#YesterdaysPajamas : Sewing an 18th century banyan + loungewear SnappyDragon 2026-09-28 | #YesterdaysPajamas : Sewing an 18th century banyan + loungewear
The trolls are here (again) doing antisemitism. Wanna help? SnappyDragon 2024-10-10 | The trolls have (once again) found me-- particularly my video about anti- Jewish stereotypes in halloween witch costumes. Fight them by leaving some love on my channel? Unfortunately these sorts of organized hateful blitzes of comments happen regularly to Jews on the internet. I don't usually talk about it because I don't want to feed the trolls, but you know what? Let them see just how much we don't want them here. The witch halloween costume : pointy witch hat, long hooked nose-- and anti-semitism?! So of course, this is what the trolls choose to comment on. The history of witch costumes and anti-semitic stereotypes goes back further than the witch trials to the middle ages, when Jews and witches were considered one and the same. Turns out, this harmless-seeming witch Halloween costume has a problematic history, and as a Jewish dress historian, I had a great time explaining it. You can see how pointed many of the recent comments are, clearly I've struck a nerve by pointing out the prevalence of these Jewish stereotypes and how embedded they can be in popular culture like Halloween costumes and witch aesthetic.#HistoricalCostuming #JewishLife #JewishCulture #JewishLearning #JewishWoman #JewishWomen #JewishCommunity #antisemitism #antisemitismneedstostop #don'tfeedthetrolls #Witch #WitchCostume #HalloweenCostume #Witches
I AM the Ren Faire : Costumes and behind the scenes at TWO Renaissance festivals as a cast member! SnappyDragon 2024-10-09 | What makes a ren faire happen? Me! Come behind the scenes with me working at a Renaissance Faire : dancing, sewing renaissance faire costumes, and making the historical fantasy magic as an actor. Thank you Birch Living for sponsoring! Click here birchliving.com/SnappyDragon to get 20% off your Birch mattress (plus two free Eco-Rest pillows!) during their Fall Into Bed Sale. Offers are subject to change. #birchlivingI've loved going to Renaissance Fairs for years and they were definitely what got me into historical costuming! But this year I got to be PART of the show as a Ren Faire performer and actor, and I want to show you what it's like to be part of a Ren Faire cast. From sewing with me for a new Ren Fair outfit to Ren Faire English Country Dancing rehearsals, come along for this Ren Faire behind the scenes and sewing vlog and see what it's like to be a Ren Faire performer at Valhalla Renaissance Faire and Folsom Ren Faire.Working at a Renaissance Faire is such a different experience than visiting one! I love seeing all the historical fantasy and history bounding that people wear as Ren Fair outfits, from thrift cosplay to hand sewing. But being a performer and dancing all day has different needs than a cosplay or a historically accurate outfit, as I found out at Valhalla Ren Faire! In between that and Folsom Renaissance Fair, it was time for making a renaissance faire costume that was designed to be comfortable for performing. From an invisible under bodice built like 18th century stays to using all my pleat math skills pleating the skirt, I made a new dress for performing in my second Ren Faire with all the things I learned at the first one. Also, I even managed hand sewing an Elizabethan coif on my way there!But the real magic wasn't even in the costuming, it was in being an actor and cast member, with a character who could be part of what makes Ren Faires such an amazing place to be. As a performer, I got to encourage people in costume to play, to enjoy themselves, to have fun with historical dress and dressing up in a way you don't get to do many places other than the Renaissance Festival. Ren Faire costume sewing is only one part of what goes into making Ren Fairs so special : It's also the dance rehearsals learning English Country Dancing, the musicians who play for us, and all of you who show up and give us audiences to perform for. Being behind the scenes at a Ren Faire is an amazing experience, and I hope you enjoy this vlog of what it's like.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Does YOUR Ren Faire have a playground? SnappyDragon 2024-10-08 | Your Renaissance Faire is missing something if it doesn't have a playground so you can frolic in historical dress! But what makes a ren faire happen? Me! Come behind the scenes with me working at a Renaissance Faire : dancing, sewing renaissance faire costumes, and making the historical fantasy magic as an actor. I've loved going to Renaissance Fairs for years and they were definitely what got me into historical costuming! But this year I got to be PART of the show as a Ren Faire performer and actor, and I want to show you what it's like to be part of a Ren Faire cast. From sewing with me for a new Ren Fair outfit to Ren Faire English Country Dancing rehearsals, come along for a Ren Faire behind the scenes and sewing vlog tomorrow and see what it's like to be a Ren Faire performer at Valhalla Renaissance Faire and Folsom Ren Faire.Working at a Renaissance Faire is such a different experience than visiting one! I love seeing all the historical fantasy and history bounding that people wear as Ren Fair outfits, from thrift cosplay to hand sewing. But being a performer and dancing all day has different needs than a cosplay or a historically accurate outfit, as I found out at Valhalla Ren Faire! In between that and Folsom Renaissance Fair, it was time for making a renaissance faire costume that was designed to be comfortable for performing. From an invisible under bodice built like 18th century stays to using all my pleat math skills pleating the skirt, I made a new dress for performing in my second Ren Faire with all the things I learned at the first one. Also, I even managed hand sewing an Elizabethan coif on my way there!But the real magic wasn't even in the costuming, it was in being an actor and cast member, with a character who could be part of what makes Ren Faires such an amazing place to be. As a performer, I got to encourage people in costume to play, to enjoy themselves, to have fun with historical dress and dressing up in a way you don't get to do many places other than the Renaissance Festival. Ren Faire costume sewing is only one part of what goes into making Ren Fairs so special : It's also the dance rehearsals learning English Country Dancing, the musicians who play for us, and all of you who show up and give us audiences to perform for. Being behind the scenes at a Ren Faire is an amazing experience, and I hope you enjoy my vlog of what it's like.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
You absolute CUFFRUFFLE! SnappyDragon 2024-10-07 | When you're getting dressed for a Renaissance Faire at 7AM and the strangest things cross your mind. Got any omedically cutesy fashion history related insults? GO! Tell me in the comments, you absolute cuff-ruffles.And please, do be amused by the trials and tribulations of my first experience as a Renaissance Faire performer and cast member. The Renaissance Festival looks real different from this side of the curtain! . . . er, tent.#renfaire #renaissancefaire #renfaire2024 #renaissancefaire2024 #renfairefashion #renfairelooks #renfairecostuming #renfairecostumeideas #renfairecosplay #costumesewing #renfairesewing
My Victorian Lifestyle Vlog?! A day in the life as a Victorian era lady SnappyDragon 2024-09-19 | The Victorian lifestyle has a gorgeous vintage aesthetic, so let's spend a day in the life as a Victorian era lady! Complete with my Victorian morning routine and 'get ready with me', let's do some historical roleplay and find out how to be a Victorian. Including . . . comedy. Get up to 45% off your order, just click here bit.ly/SnappyDragon_GrunsI talk lot about romanticizing history, especially the Victorian lifestyle. So, what better way to explore the difficulties of adapting to history and nineteenth century life than to spend a day in the life of a Victorian? Time for a funny bit of historical roleplay to point out that while we do so many of the same daily tasks as the Victorians did, it's SO much easier to do them as a modern person! This isn't just a Victorian morning routine vlog or a day in my life as a fashion historian-- it's me calling attention to how the Victorian lifestyle gets romanticized, just with entertainment and humor.Living a Victorian lifestyle still involved waking up on time, making breakfast, going grocery shopping, cleaning, and keeping in touch with your friends, just like we all do today. But I would so much rather do those things as a modern lady rather than as part of a nineteenth century or Edwardian lifestyle. I like being able to sleep in, I like living by myself, and I like being able to use electricity, shop at Costco, and wear makeup! Vintage morning routine and Get Ready With Me videos are really fun, but I wanted to make something to point out that historical roleplay and living in history are really different, no matter how many of the same human tasks they involve. If anyone needs me, I'll be over here with my Victorian dressing gown . . . and my very modern smartphone and kitten videos. What do you think, would you prefer the actual restrictions and challenges of a Victorian lifestyle over doing those same things in the 21st century?Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Fact Checking AI History : Fashion historian reacts to slop AIs historical dress misinformation SnappyDragon 2024-08-28 | Slop AI history pages are ruining the internet with bad history, including inaccurate historical dress. Let's learn how to spot AI pseudohistory and fake content through fashion history! Brooklinen is having their Labor Day Sale and all award-winning items are 20% off until 9/3. You can stack this with their bundle deal so you are really saving so much money by shopping this sale: bit.ly/SnappyDragonxBrooklinenI hear so often that AI ruined the internet, and I got so cross with artificial intelligence filling my social media with fake history that I had to fact check these for historical misinformation. Fake news is sadly nothing new, we're constantly having to ask ourselves 'is this image real?', and more and more media literacy is necessary in the face of dead internet theory. But what does zombie internet theory have to do with historical costuming? This fake content can be identified by the inaccurate historical dress-- it's not like ChatGPT can tell the difference, but I can. These slop history pages follow the same format : A myth or fact that's usually pseudohistory about a certain historical figure, like the medieval pirate Jeanne de Clisson or Viking women warriors. There's an image with it to illustrate the factoid, but the clothes never match the historical period they're meant to show! Instead of wearing a medieval dress, Jeanne de Clisson was in a bad pirate Halloween costume! And the Viking shieldmaidens were dressed in nothing like traditional Viking clothing, which I've researched and reproduced before. The problem with these pages isn't just bad historical costumes : plenty of period dramas choose not to have historically accurate clothes, and that's fine! It's that these slop pages are spreading historical misinformation by pretending to be educational. It's bad history, and even a little fact checking turns up that Revolutionary War spy Lydia Darragh wasn't the young woman in frilly dresses shown by generative AI. She was older, in her late forties, and a Quaker who dressed plainly! This is a misuse of technology, and it's why we keep hearing that AI ruined the internet.So what can we do about artificial intelligence and the zombie internet? It's important to learn how to spot AI and be diligent about fact checking to spot slop and misinformation. Dress history and knowing what historical clothes look like is an aspect of media literacy that helps easily spot AI images and tell if an image is real. I hope watching how a fashion historian reacts to artificial intelligence helps you get better at your fact checking and fight dead internet theory.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Why we dont let AI design historical costumes SnappyDragon 2024-08-28 | Slop AI history pages are ruining the internet with bad history, including inaccurate historical dress. Let's learn how to spot AI pseudohistory and fake content through fashion history, and why we shouldn't be letting artificial intelligence create pictures of history without better fact checking.I hear so often that AI ruined the internet, and I got so cross with artificial intelligence filling my social media with fake history that I had to fact check these for historical misinformation. Fake news is sadly nothing new, we're constantly having to ask ourselves 'is this image real?', and more and more media literacy is necessary in the face of dead internet theory. But what does zombie internet theory have to do with historical costuming? This fake content can be identified by the inaccurate historical dress-- it's not like ChatGPT can tell the difference, but I can. These slop history pages follow the same format : A myth or fact that's usually pseudohistory about a certain historical figure, like the medieval pirate Jeanne de Clisson or Viking women warriors. There's an image with it to illustrate the factoid, but the clothes never match the historical period they're meant to show! Instead of wearing a medieval dress, Jeanne de Clisson was in a bad pirate Halloween costume! And the Viking shieldmaidens were dressed in nothing like traditional Viking clothing, which I've researched and reproduced before. The problem with these pages isn't just bad historical costumes : plenty of period dramas choose not to have historically accurate clothes, and that's fine! It's that these slop pages are spreading historical misinformation by pretending to be educational. It's bad history, and even a little fact checking turns up that Revolutionary War spy Lydia Darragh wasn't the young woman in frilly dresses shown by generative AI. She was older, in her late forties, and a Quaker who dressed plainly! This is a misuse of technology, and it's why we keep hearing that AI ruined the internet.So what can we do about artificial intelligence and the zombie internet? It's important to learn how to spot AI and be diligent about fact checking to spot slop and misinformation. Dress history and knowing what historical clothes look like is an aspect of media literacy that helps easily spot AI images and tell if an image is real. I hope watching how a fashion historian reacts to artificial intelligence helps you get better at your fact checking and fight dead internet theory.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
The history of sunscreen : how Victorian parasols and sun protection clothing became SPF 50 SnappyDragon 2024-08-14 | Sunblock is a summer essential, but historical fashion had to rely on sun protection clothing rather than SPF. Break out the parasols, it's SPF history time! Thank you Birch Living for sponsoring! Click here birchliving.com/SnappyDragon to get 20% off your Birch mattress (plus two free Eco-Rest pillows!) during their Labor Day Early Access Sale. Offers are subject to change. #birchlivingA Victorian parasol or hat isn't just about cute historical accessories, these were essential parts of the history of sunscreen! For much of fashion history before modern sunblock and SPF was invented, people had to rely on sun protection clothing to protect them from sunburn and skin cancer. Sun safety is just as important today, so let's learn about how people throughout history and across the world have used fashion, accessories, and skincare to protect themselves from sun damage.Sun protection clothing was the first line of defense in Western fashion, and it's still incredibly useful! Victorian modesty norms involved wearing long sleeves and high collars during the day, even though it was appropriate to wear short sleeves and very low necklines in the evening. A little further back, the long sleeves and collars or partlets of Renassiance fashion can be super useful when at the ren faire! Renaissance fair participants often find wearing long sleeves and higher necklines keeps them cooler, and I would love to hear how it works to prevent sunburn at the renfaire as well. Light-colored linen and cotton don't have a very high UPF, which is like SPF for clothes, so tell me in the comments if you've got Ren Faire sun stories!Even older and more widespread, the sun umbrella or parasol was invented at least 4000 years ago in ancient Egypt, and has been used all over the world! Silk and oil-paper parasols have been used throughout Chinese history, the sun umbrella features in Indian epics and myths, and is documented in Ancient Greek and Eastern European art. Victorian accessories like hats are another great way to keep the sun off, having been used even more widely. But there are some even weirder sun protection accessories used by the European Renaissance upper classes, who were motivated by colorism to protect their skin as much as possible. These ranged from the "cappa", a sun veil made of black silk with a higher UPF than white linen, to a black velvet mask called a "vizard" which looks uncomfortable to see, wear, or try to go around in.Beauty culture has created plenty of sun protection cosmetics before the invention of modern SPF, too. Historical sunscreen existed in Namibia, where the Himba people traditionally use "otjize" made from red ochre. It seems like an unusual skin care routine, but a scientific study confirmed that it does protect against skin cancer! Other traditional sun protection cosmetics include thanaka from Myanmar, masonjoany from Madagascar, and borak used by the Sama-Bajau throughout southeast Asia. Western skin care routines didn't even start catching up until zinc oxide, a modern UV filtering ingredient, began appearing in Victorian makeup. But it wouldn't give very good UV protection because of how important formulation is in making sun protection products.It wasn't until the early 20th century when sun protection became better understood-- and a good thing, too, because this is when a suntan became fashionable! The history of tanning can mostly be blamed on problematic fashion icon Coco Chanel, who got a tan sunbathing on vacation. Tanning became associated with luxury and having an active social life, with the first tanning beds appearing in the 1970s, the same year the SPF system was adopted. Unfortunately, sunscreens made in the US are not often very comfortable : the US FDA has not approved a new UV filtering ingredient in 20 years, while many other countries like Korea and Japan are using newer UV filters to make much more comfortable sunscreen to finish out one's skin care routine.Historical fashion evolution is full of ideas for us to enjoy the sun safely, because let's be real : skin cancer is bad for you, and sunburns suck. Whether you prefer parasols, sun protection clothing, modern sunblock, or a combination of all, I hope you're having a great and safe time enjoying the summer sun!
Historical fashion for going out in the sun . . . again?! SnappyDragon 2024-08-14 | You're going out in the sun, but Victorian fashion says you can't go out like that-- again?! Look, it's not my fault so much of historical dress was about sun protection clothing. The history of sunscreen has influenced fashion history all over the world, from sun umbrellas and hats to traditional skin care routines to modern sunblock with SPF 50. So break out the parasols, it's sunscreen history time! A Victorian parasol or hat isn't just about cute historical accessories, these were essential parts of the history of sunscreen! For much of fashion history before modern sunblock and SPF was invented, people had to rely on sun protection clothing to protect them from sunburn and skin cancer. Sun safety is just as important today, so let's learn about how people throughout history and across the world have used fashion, accessories, and skincare to protect themselves from sun damage.Sun protection clothing was the first line of defense in Western fashion, and it's still incredibly useful! Victorian modesty norms involved wearing long sleeves and high collars during the day, even though it was appropriate to wear short sleeves and very low necklines in the evening. A little further back, the long sleeves and collars or partlets of Renassiance fashion can be super useful when at the ren faire! Renaissance fair participants often find wearing long sleeves and higher necklines keeps them cooler, and I would love to hear how it works to prevent sunburn at the renfaire as well. Light-colored linen and cotton don't have a very high UPF, which is like SPF for clothes, so tell me in the comments if you've got Ren Faire sun stories!Even older and more widespread, the sun umbrella or parasol was invented at least 4000 years ago in ancient Egypt, and has been used all over the world! Silk and oil-paper parasols have been used throughout Chinese history, the sun umbrella features in Indian epics and myths, and is documented in Ancient Greek and Eastern European art. Victorian accessories like hats are another great way to keep the sun off, having been used even more widely. But there are some even weirder sun protection accessories used by the European Renaissance upper classes, who were motivated by colorism to protect their skin as much as possible. These ranged from the "cappa", a sun veil made of black silk with a higher UPF than white linen, to a black velvet mask called a "vizard" which looks uncomfortable to see, wear, or try to go around in.Beauty culture has created plenty of sun protection cosmetics before the invention of modern SPF, too. Historical sunscreen existed in Namibia, where the Himba people traditionally use "otjize" made from red ochre. It seems like an unusual skin care routine, but a scientific study confirmed that it does protect against skin cancer! Other traditional sun protection cosmetics include thanaka from Myanmar, masonjoany from Madagascar, and borak used by the Sama-Bajau throughout southeast Asia. Western skin care routines didn't even start catching up until zinc oxide, a modern UV filtering ingredient, began appearing in Victorian makeup. But it wouldn't give very good UV protection because of how important formulation is in making sun protection products.It wasn't until the early 20th century when sun protection became better understood-- and a good thing, too, because this is when a suntan became fashionable! The history of tanning can mostly be blamed on problematic fashion icon Coco Chanel, who got a tan sunbathing on vacation. Tanning became associated with luxury and having an active social life, with the first tanning beds appearing in the 1970s, the same year the SPF system was adopted. Unfortunately, sunscreens made in the US are not often very comfortable : the US FDA has not approved a new UV filtering ingredient in 20 years, while many other countries like Korea and Japan are using newer UV filters to make much more comfortable sunscreen to finish out one's skin care routine.Historical fashion evolution is full of ideas for us to enjoy the sun safely, because let's be real : skin cancer is bad for you, and sunburns suck. Whether you prefer parasols, sun protection clothing, modern sunblock, or a combination of all, I hope you're having a great and safe time enjoying the summer sun!
Can I wear this dress to my friends wedding??? SnappyDragon 2024-06-26 | Will fashion advice from the Victorian era help me decide what to wear to a friend's wedding? Either way, it'll definitely be fun! Victorian style advice turns out to be surprisingly useful, even if the Victorians etiquette for weddings is completely different than our own.Wedding season brings fashion questions : is wearing a white dress to a wedding ever okay? Did Queen Victoria really popularize the white dress? Where did all of these wedding superstitions and traditions about fashion come from? Turns out, fashion advice from the Victorians is still very useful, especially when it comes to the origin of wedding traditions. Turns out, back in Victorian times, the bride wasn't the only one allowed to wear white-- and this is only one of the fun wedding facts I learned doing this dress history research.I got a ton of questions about what to wear to a wedding, and about wearing any amount of white in your dress. Unlike today, not only was wearing white to a wedding okay in Victorian times, it was encouraged if you were a bridesmaid or a newlywed! Victorian brides were expected to wear their wedding gown to all formal events for a year after getting married, including a formal wedding ceremony for someone else. It was the wedding flowers that were the most important indicator of who was the bride, rather than the veil or the white gown. And for much of Victorian history, white dresses were not automatically part of bridal traditions! Queen Victoria did wear a white dress, and while white was one of many popular colors for wedding dresses, Victoria's white gown did make them the ideal. But many Victorian brides preferred other colors, because they were more affordable so they could continue to wear their wedding dress to more events. The history of weddings worldwide doesn't limit the bride to white, either-- red and even black are the traditional color for brides in different regions. I hope having these wedding traditions explained and your Victorian style wedding questions answered helps! Whether you need wedding ideas for planning your own, or are wondering what to wear to a wedding, you have plenty of advice to consider and make your own choice from. The most important thing is celebrating your friends who are getting married. Wedding superstitions and traditions are a great way to do that, as long as they aren't used to get in the way of celebrating love.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚#weddingtraditions #victorianwedding #weddingdress #weddingguest #weddinglook #whattoweartoawedding #weddingguestdress #weirdhistory #victorianetiquette #whitedress #historylesson
What to wear to a wedding, Victorian style? Fashion advice from the Victorians etiquette books SnappyDragon 2024-06-26 | I'm answering YOUR fashion questions about what to wear to a wedding, wedding traditions, white gowns and wedding dress history-- with fashion advice from the Victorians etiquette books and fashion magazines. Visit birchliving.com/SnappyDragon and get 25% off your Birch mattress plus two free Eco-Rest pillows for a limited time during their 4th of July Sale.Wedding season brings fashion questions : is wearing a white dress to a wedding ever okay? Did Queen Victoria really popularize the white dress? Where did all of these wedding superstitions and traditions about fashion come from? Turns out, fashion advice from the Victorians is still very useful, especially when it comes to the origin of wedding traditions. Turns out, back in Victorian times, the bride wasn't the only one allowed to wear white-- and this is only one of the fun wedding facts I learned doing this dress history research.I got a ton of questions about what to wear to a wedding, and about wearing any amount of white in your dress. Unlike today, not only was wearing white to a wedding okay in Victorian times, it was encouraged if you were a bridesmaid or a newlywed! Victorian brides were expected to wear their wedding gown to all formal events for a year after getting married, including a formal wedding ceremony for someone else. It was the wedding flowers that were the most important indicator of who was the bride, rather than the veil or the white gown. And for much of Victorian history, white dresses were not automatically part of bridal traditions! Queen Victoria did wear a white dress, and while white was one of many popular colors for wedding dresses, Victoria's white gown did make them the ideal. But many Victorian brides preferred other colors, because they were more affordable so they could continue to wear their wedding dress to more events. The history of weddings worldwide doesn't limit the bride to white, either-- red and even black are the traditional color for brides in different regions. I hope having these wedding traditions explained and your Victorian style wedding questions answered helps! Whether you need wedding ideas for planning your own, or are wondering what to wear to a wedding, you have plenty of advice to consider and make your own choice from. The most important thing is celebrating your friends who are getting married. Wedding superstitions and traditions are a great way to do that, as long as they aren't used to get in the way of celebrating love.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Next video : Share your questions about WEDDING FASHION, wedding guest outfits, etiquette, and more! SnappyDragon 2024-06-07 | New video planning : Give me your questions about WEDDINGS! Share your questions about what to wear to a wedding, wedding guest fashion and etiquette, and anything else you want to know about wedding outfits. Silly, serious, and sarcastic questions all welcome-- I'll be answering the most entertaining and relevant ones in a video later this month.Will this help me decide what to wear to a wedding I'm going to in September? Probably not . . . but it'll be hilarious 😃Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚 #fashionhistory #historicaldress #weddingfashion #weddinginspiration #weddingstyle #weddingguest #whattowear #outfitideas
Dragons are inviting you to a Fourth Wing LARP and fantasy ball. Will you go? SnappyDragon 2024-06-01 | Should I go with my best friend to a Fourth Wing LARP and fantasy ball? I'd have to make myself a ballgown and maybe an athletic corset too. I love sewing book cosplays, and she asked me for a fantasy ballgown for LARP and fantasy ball based on Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Turns out when you combine historical sewing techniques with modern materials and romantasy inspiration, you get the best fantasy dress! My best friend Sara likes to drag me down fantasy book rabbit holes, and this time, it was the Empyrean series : Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. As if books with dragons and good chronic illness representation and fantasy romance weren't enough, she's going to a LARP event based on Fourth Wing hosted by @acourtofrainandrevelry, complete with a fantasy ball in the evening. I'm so excited for her to be at this event with all the Fourth Wing Ambience they have planned, and just as excited to use my historical dressmaking skills make her a fantasy gown.We started with an old prom dress given to Sara secondhand, which had never been quite the right size. I was able to remove the skirt, and I had a ton of fun sewing a ball gown skirt from this recycled fabric plus two more layers of glitter tulle and black organza. The bodice was made from an 1890s Victorian pattern but modern embroidered mesh-- combining historical shapes with modern materials is one of my favorite parts of fantasy dress sewing. While this fantasy cosplay isn't an exact 4th Wing cosplay, we looked at lots of references inspired by the ball scene in Iron Flame and really enjoyed using it as design inspiration. I haven't done much LARP costume making, but I had such a great time with this Fourth Wing cosplay! It's got a lot of the freedom to it that comes with fantasy, and it's another way to celebrate fantasy books that I love. I can't wait to see what Sara does with this fantasy cosplay at the event . . . possibly in person, if she has her way! Then I'll have to make a LARP outfit for myself.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚#booktube #fourthwing #ironflame #fantasy #cosplay #larpcostume #larp #cosplay #ironflame #rebeccayarros #romantasy #bookish #fantasyball
POV : DRAGONS appear out of your Fourth Wing audiobook to ask for a ballgown SnappyDragon 2024-05-31 | POV : you are listening to Fourth Wing while you sew, and two DRAGONS appear in your living room to commission a ballgown. I love sewing book cosplays, and my best friend asked me for a fantasy ballgown for LARP and fantasy ball based on Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Turns out when you combine historical sewing techniques with modern materials and romantasy inspiration, you get the best fantasy dress!My best friend Sara likes to drag me down fantasy book rabbit holes, and this time, it was the Empyrean series : Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. As if books with dragons and good chronic illness representation and fantasy romance weren't enough, she's going to a LARP event based on Fourth Wing hosted by @acourtofrainandrevelry, complete with a fantasy ball in the evening. I'm so excited for her to be at this event with all the Fourth Wing Ambience they have planned, and just as excited to use my historical dressmaking skills make her a fantasy gown.We started with an old prom dress given to Sara secondhand, which had never been quite the right size. I was able to remove the skirt, and I had a ton of fun sewing a ball gown skirt from this recycled fabric plus two more layers of glitter tulle and black organza. The bodice was made from an 1890s Victorian pattern but modern embroidered mesh-- combining historical shapes with modern materials is one of my favorite parts of fantasy dress sewing. While this fantasy cosplay isn't an exact 4th Wing cosplay, we looked at lots of references inspired by the ball scene in Iron Flame and really enjoyed using it as design inspiration. I haven't done much LARP costume making, but I had such a great time with this Fourth Wing cosplay! It's got a lot of the freedom to it that comes with fantasy, and it's another way to celebrate fantasy books that I love. I can't wait to see what Sara does with this fantasy cosplay at the event . . . possibly in person, if she has her way! Then I'll have to make a LARP outfit for myself. #booktube #fourthwing #fantasy #cosplay #rebeccayarros #romantasy #books #booklover #bookish #fourthwingrebeccayarros #dragons #fantasybooks #readersofinstagram
Fourth Wing made me sew a fantasy ball gown : when romantasy books steal the sewing project SnappyDragon 2024-05-31 | I love sewing book cosplays, and my best friend asked me for a fantasy ballgown for LARP and fantasy ball based on Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Turns out when you combine historical sewing techniques with modern materials and romantasy inspiration, you get the best fantasy dress! Sign up to Milanote for free with no time-limit: milanote.com/snappydragonMy best friend Sara likes to drag me down fantasy book rabbit holes, and this time, it was the Empyrean series : Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. As if books with dragons and good chronic illness representation and fantasy romance weren't enough, she's going to a LARP event based on Fourth Wing hosted by @acourtofrainandrevelry, complete with a fantasy ball in the evening. I'm so excited for her to be at this event with all the Fourth Wing Ambience they have planned, and just as excited to use my historical dressmaking skills make her a fantasy gown.We started with an old prom dress given to Sara secondhand, which had never been quite the right size. I was able to remove the skirt, and I had a ton of fun sewing a ball gown skirt from this recycled fabric plus two more layers of glitter tulle and black organza. The bodice was made from an 1890s Victorian pattern but modern embroidered mesh-- combining historical shapes with modern materials is one of my favorite parts of fantasy dress sewing. While this fantasy cosplay isn't an exact 4th Wing cosplay, we looked at lots of references inspired by the ball scene in Iron Flame and really enjoyed using it as design inspiration. I haven't done much LARP costume making, but I had such a great time with this Fourth Wing cosplay! It's got a lot of the freedom to it that comes with fantasy, and it's another way to celebrate fantasy books that I love. I can't wait to see what Sara does with this fantasy cosplay at the event . . . possibly in person, if she has her way! Then I'll have to make a LARP outfit for myself.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Why are dragons bringing me snacks while I sew a ballgown?! SnappyDragon 2024-05-30 | Why does my next dressmaking project involve blue and gold dragons bringing me tea and biscuits? I love sewing book cosplays, and my best friend asked me for a fantasy ballgown for a LARP and fantasy ball based on a book we both love. Turns out when you combine historical sewing techniques with modern materials and romantasy inspiration, you get the best fantasy dress! Stay tuned to find out what fantasy book series and LARP event I was sewing for . . . #booktube #FantasyEvents #fantasy #cosplay #fantasydress #fantasyball #fantasyballgown #ballgown #fantasyball #bookish
The dark side of cottage core aesthetic through history : Poverty play and fashion SnappyDragon 2024-04-26 | Cottagecore aesthetics and off grid living sound dreamy in our fast modern world, and historical people agreed! But poverty play and romanticizing farm life are not new problems. Fashion history shows cottage core clothing is working class aesthetic without the working class, from the chemise a la reine to the pre-Raphaelites. Thank you Birch Living for sponsoring! Click here birchliving.com/SnappyDragon to get 20% off your Birch mattress (plus two free Eco-Rest pillows!). Offers are subject to change. #birchlivingIs cottagecore problematic? Dreamy aesthetics like cottage core, cabincore, farmcore, and even dark academia are enchanting for many reasons. The cozy cottages and homesteads, peaceful off the grid living, flowing prairie dresses, and rustic farm life . . .There's a reason Little House on the Prarie is so popular! Cottagecore is not a new trend, either. It's the latest version of the "pastoral", a genre of art, literature, and fashion that dates back to Ancient Greece and influenced fashion history since before Marie Antoinette, William Morris, or the pre-Raphaelites made it popular. But before you dive into off-grid homesteading because it's pretty, you should know that cottagecore has a long history of romanticizing life on a farm, to the point of disrespecting the hard work of homesteading and the people that have done it.The realities behind the cottagecore fantasy show it's always been just that : a fantasy. From the harsh conditions of historical farm life to the modern commercialization of this aesthetic, alternative living and cabin core are new versions of the pastoral utopia that historical literature called Arcadia, where the upper class could ignore the harsh reality of agricultural labor while enjoying the beauty of the countryside. It's this dream that led to ornamental farms like Marie Antoinette's cottagecore village near the Petit Triannon, and the iconic fashions like the chemise a la reine! Victorian cottagecore movements were less problematic in that way, but still made workwear poverty garments like smock frocks stylish by separating the beautiful style elements like smocking from the association with work or poverty. It's working class aesthetic without the working class people! The commercialization of cottagecore clothing is very familiar, and no matter what William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement may have intended, the Victorian era had plenty of it.Eco-friendly cottage core and slow living practices like gardening, mending clothes, and using secondhand decor are legitimately sustainable. But nostalgia can be used to promote ideologies under the surface. There's a fine line between appreciating traditional skills and sliding into the "tradwife" rabbit hole. So how can we embrace the positive aspects of cottagecore while avoiding the problematic patterns of history? Make yourself a cup of loose leaf tea, cozy up in your chicest prairie dress, and let's have an honest discussion about the history of cottagecore. Can we cultivate the simple joys without falling into regressive traps? The aesthetic may be dreamy, but let's keep both feet firmly planted in the modern world while we enjoy learning from history.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚The photo of the Hameau de la Reine is by Daderot, lisenced CC-BY-SA 3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
I want to run away and live my cottagecore dreams! SnappyDragon 2024-04-26 | Cottagecore aesthetic is so lovely, I want to run away and live my off-grid farm life dreams in this gorgeous dress! But with no cleaning. Or cooking. Or caring for animals. Or mud, or bugs. Or farm work. Cottagecore is a fantasy version of country life in the past. But poverty play and romanticizing farm life are not new problems. Fashion history shows cottage core clothing is working class aesthetic without the working class, from the chemise a la reine to the pre-Raphaelites.Is cottagecore problematic? Dreamy aesthetics like cottage core, cabincore, farmcore, and even dark academia are enchanting for many reasons. The cozy cottages and homesteads, peaceful off the grid living, flowing prairie dresses, and rustic farm life . . .There's a reason Little House on the Prarie is so popular! Cottagecore is not a new trend, either. It's the latest version of the "pastoral", a genre of art, literature, and fashion that dates back to Ancient Greece and influenced fashion history since before Marie Antoinette, William Morris, or the pre-Raphaelites made it popular. But before you dive into off-grid homesteading because it's pretty, you should know that cottagecore has a long history of romanticizing life on a farm, to the point of disrespecting the hard work of homesteading and the people that have done it.The realities behind the cottagecore fantasy show it's always been just that : a fantasy. From the harsh conditions of historical farm life to the modern commercialization of this aesthetic, alternative living and cabin core are new versions of the pastoral utopia that historical literature called Arcadia, where the upper class could ignore the harsh reality of agricultural labor while enjoying the beauty of the countryside. It's this dream that led to ornamental farms like Marie Antoinette's cottagecore village near the Petit Triannon, and the iconic fashions like the chemise a la reine! Victorian cottagecore movements were less problematic in that way, but still made workwear poverty garments like smock frocks stylish by separating the beautiful style elements like smocking from the association with work or poverty. It's working class aesthetic without the working class people! The commercialization of cottagecore clothing is very familiar, and no matter what William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement may have intended, the Victorian era had plenty of it.Eco-friendly cottage core and slow living practices like gardening, mending clothes, and using secondhand decor are legitimately sustainable. But nostalgia can be used to promote ideologies under the surface. There's a fine line between appreciating traditional skills and sliding into the "tradwife" rabbit hole. So how can we embrace the positive aspects of cottagecore while avoiding the problematic patterns of history? Make yourself a cup of loose leaf tea, cozy up in your chicest prairie dress, and let's have an honest discussion about the history of cottagecore. Can we cultivate the simple joys without falling into regressive traps? The aesthetic may be dreamy, but let's keep both feet firmly planted in the modern world while we enjoy learning from history.
Am I doing cottagecore aesthetic right??? SnappyDragon 2024-04-25 | help me refine my cottagecore aesthetic! am i being sufficiently contrived and artificial about my faux rural authenticity to satisfy historical cottagecore fashion, or do i need to stop thrift shopping and baking my own bread? Cottagecore aesthetics and off grid living sound dreamy in our fast modern world, and historical people agreed! But poverty play and romanticizing farm life are not new problems. Fashion history shows cottage core clothing is working class aesthetic without the working class, from the chemise a la reine to the pre-Raphaelites. Is cottagecore problematic? Dreamy aesthetics like cottage core, cabincore, farmcore, and even dark academia are enchanting for many reasons. The cozy cottages and homesteads, peaceful off the grid living, flowing prairie dresses, and rustic farm life . . .There's a reason Little House on the Prarie is so popular! Cottagecore is not a new trend, either. It's the latest version of the "pastoral", a genre of art, literature, and fashion that dates back to Ancient Greece and influenced fashion history since before Marie Antoinette, William Morris, or the pre-Raphaelites made it popular. But before you dive into off-grid homesteading because it's pretty, you should know that cottagecore has a long history of romanticizing life on a farm, to the point of disrespecting the hard work of homesteading and the people that have done it.The realities behind the cottagecore fantasy show it's always been just that : a fantasy. From the harsh conditions of historical farm life to the modern commercialization of this aesthetic, alternative living and cabin core are new versions of the pastoral utopia that historical literature called Arcadia, where the upper class could ignore the harsh reality of agricultural labor while enjoying the beauty of the countryside. It's this dream that led to ornamental farms like Marie Antoinette's cottagecore village near the Petit Triannon, and the iconic fashions like the chemise a la reine! Victorian cottagecore movements were less problematic in that way, but still made workwear poverty garments like smock frocks stylish by separating the beautiful style elements like smocking from the association with work or poverty. It's working class aesthetic without the working class people! The commercialization of cottagecore clothing is very familiar, and no matter what William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement may have intended, the Victorian era had plenty of it.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Real Men Wear SKIRTS?! Menswear fashion history is full of men in skirts and dresses. SnappyDragon 2024-04-12 | Fashion history confirms : Real men wear skirts! And dresses. Menswear worldwide and all through men's fashion history was full of men in skirts, from medieval tunics to kilts, dhoti, kimono, and more. Get $20 off your Brooklinen order over $100! Just click here bit.ly/SnappyDragon_BrooklinenApr24 and enter my promo code SnappyxDragon. This video is kindly sponsored by Brooklinen.Should men wear skirts? Men's skirts today are gender nonconforming clothing, but fashion history is full of skirts and dresses that were definitely mens fashion! It's often said that the ancient Romans considered trousers barbaric, and Roman fashion was full of dress-like tunics for men. Why don't we call them dresses? Gender stereotypes in fashion. In medieval mens fashion, it was more common to wear a tunic over long hose rather than trousers or pants, and long skirts symbolized status and wealth. Traditional attire from all over the world includes skirts for men, from the well-known Scottish kilt to the Albanian and Greek fustanella, the Yemeni izaar, the Arabic thawb, a huge number of sarong and wrap skirt styles, and even Japanese kimono. These are only some of the traditional skirts in mens style through the ages, and throughout fashion history, skirts and dresses have been gender neutral clothing as often as not. Why did men stop wearing skirts? It's complicated : fashion evolution is affected by colonization and globalization, as well styles changing gender expression over time. In the early Renaissance, fashionable tunics became too short to wear with hose instead of pants, so pants made a comeback in historical men's clothing in Europe. It's fascinating to dissect the cultural, social, and practical reasons behind the gendering of garments, especially as mens skirts come back into fashion today! We're seeing them on the red carpet in the form of Billy Porter's amazing tuxedo ballgowns, on runways and designer shows, and I see them on the street here in San Francisco. The relationship between clothing and gender is far from static—it's squishy, malleable, and ripe for reevaluation. Whether you're a history buff, a fashion enthusiast, or simply curious about the fluidity of gender norms through the ages, this video is your ticket to understanding how skirts for men went from mainstream to marginalized, and are now making a thrilling comeback.If you want to wear a skirt, wear a skirt! And you can do it knowing that no matter your gender, fashion history has your back.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚Several images in this video are lisenced under Creative Commons, where specified : creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en , creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.enTavern Loop One by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | creatorchords.comMusic promoted by free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Cute medieval guys outfit . . . is a dress?! SnappyDragon 2024-04-12 | Medieval men wore dresses?! Fashion history confirms : Real men wear skirts! And dresses. Menswear worldwide and all through men's fashion history was full of men in skirts, from medieval tunics to kilts, dhoti, kimono, and more. Should men wear skirts? Men's skirts today are gender nonconforming clothing, but fashion history is full of skirts and dresses that were definitely mens fashion! It's often said that the ancient Romans considered trousers barbaric, and Roman fashion was full of dress-like tunics for men. Why don't we call them dresses? Gender stereotypes in fashion. In medieval mens fashion, it was more common to wear a tunic over long hose rather than trousers or pants, and long skirts symbolized status and wealth. Tthroughout fashion history, skirts and dresses have been gender neutral clothing as often as not. Why did men stop wearing skirts? It's complicated : fashion evolution is affected by colonization and globalization, as well styles changing gender expression over time. In the early Renaissance, fashionable tunics became too short to wear with hose instead of pants, so pants made a comeback in historical men's clothing in Europe. It's fascinating to dissect the cultural, social, and practical reasons behind the gendering of garments, especially as mens skirts come back into fashion today! We're seeing them on the red carpet in the form of Billy Porter's amazing tuxedo ballgowns, on runways and designer shows, and I see them on the street here in San Francisco. The relationship between clothing and gender is far from static—it's squishy, malleable, and ripe for reevaluation. Whether you're a history buff, a fashion enthusiast, or simply curious about the fluidity of gender norms through the ages, this video is your ticket to understanding how skirts for men went from mainstream to marginalized, and are now making a thrilling comeback.If you want to wear a skirt, wear a skirt! And you can do it knowing that no matter your gender, fashion history has your back.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
The Hollywood history of Oscars fashion : How film award red carpets became fashion shows SnappyDragon 2024-03-22 | Do we watch the Academy Awards and other film awards shows for the films, or the fashion show that red carpets have become over the past century of fashion history? Oscars fashion is a huge part of celebrity culture, and the evolution of red carpet fashion from the golden age of cinema to the present tells us so much about Hollywood marketing and corporate interest in fashion. It's surprising given the huge reach of the Oscars, but the first Academy Awards had no red carpet, no red carpet fashion, and no media coverage! But red carpet history doesn't begin with the Academy Awards. Red carpets were a feature of the first film premieres in the golden age of Hollywood, featuring designer looks often made by the same costume design departments that dressed Hollywood stars for their movie roles! These early red carpets were an important part of fashion evolution in America, letting designers move from costume design in film to careers in couture fashion for their celebrity clients.The history of awards show fashion really starts in 1945, when the Oscars added a red carpet at a new venue, inviting fans to watch in person from bleachers and listen at home with a radio broadcast. The next step in the evolution of red carpet fashion was the Oscars' move to TV! The old studio model still played a role in Hollywood history, and they were nervous about the change, but the opportunity for sponsor money and marketing outweighed all of that. With the red carpet dresses visible to all, fashion analysis became especially intertwined with celebrity culture. Hollywood costume designer Edith Head was brought in to coordinate the awards shows fashion, leaving her mark on the history of fashion design. But as fashion evolved, the history of fashion design became increasingly focused on designer names who provided dresses to celebrities as a form of advertizing. While early Hollywood was using fashion to advertize for films, today's Hollywood red carpets use films to advertize for fashion. The Oscars are great fun to watch, but celebrity culture history is full of sneaky marketing, and the Academy Awards are no different. The importance of fashion history is about understanding the clothes we admire and why they are the way they are, including on the red carpet! Enjoy the show, consider how fashion analysis is being reported, and don't forget to advocate for costume designers and departments to be paid fairly. #NakedWithoutUsJoin my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
What are you doing outside of your bedroom dressed like that?! SnappyDragon 2024-02-10 | That's a boudoir outfit, you can't be out in just your chemise and nightgown! A Victorian chemise and dressing gown are far too revealing, save that for Valentines' Day. From baroque clothes to vintage lingerie and garter belts, the history of underwear is full of great ideas for your Valentines' boudoir outfits-- even if you wear modern lingerie and you're only dressing up for yourself. Boudoir outfits and lingerie have changed a lot through the history of fashion. So what makes for the best Valentine's Day lingerie, in any era? I dove into the history of underwear to find out, and it turns out that whether you're in loose, shapeless Medieval shifts, Victorian corsets, delicate Edwardian undergarments, or modern lingerie, it's the same things that make for the best romantic outfits. Historical underwear was a lot simpler in the Medieval and baroque periods, but there was still subtle variation. Medieval undergarments was usually made of linen, and finely woven bright white linen was the most attractive because it was costly, high-quality, and a little see-through! Noble ladies sometimes wore silk nightgowns too, which were considered attractive for the same reasons, Medieval romances talk about how beautiful these shifts and chemises are, so it's easy to see how these are a staple of the historty of romance. Moving onwards, we start to see a little more decoration, like the lace or blackwork embroidery on Elizabethan shirts, but this is usually at the collar and cuffs where it can be seen when you're fully dressed.But the history of lingerie takes a turn when it comes to baroque clothing. A huge number of English court ladies were painted by the famous artist Peter Lely in what look like romantic fantasy costumes, but they're actually bedroom outfits! These ladies wear chemises and robes, a staple of baroque clothing worn only in private, when getting ready for bed. Having their portraits painted in fancy silk boudoir outfits was like a modern celebrity doing a photoshoot in fancy lingerie! Everything from stockings to garters was a subject of the vintage romantic imagination in the 18th century, and we have plenty of folk songs and cartoons about people describing how attractive these underpinnings are. It wasn't just seeing someone in their underwear that was exciting, though. In the 19th century, as fashion became more ornate and more affordable, some corsets became so colorful they'd put modern lingerie to shame! Lingerie design had a huge amount of variation, and antique corset history is full of decorative designs to contrast with plain cotton lingerie for everyday wear. Even the chemise, the most basic of Victorian undergarments, got more and more decorated, with lace and ribbons available. It's like the reverse of how we see garter belts : Today, they're decorative and very exciting, but vintage garter belts could actually be as boring as granny panties! Vintage garters were everyday items, not necessarily made to be attractive, even though plenty of vintage lingerie could be romantic and decorative.So what can fashion history teach us, from looking at all these foundation garments? A few things have stayed true about lingerie through fashion's evolution. The most attractive lingerie is what stands out, whether it's because of being high-quality or expensive, because it's colorful or decorative, or simply because it's an outfit only seen in the boudoir. So whether you like your underwear colorful or plain, bustiers or chemises or garter belts, vintage lingerie or modern, historical costuming is happy to help you choose your outfit for Valentine's Day. Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
The history of underwear can help you choose INTERESTING Valentines Day boudoir outfits SnappyDragon 2024-02-09 | From medieval chemises to vintage lingerie and garter belts, the history of underwear is full of great ideas for your Valentines' boudoir outfits-- even if you wear modern lingerie and you're only dressing up for yourself! Thank you Birch Living for sponsoring! Click here birchliving.com/SnappyDragon to get 20% off your Birch mattress (plus two free Eco-Rest pillows!) during the early access to their President’s Day sale. Offers subject to change. #birchlivingBoudoir outfits and lingerie have changed a lot through the history of fashion. So what makes for the best Valentine's Day lingerie, in any era? I dove into the history of underwear to find out, and it turns out that whether you're in loose, shapeless Medieval shifts, Victorian corsets, delicate Edwardian undergarments, or modern lingerie, it's the same things that make for the best romantic outfits. Historical underwear was a lot simpler in the Medieval and baroque periods, but there was still subtle variation. Medieval undergarments was usually made of linen, and finely woven bright white linen was the most attractive because it was costly, high-quality, and a little see-through! Noble ladies sometimes wore silk nightgowns too, which were considered attractive for the same reasons, Medieval romances talk about how beautiful these shifts and chemises are, so it's easy to see how these are a staple of the historty of romance. Moving onwards, we start to see a little more decoration, like the lace or blackwork embroidery on Elizabethan shirts, but this is usually at the collar and cuffs where it can be seen when you're fully dressed.But the history of lingerie takes a turn when it comes to baroque clothing. A huge number of English court ladies were painted by the famous artist Peter Lely in what look like romantic fantasy costumes, but they're actually bedroom outfits! These ladies wear chemises and robes, a staple of baroque clothing worn only in private, when getting ready for bed. Having their portraits painted in fancy silk boudoir outfits was like a modern celebrity doing a photoshoot in fancy lingerie! Everything from stockings to garters was a subject of the vintage romantic imagination in the 18th century, and we have plenty of folk songs and cartoons about people describing how attractive these underpinnings are. It wasn't just seeing someone in their underwear that was exciting, though. In the 19th century, as fashion became more ornate and more affordable, some corsets became so colorful they'd put modern lingerie to shame! Lingerie design had a huge amount of variation, and antique corset history is full of decorative designs to contrast with plain cotton lingerie for everyday wear. Even the chemise, the most basic of Victorian undergarments, got more and more decorated, with lace and ribbons available. It's like the reverse of how we see garter belts : Today, they're decorative and very exciting, but vintage garter belts could actually be as boring as granny panties! Vintage garters were everyday items, not necessarily made to be attractive, even though plenty of vintage lingerie could be romantic and decorative.So what can fashion history teach us, from looking at all these foundation garments? A few things have stayed true about lingerie through fashion's evolution. The most attractive lingerie is what stands out, whether it's because of being high-quality or expensive, because it's colorful or decorative, or simply because it's an outfit only seen in the boudoir. So whether you like your underwear colorful or plain, bustiers or chemises or garter belts, vintage lingerie or modern, historical costuming is happy to help you choose your outfit for Valentine's Day. Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Some historical fashion advice on what to wear on Valentines day . . . SnappyDragon 2024-02-09 | What to wear on Valentines' day : a medieval smock? a Victorian chemise? From baroque clothes to vintage lingerie and garter belts, the history of underwear is full of great ideas for your Valentines' boudoir outfits-- even if you wear modern lingerie and you're only dressing up for yourself. Boudoir outfits and lingerie have changed a lot through the history of fashion. So what makes for the best Valentine's Day lingerie, in any era? I dove into the history of underwear to find out, and it turns out that whether you're in loose, shapeless Medieval shifts, Victorian corsets, delicate Edwardian undergarments, or modern lingerie, it's the same things that make for the best romantic outfits. Historical underwear was a lot simpler in the Medieval and baroque periods, but there was still subtle variation. Medieval undergarments was usually made of linen, and finely woven bright white linen was the most attractive because it was costly, high-quality, and a little see-through! Noble ladies sometimes wore silk nightgowns too, which were considered attractive for the same reasons, Medieval romances talk about how beautiful these shifts and chemises are, so it's easy to see how these are a staple of the historty of romance. Moving onwards, we start to see a little more decoration, like the lace or blackwork embroidery on Elizabethan shirts, but this is usually at the collar and cuffs where it can be seen when you're fully dressed.But the history of lingerie takes a turn when it comes to baroque clothing. A huge number of English court ladies were painted by the famous artist Peter Lely in what look like romantic fantasy costumes, but they're actually bedroom outfits! These ladies wear chemises and robes, a staple of baroque clothing worn only in private, when getting ready for bed. Having their portraits painted in fancy silk boudoir outfits was like a modern celebrity doing a photoshoot in fancy lingerie! Everything from stockings to garters was a subject of the vintage romantic imagination in the 18th century, and we have plenty of folk songs and cartoons about people describing how attractive these underpinnings are. It wasn't just seeing someone in their underwear that was exciting, though. In the 19th century, as fashion became more ornate and more affordable, some corsets became so colorful they'd put modern lingerie to shame! Lingerie design had a huge amount of variation, and antique corset history is full of decorative designs to contrast with plain cotton lingerie for everyday wear. Even the chemise, the most basic of Victorian undergarments, got more and more decorated, with lace and ribbons available. It's like the reverse of how we see garter belts : Today, they're decorative and very exciting, but vintage garter belts could actually be as boring as granny panties! Vintage garters were everyday items, not necessarily made to be attractive, even though plenty of vintage lingerie could be romantic and decorative.So what can fashion history teach us, from looking at all these foundation garments? A few things have stayed true about lingerie through fashion's evolution. The most attractive lingerie is what stands out, whether it's because of being high-quality or expensive, because it's colorful or decorative, or simply because it's an outfit only seen in the boudoir. So whether you like your underwear colorful or plain, bustiers or chemises or garter belts, vintage lingerie or modern, historical costuming is happy to help you choose your outfit for Valentine's Day. Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
My Historybounding Winter Aesthetic : 3 historical ways to winterize your wardobe SnappyDragon 2024-01-26 | From a wearable blanket to petticoats, Victorian winter wear is a great way to stay warm while keeping a historical aesthetic. Join me for a historybounding getting dressed for winter. Brooklinen is giving you $20 off any order over $100 using the code SnappyDragon20 at checkout! bit.ly/SnappyDragon_BrooklinenJan24Keeping warm in winter has never been out of style, and fashion history is full of stylish and effective ways of dressing for the cold. Getting dressed for winter in historical winter clothes might be too much for the modern world, but that's what historybounding is for! Here are my three favorite ways to stay warm in winter while keeping my historical fashion : wool, pettiocats, and wearable blankets. I've even made a little lookbook to show you how I use all three at once in my day-to-day outfits to stay warm in winter . . . well, as much winter as we get in California 🤣Wearing wool is one of the best ways to winterize your wardrobe, whether in 1800s fashion or today. From wool socks to the popular flannel petticoat, historical winter wear is made of wool for a reason! It's breathable, biodegradable, and gives great insulation. It also doesn't need washing too often, and does fine with a cold water soak, so our modern worries about shrinking or ruining our wool base layers for cold weather needn't stop us. There's a reason Victorian clothing used so much wool, even though doing laundry was much harder. And if you wear skirts, you can layer up even more with petticoats! The trapped air insulates really well, so even a lightweight linen or cotton petticoat under a walking skirt will keep you warmer. But a flannel petticoat is a classic for a reason, as is a quilted petticoat, so don't be afraid to make an underskirt that's basically a blanket you can wear around your waist.But my favorite of these three ways of staying warm has got to be the WEARABLE BLANKET cloak. Cultures across the world have these, from Medieval cloaks to ponchos, to the ancestor of the kilt! Yes, the great kilt is literally a big wool blanket pleated and belted so it can be worn. My wearable blanket cloak is a square with a slit cut in it, and it goes well with all sorts of styles from Medieval and Victorian winter wear to vintage fashion for a more Old Hollywood look. Whatever your winter aesthetic is, there's a vintage wearable blanket that will work for you. Bring back winter cloaks!!Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Were the Pre-Raphaelites painting accurate medieval dress . . . or Victorian fairtytalecore? SnappyDragon 2024-01-19 | The Pre-Raphaelites loved medieval and fairytale aesthetic. How much did they know about historical fashion, and what can we learn about the history of clothes from pre Raphaelite art history? Click: drinkag1.com/snappydragon to get a FREE one-year supply of AG Vitamin D3+K2, plus five AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase of AG1!Waterhouse's Ophelia may be one of the best-known images of medieval dress in art history, inspiring countless high fantasy fashions wanting to look like a painting. But is she dressed like a real medieval princess? I think asking if pre-Raphaelite fashion was historically accurate is the wrong question! There's more to why dress history matters than historical accuracy, and the Pre-Raphaelites impact on art history and the history of clothes is a perfect example of why.The Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood and associated artists loved the romance and fantasy of early Renaissance art, and showed it by painting large numbers of historical fantasy scenes. Most people have seen more Pre-Raphaelite paintings than medieval art! Their art style was the Victorian era equivalent of modern aesthetics like princesscore and fairytalecore, combining the most stylish and beautiful elements of all sorts of historical costume like a greatest hits reel of fashion history. It even inspired a historical cottagecore movement, as Victorians interested in the alternative fashion of their day began wearing styles intended to look like a painting. These looks, called Artistic or Aesthetic dress, are now considered some of the most interesting in the world of historical sewing. The Pre-Raphaelite paintings' impact on costume history is far bigger than whether or not they painted accurate depictions of medieval clothing. Some things they got right, and some wrong-- and for an art movement spanning several decades, many artists, and many mediums, that isn't surprising.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
the historybounding party dress of my dreams | Historical New Years party dress SnappyDragon 2023-12-31 | Okay, but what am I ACTUALLY wearing to the fancy New Year's Eve party? This historical dress works super well over modern dancewear! I could also wear it over lighter base layers or a slip dress for different looks. The versatility of pieces like this is why I love historybounding-- especially when the dress only has four seams and took less than one afternoon to make!One of the best parts of historical costuming is making historical clothing that you can wear in daily life-- it's called historybounding, and it's a great way to get more wear out of your historical fashion. So when I wanted a new dress for a fancy New Year's Eve party outfit, I made one I could wear for Roman period costume and for with Regency dress too! And, of course, a sewing vlog about it. I put together this super simple chiffon dress based on a Roman dress called the stola. It's only got four seams, so it's super quick and easy and would make great beginner historical sewing projects for anyone who wants a DIY NYE dress. The history of clothing and fashion is cyclical, and it's great to have a style that works for multiple periods of fashion history.If you're wondering what to wear with a dress like this, I got you! To show how versatile this historical dress is, I made a little historical lookbook with three ways to wear it! Firstly, there's my NYE party look, mixing the neoclassical aesthetic with modern dancewear and sparkly party makeup. Next is the Ancient Roman outfit, which isn't historically accurate but is fun, comfy, and great for SCA events or any costume event outdoors in hot weather. The stola is worn over a simple chiton made of a length of repurposed linen, tied with a ribbon belt, and finished off with a Roman style veil called a palla. In Ancient Rome this outfit would be for married women, but since a crinkle silk chiffon dress isn't period correct to begin with, I'm just going for Roman dress DIY vibes. For the Regency look, this dress is a perfect and period appropriate way to get more use out of simple Regency garments like a white cotton dress. The early Regency period of historical fashion was obsessed with neoclassical style. Add the stola as an overdress to a plain dress like my first Regency dress sewing project, and you've got a colorful, distinctive, and stylish outfit that you didn't need to sew from scratch! Happy New Year to you all, and I hope you feel as great in your party dresses as I do in mine.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! loom.ly/bjIgQJ8Or, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : loom.ly/rUMBj58Follow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚#fashionhistory #historicaldress #NYEdress #historicalclothing #partydress #sewsewsew #imakemyownclothes #sewersofinstagram #memadeeveryday #sustainablefashion #sewcute #outfitinspo #newyearseve #partyseason #nyeoutfit #vintagedress #romandress #romancostume #historybounding
Why Im running the SnappyDragon Discord server through Patreon SnappyDragon 2023-12-30 | Why am I running my Discord server through Patreon? It takes a lot of work to keep an online community healthy-- I would know, because I regularly have to do it in my comments section! Making my Discord server a $1 Patreon benefit helps cover that labor, and means any trolls have to pay for the privilege of causing trouble. I can't wait to have a place where we can actually talk to eachother, show off our sewing projects, and (the really important thing) share pet photos. See you over on the server!Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
a unique, colorful Regency ballgown | Historical New Years party dress SnappyDragon 2023-12-30 | Regency folks were OBSESSED with Neoclassical, Ancient Greek, and Roman aesthetics, so this dress can work 2000 years forward in history, no problem! White cotton dresses were so popular they became ubiquitous, and this is the perfect way to add interest to a versatile base layer. It's worn over Regency underpinnings including short stays and a bodiced petticoat with a high empire waist. One of the best parts of historical costuming is making historical clothing that you can wear in daily life-- it's called historybounding, and it's a great way to get more wear out of your historical fashion. So when I wanted a new dress for a fancy New Year's Eve party outfit, I made one I could wear for Roman period costume and for with Regency dress too! And, of course, a sewing vlog about it. I put together this super simple chiffon dress based on a Roman dress called the stola. It's only got four seams, so it's super quick and easy and would make great beginner historical sewing projects for anyone who wants a DIY NYE dress. The history of clothing and fashion is cyclical, and it's great to have a style that works for multiple periods of fashion history.If you're wondering what to wear with a dress like this, I got you! To show how versatile this historical dress is, I made a little historical lookbook with three ways to wear it! Firstly, there's my NYE party look, mixing the neoclassical aesthetic with modern dancewear and sparkly party makeup. Next is the Ancient Roman outfit, which isn't historically accurate but is fun, comfy, and great for SCA events or any costume event outdoors in hot weather. The stola is worn over a simple chiton made of a length of repurposed linen, tied with a ribbon belt, and finished off with a Roman style veil called a palla. In Ancient Rome this outfit would be for married women, but since a crinkle silk chiffon dress isn't period correct to begin with, I'm just going for Roman dress DIY vibes. For the Regency look, this dress is a perfect and period appropriate way to get more use out of simple Regency garments like a white cotton dress. The early Regency period of historical fashion was obsessed with neoclassical style. Add the stola as an overdress to a plain dress like my first Regency dress sewing project, and you've got a colorful, distinctive, and stylish outfit that you didn't need to sew from scratch! Happy New Year to you all, and I hope you feel as great in your party dresses as I do in mine.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! loom.ly/bjIgQJ8Or, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : loom.ly/rUMBj58Follow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚#regencyfashion #regencydress #regencyera #fashionhistory #historicaldress #NYEdress #historicalclothing #partydress #sewsewsew #imakemyownclothes #sewersofinstagram #memadeeveryday #sustainablefashion #sewcute #outfitinspo #newyearseve #partyseason #nyeoutfit #romandress #romancostume #historybounding
the Ancient Roman chiton and stola | Historical New Years party dress SnappyDragon 2023-12-29 | My New Year's Eve party dress in its "original" historical context : Ancient Roman fashion! This dress is based on the "stola", a Roman overdress worn by married women. This outfit isn't perfectly accurate, but crinkle gauze isn't period so it was never going to be . . . good enough for hot weather SCA events, though! One of the best parts of historical costuming is making historical clothing that you can wear in daily life-- it's called historybounding, and it's a great way to get more wear out of your historical fashion. So when I wanted a new dress for a fancy New Year's Eve party outfit, I made one I could wear for Roman period costume and for with Regency dress too! And, of course, a sewing vlog about it. I put together this super simple chiffon dress based on a Roman dress called the stola. It's only got four seams, so it's super quick and easy and would make great beginner historical sewing projects for anyone who wants a DIY NYE dress. The history of clothing and fashion is cyclical, and it's great to have a style that works for multiple periods of fashion history.If you're wondering what to wear with a dress like this, I got you! To show how versatile this historical dress is, I made a little historical lookbook with three ways to wear it! Firstly, there's my NYE party look, mixing the neoclassical aesthetic with modern dancewear and sparkly party makeup. Next is the Ancient Roman outfit, which isn't historically accurate but is fun, comfy, and great for SCA events or any costume event outdoors in hot weather. The stola is worn over a simple chiton made of a length of repurposed linen, tied with a ribbon belt, and finished off with a Roman style veil called a palla. In Ancient Rome this outfit would be for married women, but since a crinkle silk chiffon dress isn't period correct to begin with, I'm just going for Roman dress DIY vibes. For the Regency look, this dress is a perfect and period appropriate way to get more use out of simple Regency garments like a white cotton dress. The early Regency period of historical fashion was obsessed with neoclassical style. Add the stola as an overdress to a plain dress like my first Regency dress sewing project, and you've got a colorful, distinctive, and stylish outfit that you didn't need to sew from scratch! Happy New Year to you all, and I hope you feel as great in your party dresses as I do in mine.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! loom.ly/bjIgQJ8Or, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : loom.ly/rUMBj58Follow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚#fashionhistory #historicaldress #NYEdress #historicalclothing #partydress #sewsewsew #imakemyownclothes #sewersofinstagram #memadeeveryday #sustainablefashion #sewcute #outfitinspo #newyearseve #partyseason #nyeoutfit #romandress #romancostume #historybounding
We FINALLY have a SnappyDragon Discord server!!! SnappyDragon 2023-12-28 | we FINALLY have a Discord server for the SnappyDragon community! One of the best parts of historical costuming is the community that's built around sewing and fashion history. I can't wait to have a place where we can actually talk to eachother, show off our sewing projects, and (the really important thing) share pet photos. Head over to my Patreon to join the server. See you over there!Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
my neoclassical New Years Eve party dress : Ancient Roman, Regency, and historybounding lookbook! SnappyDragon 2023-12-28 | I can't JUST sew a new historical dress for a New Year's Eve party outfit, it's gotta be a Roman dress and Regency ball gown as well as for historybounding! Thanks to Mistplay for sponsoring! Use code SNAPPYDRAGON50 and download the app for free here: http://mistplay.com/SNAPPYDRAGON . Code expires 1/31/24. Limited quantities available. #mistplay #playandearnOne of the best parts of historical costuming is making historical clothing that you can wear in daily life-- it's called historybounding, and it's a great way to get more wear out of your historical fashion. So when I wanted a new dress for a fancy New Year's Eve party outfit, I made one I could wear for Roman period costume and for with Regency dress too! And, of course, a sewing vlog about it. I put together this super simple chiffon dress based on a Roman dress called the stola. It's only got four seams, so it's super quick and easy and would make great beginner historical sewing projects for anyone who wants a DIY NYE dress. The history of clothing and fashion is cyclical, and it's great to have a style that works for multiple periods of fashion history.If you're wondering what to wear with a dress like this, I got you! To show how versatile this historical dress is, I made a little historical lookbook with three ways to wear it! Firstly, there's my NYE party look, mixing the neoclassical aesthetic with modern dancewear and sparkly party makeup. Next is the Ancient Roman outfit, which isn't historically accurate but is fun, comfy, and great for SCA events or any costume event outdoors in hot weather. The stola is worn over a simple chiton made of a length of repurposed linen, tied with a ribbon belt, and finished off with a Roman style veil called a palla. In Ancient Rome this outfit would be for married women, but since a crinkle silk chiffon dress isn't period correct to begin with, I'm just going for Roman dress DIY vibes. For the Regency look, this dress is a perfect and period appropriate way to get more use out of simple Regency garments like a white cotton dress. The early Regency period of historical fashion was obsessed with neoclassical style. Add the stola as an overdress to a plain dress like my first Regency dress sewing project, and you've got a colorful, distinctive, and stylish outfit that you didn't need to sew from scratch! Happy New Year to you all, and I hope you feel as great in your party dresses as I do in mine.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
We are NOT making a new historical dress just for a New Years party . . . are we?! SnappyDragon 2023-12-27 | FINE, we can sew a new dress for a New Year's Eve party, but ONLY if it's also a historical costume. No, make that TWO historical costumes, from different eras. And it's gotta fit in the closet.One of the best parts of historical costuming is making historical clothing that you can wear in daily life-- it's called historybounding, and it's a great way to get more wear out of your historical fashion. So when I wanted a new dress for a fancy New Year's Eve party outfit, I made one I could wear for multiple historical time periods as well as a modern party dress. And, of course, a sewing vlog about it. It's only got four seams, so it's super quick and easy and would make great beginner historical sewing projects for anyone who wants a DIY NYE dress. The history of clothing and fashion is cyclical, and it's great to have a style that works for multiple periods of fashion history. Happy New Year to you all, and I hope you feel as great in your party dresses as I do in mine.Join my Patreon for Discord access, behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! loom.ly/bjIgQJ8Or, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : loom.ly/rUMBj58Follow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚#fashionhistory #historicaldress #NYEdress
My first SCA reenactment event?! Sewing for a weekend historical costuming event vlog SnappyDragon 2023-11-29 | I went to my first Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) event, with @Opus Elenae and @Faye Sterling! Thank you Birch Living for sponsoring! Click here birchliving.com/SnappyDragon to get 25% off your Birch mattress (plus two free Eco-Rest pillows!) during their Cyber Monday Sale. For your little ones, check out the Birch Kids Natural Mattress which is a 2023 Good Housekeeping Parenting Awards winner! Offers subject to change. #birchlivingI've wanted to try historical reenactment events, so I was overjoyed to visit my friends Courtney and Faye for my first ever SCA event and spend a weekend in historical costume! But I had SO MUCH sewing to do before I could spend a weekend in medieval dress, so I've put together a sewing vlog of preparing for and going to my first medieval reenactment LARP. The Society for Creative Anachronism has run events like this for a long time, with reenactors combining historical recreation and medieval fantasy. For my event wardrobe, I made two new medieval dresses. First, a high medieval bliaut made with historically accurate sewing techniques and tablet-woven wool trim, and secondly a basic early medieval kirtle or under dress in light blue wool. Added to the linen medieval kirtle and pink wool bliaut I already had, this gave me a great medieval wardrobe with all of the fantasy appeal of the classic middle ages princess dress!I wasn't sure what to expect from an SCA event, but I had a great time! There was sword fighting, classes, amazing shops and vendors, and people who reenact in everything from Viking Age to Renaissance dress. I got to see Faye fight in a medieval tournament LARP, explore a castle before watching reenactor knights storm it, and listen to Courtney explain SCA history and politics. While the Society for Creative Anachronism definitely has its problems, and I'm not sure I'll participate often because of them, I had wonderful first historical recreation event thanks to the people I met there.Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
RUMP ROAST : Ranking historical fashions wildest fake butt pads SnappyDragon 2023-10-27 | Historical dress is full of fake butt pads, bustles, and body shapers of all kinds. Let's rank some of the weirdest ones in a tier list! Brooklinen is giving my viewers $20 off any order over $100 using my code SnappyDragon20 at checkout. bit.ly/SnappyDragon_BrooklinenOct23 This video is kindly sponsored by Brooklinen.Bustle pad, bum roll, and even false rump : these are all real fashion history terms for real historical underpinnings, and they are as funny as they sound. Fake butts and butt pads are hundreds of years old, and fashion trends have gotten REAL creative with them! When you make fun of your bustle pad, it's a RUMP ROAST, so I'm ranking a tier list of my favorite and least favorite historically accurate fake butts and bustles, the ancestors of modern body shapers and shapewear. From the Elizabethan bumroll to the 18th century false rump to Victorian bustle cage skirt supports to Edwardian bustle and hip pads, the evolution of fashion has always loved a good fake butt to round out the historical silhouette.We're not here to judge historical accuracy, so don't take this as an authoritative judgement on costume design! We're just here to have a good time making fun of really old underwear. Butt jokes are universal no matter how much you know about historical costume, and even as a fashion historian, I can't imagine going around with some of the weird bustlepads here strapped to my butt! Please join me and hundreds of years of fashion history in laughing at the weird butt pads, bustles, and things people wore to get the right historical silhouette.We have CHANNEL MERCH!!! "Kiss My Bustle" available here : snappydragonstudios.myshopify.comJoin my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Culture is not a Halloween costume can it be inspiration? Appropriation vs. Appreciation SnappyDragon 2023-10-13 | No one wants to accidentally wear a racist, inappropriate Halloween costume. Is it okay to EVER wear other cultures' fashion and accessories? How do you TELL between cultural appropriation vs. appreciation? The first 500 people to use my link https://skl.sh/snappydragon1023 will get access to one of Skillshare’s best offers: 30 days free AND 40% off your first year of Skillshare membership!Every year, there's the same debate over racist Halloween costumes and cultural appropriation vs cultural appreciation. Culture is not a costume-- but what SHOULD you do if you are inspired by the aesthetic of another culture? Cultural appreciation vs. appropriation is not something we're taught to figure out. Miah Grace and I want to give you some tools to work out how you can appreciate things like Native American style and wear ethical fashion from other cultures, without wearing a bad costume for Halloween. There are so many better Halloween costume ideas than dressing as a cultural stereotype, and so many better ways to engage in cultural appreciation than an offensive Halloween costume you'll only wear once.Is it okay to wear these accessories? Is this outfit okay? Why is this other costume offensive? These are the questions we hear and see over and over in our comments sections. It's one thing to simply say that dressing in a Native American Halloween costume is problematic, but there's a reason people like and admire fashions and accessories from other cultures : Those things are beautiful! Cultural appreciation means learning about the styles you admire, enough to tell the difference between a problematic costume and a beautiful piece of Indigenous artwork you can wear and be proud of. When you truly understand what goes into fashion and clothing from places around the world, it's much easier to work out what makes a halloween costume offensive, and why! You can do so much better than questionable, fast-fashion, boho style or tribal pieces. Instead, you can learn to accessorize and accent your everyday wardrobe by supporting artists from the cultures whose aesthetic you admire. Plus, it's less scary when you admire a style that isn't okay for you to wear-- you can be confident that with a little more research, you'll find something that it IS okay to wear!Follow Miah around the internet :@MiahGrace and @MiahGraceSews on YoutubeInstagram : instagram.com/miahgracesewsKo-fi, for sewing patterns and support : ko-fi.com/miahgracesews/shopJoin my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Renaissance priorities, meet modern sewing methods . . . SnappyDragon 2023-10-08 | My beginner sewing friend and I made her a Renaissance Faire costume in a weekend, and maybe taught the Historical Accuracy Police some lessons about perfectionism too. Historical costuming doesn't have to be hard, and sewing costumes for beginners is better with weekend sewing friends.Historical sewing can be intimidating for beginners. But Renaissance festivals and historical fantasy costume can be someone's introduction to historical costume making, and they can be great weekend sewing projects for beginners! Renaissance fair costumes aren't always as complicated as they look, and my beginner costumer friend Natalie and I set out to prove making a renaissance faire costume can be a one weekend sewing project together. And, of course, we made a sewing vlog about it!For Natalie's DIY ren faire costume, we chose to make three pieces. First, a Renaissance shirt out of secondhand linen, a staple o Renaissance festival costumes. Then, we made an easy pleated skirt, a great piece for history bounding as well as historical costume! The overdress or kirtle is the most complicated piece, but it's still super easy! We bought a paper pattern for the bodice and added a simple pleated skirt, making it an easy weekend project. We weren't worried about making a renaissance fair costume historically accurate, so we did all the sewing by machine and used metal corset eyelets. As DIY ren faire costumes and historical sewing projects go, this was actually a complicated one! An easy medieval dress or medieval fantasy outfit would have required even fewer costume pieces, but we wanted something with the look of classic ren faire costumes. Natalie is super happy with her Renaissance Faire dress, and I'm really proud of her for taking on a big sewing project with me to build up her skills and confidence!Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Judging my friends Ren Faire costume? DONT YOU DARE. SnappyDragon 2023-10-07 | My beginner sewing friend and I make her a Renaissance Faire costume in a weekend, and we're not about to let anyone judge her for it! Historical costuming doesn't have to be hard, and sewing costumes for beginners is better with weekend sewing friends.Historical sewing can be intimidating for beginners. But Renaissance festivals and historical fantasy costume can be someone's introduction to historical costume making, and they can be great weekend sewing projects for beginners! Renaissance fair costumes aren't always as complicated as they look, and my beginner costumer friend Natalie and I set out to prove making a renaissance faire costume can be a one weekend sewing project together. And, of course, we made a sewing vlog about it!For Natalie's DIY ren faire costume, we chose to make three pieces. First, a Renaissance shirt out of secondhand linen, a staple o Renaissance festival costumes. Then, we made an easy pleated skirt, a great piece for history bounding as well as historical costume! The overdress or kirtle is the most complicated piece, but it's still super easy! We bought a paper pattern for the bodice and added a simple pleated skirt, making it an easy weekend project. We weren't worried about making a renaissance fair costume historically accurate, so we did all the sewing by machine and used metal corset eyelets. As DIY ren faire costumes and historical sewing projects go, this was actually a complicated one! An easy medieval dress or medieval fantasy outfit would have required even fewer costume pieces, but we wanted something with the look of classic ren faire costumes. Natalie is super happy with her Renaissance Faire dress, and I'm really proud of her for taking on a big sewing project with me to build up her skills and confidence!Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
We made a Ren Faire costume IN A WEEKEND?! Helping my beginner sewing friend with Renaissance dress SnappyDragon 2023-10-06 | Play Merge Gardens for FREE and build your own garden 🌷🌷🌷: t2m.io/SnappyDragon Can my beginner sewing friend and I make her a Renaissance Faire costume in a weekend? Yes! Historical costuming doesn't have to be hard, and sewing costumes for beginners is better with weekend sewing friends.Historical sewing can be intimidating for beginners. But Renaissance festivals and historical fantasy costume can be someone's introduction to historical costume making, and they can be great weekend sewing projects for beginners! Renaissance fair costumes aren't always as complicated as they look, and my beginner costumer friend Natalie and I set out to prove making a renaissance faire costume can be a one weekend sewing project together. And, of course, we made a sewing vlog about it!For Natalie's DIY ren faire costume, we chose to make three pieces. First, a Renaissance shirt out of secondhand linen, a staple o Renaissance festival costumes. Then, we made an easy pleated skirt, a great piece for history bounding as well as historical costume! The overdress or kirtle is the most complicated piece, but it's still super easy! We bought a paper pattern for the bodice and added a simple pleated skirt, making it an easy weekend project. We weren't worried about making a renaissance fair costume historically accurate, so we did all the sewing by machine and used metal corset eyelets. As DIY ren faire costumes and historical sewing projects go, this was actually a complicated one! An easy medieval dress or medieval fantasy outfit would have required even fewer costume pieces, but we wanted something with the look of classic ren faire costumes. Natalie is super happy with her Renaissance Faire dress, and I'm really proud of her for taking on a big sewing project with me to build up her skills and confidence!Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
A Renaissance dress in ONE WEEKEND?! SnappyDragon 2023-10-06 | Can my beginner sewing friend and I make her a Renaissance Faire costume in a weekend? Yes! Historical costuming doesn't have to be hard, and sewing costumes for beginners is better with weekend sewing friends.Historical sewing can be intimidating for beginners. But Renaissance festivals and historical fantasy costume can be someone's introduction to historical costume making, and they can be great weekend sewing projects for beginners! Renaissance fair costumes aren't always as complicated as they look, and my beginner costumer friend Natalie and I set out to prove making a renaissance faire costume can be a one weekend sewing project together. And, of course, we made a sewing vlog about it!For Natalie's DIY ren faire costume, we chose to make three pieces. First, a Renaissance shirt out of secondhand linen, a staple o Renaissance festival costumes. Then, we made an easy pleated skirt, a great piece for history bounding as well as historical costume! The overdress or kirtle is the most complicated piece, but it's still super easy! We bought a paper pattern for the bodice and added a simple pleated skirt, making it an easy weekend project. We weren't worried about making a renaissance fair costume historically accurate, so we did all the sewing by machine and used metal corset eyelets. As DIY ren faire costumes and historical sewing projects go, this was actually a complicated one! An easy medieval dress or medieval fantasy outfit would have required even fewer costume pieces, but we wanted something with the look of classic ren faire costumes. Natalie is super happy with her Renaissance Faire dress, and I'm really proud of her for taking on a big sewing project with me to build up her skills and confidence!Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
How the corset FAKED ITS DEATH : Fashion history murder mystery, or shapewear marketing? SnappyDragon 2023-09-30 | The Victorian corset went out of fashion in the 1920s-- but had fashion killed corsets? Were they in hiding, cleverly disguised as girdles and body shapers? Time for a vintage shapewear murder mystery! Thank you Birch Living for sponsoring! Click here birchliving.com/snappydragon to get 20% off your Birch mattress (plus two free Eco-Rest pillows!). #birchlivingVictorian corsets tortured and restricted women into uncomfortable fashions with tight lacing, until the 1920s when they suddenly went out of use : that's the story we know. But the truth is so much more complex! There were a huge number of reasons fewer women wore corsets from the Edwardian era to the Jazz age, but corsets didn't truly go out of fashion until much later. The reason we think they did is a complicated tangle of underwear marketing history! The old fashioned corset evolved and changed from the S-bend Edwardian corset shape into the more familiar undergarments for women of the 20th century. What's the difference between a boned corset and a body shaper, or a foundation garment, or an abdominal belt support garment? All it really comes down to is fashion marketing.What is a corset, and what is shapewear? If you think about it, a girdle is really just an underbust corset by a different name! This is how the corset came to be replaced by body shapers and brassieres. The slim, empire waist fashions of the 1910s Titanic era had already made underbust corsets more fashionable than overbust ones, so as the 1920s went on, these underbust corsets took on straighter shapes and different names like garter belt and girdle. Meanwhile, WWI rationing and the underbust corset fashions had encouraged the development of bras, brassieres, and bandeaus for bust support-- the ancestors of the modern bra. These undergarments for women didn't mean corsetry went totally out of fashion, it just changed shape over time. For the boyish, straight lines of 1920s fashion the corset or foundation garment flattened the bust and hips. Into the 1940s and 50s, it developed into the waist cincher shapewear that supported the hourglass New Look 1950s fashions. So is your shapewear bodysuit a modern corset? Maybe! But the 1920s didn't kill the corset; it simply went into hiding. Underwear marketing was determined that corsetry and the corset industry should survive, so the corset changed its name and disguised itself as other foundation garments and types of shapewear.Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚Photo of the "Silver Tissue" 1660s court dress by Ludi Lung, lisenced CC-BY-SA 3.0 : creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
We are here to solve a MURDER . . . of the corset?! SnappyDragon 2023-09-30 | The Victorian corset went out of fashion in the 1920s-- but had fashion killed corsets? Were they in hiding, cleverly disguised as girdles and body shapers? Time for a vintage shapewear murder mystery!Victorian corsets tortured and restricted women into uncomfortable fashions with tight lacing, until the 1920s when they suddenly went out of use : that's the story we know. But the truth is so much more complex! There were a huge number of reasons fewer women wore corsets from the Edwardian era to the Jazz age, but corsets didn't truly go out of fashion until much later. The reason we think they did is a complicated tangle of underwear marketing history! The old fashioned corset evolved and changed from the S-bend Edwardian corset shape into the more familiar undergarments for women of the 20th century. What's the difference between a boned corset and a body shaper, or a foundation garment, or an abdominal belt support garment? All it really comes down to is fashion marketing.What is a corset, and what is shapewear? If you think about it, a girdle is really just an underbust corset by a different name! This is how the corset came to be replaced by body shapers and brassieres. The slim, empire waist fashions of the 1910s Titanic era had already made underbust corsets more fashionable than overbust ones, so as the 1920s went on, these underbust corsets took on straighter shapes and different names like garter belt and girdle. Meanwhile, WWI rationing and the underbust corset fashions had encouraged the development of bras, brassieres, and bandeaus for bust support-- the ancestors of the modern bra. These undergarments for women didn't mean corsetry went totally out of fashion, it just changed shape over time. For the boyish, straight lines of 1920s fashion the corset or foundation garment flattened the bust and hips. Into the 1940s and 50s, it developed into the waist cincher shapewear that supported the hourglass New Look 1950s fashions. So is your shapewear bodysuit a modern corset? Maybe! But the 1920s didn't kill the corset; it simply went into hiding. Underwear marketing was determined that corsetry and the corset industry should survive, so the corset changed its name and disguised itself as other foundation garments and types of shapewear.Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚Photo of the "Silver Tissue" 1660s court dress by Ludi Lung, lisenced CC-BY-SA 3.0 : creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Victorian modesty : defeated by SUNBLOCK. SnappyDragon 2023-09-14 | What wins : sunblock, or The Victorians etiquette about modesty? There's so much more to Victorian modesty than we've been taught, and a lot of it-- like the thing about table leg covers-- is a myth. Let's do some fashion history and bust those Victorian modesty myths, because there's a shocking amount we can learn from their attitudes.The history we've been taught emphasizes Victorian values as being buttoned-up. While the Victorians etiquette was strict compared to modern or even 20th century vintage modest outfits . . . modesty in Victorian fashion is not what you think! Contrary to popular belief, Victorian morals did not require table legs to be covered for the sake of modesty. But when it comes to how Victorian modesty did actually work, there's a surprisingly sensible aspect to Victorian era fashion's dress code, and thee's a lot modern school dress codes could learn from it rather than clutching pearls over historical myths. Historical accuracy in Victorian fashion does call for modest high collars and long sleeves . . . in place of sunscreen! No one had invented sun block in the 19th century, and wearing clothes in place of sunblock was the best they could do. But this didn't stop the Victorians wearing low necklines and bare arms in the evening when SPF wasn't necessary. Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Was Victorian modesty a myth? Fashion history mythbusting with sunscreen and school dress codes SnappyDragon 2023-09-08 | 🔎👒 Download June's Journey for free here: https://woo.ga/qqdx9s Thanks to June's Journey for sponsoring this video. What would the modest, prudish Victorians think about the school uniform debate? Uncovered table legs? What about sunscreen? School dress codes? It's not what we've been taught : time to bust some weird Victorian myths with fashion history.The history we've been taught emphasizes Victorian values as being buttoned-up. While the Victorians etiquette was strict compared to modern or even 20th century vintage modest outfits . . . modesty in Victorian fashion is not what you think! Contrary to popular belief, Victorian morals did not require table legs to be covered for the sake of modesty. But when it comes to how Victorian modesty did actually work, there's a surprisingly sensible aspect to Victorian era fashion's dress code, and thee's a lot modern school dress codes could learn from it rather than clutching pearls over historical myths. Historical accuracy in Victorian fashion does call for modest high collars and long sleeves . . . in place of sunscreen! No one had invented sun block in the 19th century, and wearing clothes in place of sunblock was the best they could do. But this didn't stop the Victorians wearing low necklines and bare arms in the evening when SPF wasn't necessary. What does Victorian modesty have to do with the school uniform debate, though? Here's my historical style theory : the Victorians had a far healthier attitude about modest childrens' clothes than school dresscodes do! To Victorian era society, it wasn't unusual or immodest to see childrens' ankles, legs, or arms even when it would be provocative for adults to dress that way. Menawhile, outfits for school dress codes today treat the bodies of LITERAL CHILDREN as though they're inherently provocative! I think we should listen to the Victorians when it comes to the school dress code debate and whether children should be dress coded out of getting a good education. I'm lucky that I never ended up breaking my school's dress code, but that's because they didn't care what my outfits for school were. Seriously, when the Victorians have a healthier attitude towards modesty than modern-day school dress codes, it's a sign they need to reconsider their choices.Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Victorian modesty says you cant go out like that . . . without sunscreen?!! SnappyDragon 2023-09-08 | The Victorians etiquette about modesty says I can't go out with my arms and chest exposed . . . unless I wear sunblock? There's so much more to Victorian modesty than we've been taught, and a lot of it-- like the thing about table leg covers-- is a myth. Let's do some fashion history and bust those Victorian modesty myths, because there's a shocking amount we can learn from their attitudes.The history we've been taught emphasizes Victorian values as being buttoned-up. While the Victorians etiquette was strict compared to modern or even 20th century vintage modest outfits . . . modesty in Victorian fashion is not what you think! Contrary to popular belief, Victorian morals did not require table legs to be covered for the sake of modesty. But when it comes to how Victorian modesty did actually work, there's a surprisingly sensible aspect to Victorian era fashion's dress code, and thee's a lot modern school dress codes could learn from it rather than clutching pearls over historical myths. Historical accuracy in Victorian fashion does call for modest high collars and long sleeves . . . in place of sunscreen! No one had invented sun block in the 19th century, and wearing clothes in place of sunblock was the best they could do. But this didn't stop the Victorians wearing low necklines and bare arms in the evening when SPF wasn't necessary. Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
We gotta talk about PERFECTIONISM in costuming : is historically accurate sewing perfect? SnappyDragon 2023-08-25 | Good historical costuming is historically accurate, right? And that means perfect . . . right?! Tiny perfect hand sewing stitches, neatly finished seams, and no visible machine sewing ever. Except that's not what fashion history says, that's modern perfectionism! Whether or not you like your historical dress accurate or not, we gotta understand what's a real part of historical sewing, what's important for modern costume makers . . . and what's just perfectionism and superiority talking.There's more to making a historically accurate dress than perfectionism! If perfect hand stitching makes you happy, then go for it! It can be really satisfying to look at pretty, perfect seams. But know that the vast majority of historical dressmakers didn't have that kind of time, whether they were housewives making clothes at home, or high-class haute couture designers like the House of Worth. Historical sewing techniques only valued pretty stitching when it had a purpose, which means professional historical dress makers had a keen sense of when historical sewing techniques like perfect hand sewing mattered, and when they didn't. Historical fashion is full of dresses made by machine, dresses with messy raw edges, dresses with visible machine stitching, and more. There's a reason the sewing machine was widely adopted by the Victorians as soon as it was affordable : because it made sewing so much faster that dressmakers and homemakers could spend that time on more important things, whether it was more ornate clothes or getting housework done.What matters today isn't just your historically accurate costume and tiny perfect stitches, it's whether you're happy with it. Maybe your thing is fantasy costume design and historical accuracy doesn't matter! Maybe you need disability adaptations for your DIY costume that don't work with perfectionism! Historical fashion was made and worn by all sorts of people, and they all had more on their mind than counting stitches. Yes, it's good to know how to fix a messy seam . . . but it's not good for anyone to feel bad about the things they make, whether they know how to sew a dress by hand or always use a machine. Let's not let perfectionism ruin our fun sewing vintage clothing or going to a reenactment. Perfectionism isn't historically accurate, and even if it was, nobody likes a gatekeeper!Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
What do we say to the historical accuracy police? SnappyDragon 2023-08-25 | Good historical costuming is historically accurate, right? And that means perfect . . . right?! Tiny perfect hand sewing stitches, neatly finished seams, and no visible machine sewing ever. Except that's not what fashion history says, that's modern perfectionism! Whether or not you like your historical dress accurate or not, we gotta understand what's a real part of historical sewing, what's important for modern costume makers . . . and what's just perfectionism and superiority talking.There's more to making a historically accurate dress than perfectionism! If perfect hand stitching makes you happy, then go for it! It can be really satisfying to look at pretty, perfect seams. But know that the vast majority of historical dressmakers didn't have that kind of time, whether they were housewives making clothes at home, or high-class haute couture designers like the House of Worth. Historical sewing techniques only valued pretty stitching when it had a purpose, which means professional historical dress makers had a keen sense of when historical sewing techniques like perfect hand sewing mattered, and when they didn't. Historical fashion is full of dresses made by machine, dresses with messy raw edges, dresses with visible machine stitching, and more. There's a reason the sewing machine was widely adopted by the Victorians as soon as it was affordable : because it made sewing so much faster that dressmakers and homemakers could spend that time on more important things, whether it was more ornate clothes or getting housework done.What matters today isn't just your historically accurate costume and tiny perfect stitches, it's whether you're happy with it. Maybe your thing is fantasy costume design and historical accuracy doesn't matter! Maybe you need disability adaptations for your DIY costume that don't work with perfectionism! Historical fashion was made and worn by all sorts of people, and they all had more on their mind than counting stitches. Yes, it's good to know how to fix a messy seam . . . but it's not good for anyone to feel bad about the things they make, whether they know how to sew a dress by hand or always use a machine. Let's not let perfectionism ruin our fun sewing vintage clothing or going to a reenactment. Perfectionism isn't historically accurate, and even if it was, nobody likes a gatekeeper!Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
World building through fantasy costume : Interview with the authors M. A. Carrick! SnappyDragon 2023-08-19 | Recently, I mentioned the Rook and Rose books by M. A. Carrick and their clever use of fantasy costume design and fashion history knowledge in world building their setting. Well, I got to interview them! Learn more about how they use fashion and historical dress for worldbuilding, from Dungeons and Dragons to fantasy and historical costuming experience and details from historically accurate clothes. Check out their Pattern Deck Kickstarter ( kickstarter.com/projects/mariebrennan/rook-and-rose-pattern-deck ) to help make real-world Pattern cards from the Mask of Mirrors, Liar's Knot, and Labyrinth's Heart. If you haven't read the books, check out macarrick.com for more info!I was honored that the authors Marie Brennan (known for the Memoirs of Lady Trent) and Alyc Helms (known for the Adventures of Mr. Mystic), who write together as M. A. Carrick, got in touch after my video about historical fantasy costuming and wanted to come on the channel! So we're taking a trip further into Authortube and Booktube to talk about how fashion, fashion history, and costuming can be used by all sorts of writers for worldbuilding, whether you're writing high fantasy, or another genre, or campaign building for D&D! Clothing speaks to all aspects of a society, so costume design can be an incredible tool for character building. Fantasy world building means starting from scratch, and even if your reader or player isn't doing costume analysis, it still tells them so much about your world. Fantasy fashion and hairstyles don't have to be based on reality, but you can draw from fashion history and combine styles to create fantasy dress that makes your fantasy worldbuilding more vivid and immersive. It goes so far beyond medieval costume : fantasy fashion lets the writer refer to styles from many time periods and settings. Marie and Alyc were kind enough to share their costume design references with me and submit to a little costume analysis, as well as running a giveaway for a signed book! Check out my Instagram ( instagram.com/misssnappydragon) to enter the giveaway, and follow the authors around the internet here :swantower.comalychelms.wordpress.comtwitter.com/ma_carricktwitter.com/swan_towertwitter.com/alychelmshttps://wandering.shop/@swan_towerhttps://wandering.shop/@alychelmsinstagram.com/alychelmsfacebook.com/profile.php?id=6842982patreon.com/swan_towerJoin my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Historical accuracy vs Historical Fantasy: the magic behind Ren Faire costumes and fashion SnappyDragon 2023-07-28 | It's Ren Faire season, which means the annual debate: should ren faire costumes be historically accurate, or is historical fantasy a legit style? Ren fair events blend medieval, renaissance, and fantasy costumes, and so can you. Thank you Birch Living for sponsoring! Click here http://birchliving.com/SnappyDragon to get 20% off your Birch mattress (plus two free Eco-Rest pillows!). #birchlivingWe love fashion history research, but there's more to historical costuming than just historical accuracy! Good Renaissance Faire costumes should be FUN, which means the freedom to play with everything from historical sewing techniques to fantasy cosplay, even if you end up in a fairy costume. Historical fantasy is a beloved genre of media and it's one of our greatest inspirations for how to make costumes! Fantasy costume design in tv shows, movies, and books takes inspiration from medieval fashion and renaissance fashion, creating an amazing aesthetic known as fantasycore, historical fantasy, rennaisance cosplay, or simply Ren Faire aesthetic. It's closely related to historybounding, because it mixes historically accurate elements with other kinds of fashion. Sure, it's not historically accurate, but who said it had to be? Not me! I love seeing fashion history worked into my favorite media, including beloved fantasy novels like the Rook and Rose books by M.A. Carrick.So, how to make costumes inspired by historical fantasy? Ren fest costumes and medieval costumes for events need to be comfortable and wearable, and accurate renaissance fashion often doesn't work at US renaissance festivals in the summer. My current Renaissance Festival costume can be either historically accurate or as a Ren Faire fantasy costume, depending on how I style it! Historical fantasy costuming is freeform by nature, so don't worry about making costume mistakes-- just be respectful, be safe, and have fun at this summer's renfest!Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudiosOr, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragonFollow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragonFor business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot ComI do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
