middle or upper class, but that's what they wear to chill outside with friends- to play a lowkey sport, even.

So yeah, it can be hard to map Victorian everyday clothing onto our "jeans and t-shirt" understanding of what makes an outfit casual. They had skirts and blouses for most relevant decades, but even those outfits often end up looking formal to us nowadays because of what I call Ballgownification- the idea that, since we only wear clothes that look even vaguely like what they had for extremely dressy occasions, we assume everything we see of their clothing was dressy.

(Someone please ask for my rant about Ballgownification)

Searching for "day dress," "walking dress," "blouse," "blouse waist," and "shirtwaist" (the last for the late 19th-early 20th century when that term became commonplace) might help. Best of luck!

[migorify]

(Some) CU CHARACTER'S FAV TV SHOWS HEADCANON!!! ^_^

GEORGE :

Godzilla

Rock Paper Scissors

The Amazing World of Gumball

Adventure Time

Uncle Grandpa

Sonic Boom

Phineas & Ferb

HAROLD :

Godzilla

Rock Paper Scissors

The Amazing World of Gumball

Adventure Time

Clarence

Big Nate

Phineas & Ferb

Wander over Yonder

MELVIN :

Dexter's Lab

Jimmy Neutron

Futurama

Bill Nye the Science Guy

GOOCH :

My Little Pony

Curious George

Pingu

Total Drama Island

Pokémon

Bluey

BO :

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Sonic Boom

Bob's Burgers

Kungfu Panda

Catdog

The Penguins of Madagascar

ERICA :

WordGirl

Amphibia

Craig of the Creek

Fionna and Cake

Futurama

SciGirls

STANLEY :

Ed, Edd n Eddy

Hey Arnold!

Animaniacs

Apple and Onion

Johnny Test

The Penguins of Madagascar

DRESSY :

Trolls: The Beat Goes On!

My Life as a Teenage Robot

Fairly Odd Parents + A New Wish

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Yo-Kai Watch

JESSICA & THE SOPHIES :

Winx Club

She-Ra

Total Drama Island

Sailor Moon

EVIL HAROLD :

Danny Phantom

Jimmy Neutron

Teen Titans

Ninjago

Wild Kratts

Gravity Falls

EVIL GEORGE :

Courage the Cowardly Dog

Lamput

Teen Titans

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Wild Kratts

Big Nate

PPU MELVIN :

Chowder

Unikitty

Bluey

We Bare Bears

Robot Dreams

Pokémon

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i dont watch some shows listed here so some of them might be inaccurate or out of character..

anyways i had fun making this I LOVE TV SHOWS!

[an0thercufan]

This was supposed to be posted yesterday, enyways sorry and thank y'all for your patience

Finally draw them

Since Gooch doesn't know anything about technology, I thought it would be interesting if he knew a lot about it

oh yeah, little witch

WHY IS HE SO SMOLL >:"V

This was mostly ppu stuff

[rosylamb]

🧸 🍓❀༉‧₊˚. Hi, friends ! ♡

It’s been a while so I thought I’d try an outfit of the day c:

This is one of my favorite dresses to wear!

(My shoes matched, too, but I don’t think you can see them? Oh well, at least you can see my charm bracelet!)

Thank you so much for all the well wishes! I genuinely did not expect them, and they really cheered me up! ♡

I’m not one hundred percent, but I’m doing my best and the support means a lot. :D

I’ll answer things when I feel better, but for now send lots of love & hugs! ♡

I truly hope that everyone has been staying safe and having a nice month ~ ! XO ❤️･*˚⁺ 🧸

[shokupanko]

Today is Mayu Monday! ~(‾⌣‾~)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Garbage Pail Kids - art by John Pound and Tom Bunk (1985-1988)

[frogs-stealing-sleep]

Nightmare time!

Trying some shading shit with the goopy man

Draw him consistently? Nah

[juicyprincessjoy]

Dressing up always brightens my mood 💁🏻‍♀️

[mskathryn]

Femme Elegance

[forever70s]

Playskool toys, Dapper Dan and Dressy Bessy (1970)

[migorify]

u guys r never gonna guess what i have in mind..

[an0thercufan]

more drawings I made :[]

hey!! that's me :3

DRESSY!!!! GOOCH!!!!

captain

[motleyfam]

Do you ever put together an outfit and think “this looks cool as hell. Unfortunately I can’t think of a single situation for which it would ever be appropriate to wear in the real world”?

[crispychrissy]

Look at that murder strut... and with that button flick to open the jacket?

Orgasmic.

→ Tom Hiddleston as Loki            in Loki, S2E2: Breaking Brad