anna_wing

I have been buying stuff from small local social enterprises, just to help keep them going. A group of four women's co-ops sent over samples of their products to the office- soap, shampoo using some traditional local ingredients, bags, tissue box covers etc, so the minions and I did a collective order for ourselves, plus a bigger one as corporate gifts. The soap and shampoo are pretty decent, I will re-order.

Today a friend and I, and the Housekeeper went to the dressmaker, and a good time was had by all. I've ordered three dresses for myself, including a Vionnet chiton dress from 1920, which still looks pretty fabulous, in my view:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a4/34/13/a434135fce6aa5268bfefde5011ee6ae.jpg

https://thedreamstress.com/costume-portfolio/portfolio-1920s-vionnet-inspired-chiton-dress

I ordered a dress for the Housekeeper as well, for her birthday.

The modernism of 1920s fashion has held up remarkably well in terms of style, and in terms of comfort and convenience far surpasses some of the styles inflicted on women later in the 20th century (girdles, micro-minis, bubble skirts, four-inch heels...). Comparing Western women's fashion of the 1920s with what they had been wearing even fifteen years earlier, I'd say that there has never been a greater sartorial revolution. Also, the tubular, waist-suppressed look just suits the rectangular body type so well. The underwear was gorgeous too, both comfortable and becoming, and not horribly tarty. People did wear foundation garments, but they didn't have to. Vionnet certainly favoured retaining the natural line of the figure.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=1920s+lingerie&atb=v225-1&iax=images&ia=images

I can safely say that I know where my clothes come from...