ClaireC

@rochellaine

In the musical. This one, though I can’t find a picture of the full thing

@valtmy Wow, that was very interesting.  Thanks for introducing me to it!

@ariel-ashira It would seem so.  Probably not the best idea…for me at least. 😛  @seekjustice of course won’t be going to bed for several more hours, and I think it’s daytime where Valtmy lives too, isn’t it?

@seekjustice Do you mean the movie or the musical?  I haven’t seen either, but I’ve seen clips of the movie.  I can’t find pictures of the costumes worn in the musical, and if it’s in the movie I’m not sure what dress you’re talking about.  Do you have a picture?

@Rochellaine

I can’t even imagine wearing something like the things they wore 🙂

Thanks!

Oh, do you know the costume Anya wears in Paris in Anastasia? The white one? I quite like that, but you’d have to tell me whether its historically accurate 1920s costume.

@valtmy I’ve not heard of it. 😮  I know mostly American and a lot of British and a very little European history. 😛  That sounds really cool, though!  I’ll have to look it up, or can you tell me more about it?

Well, but of course there were flappers!  There were a lot of flappers.  It’s just that the 20s are portrayed as though every single pers…[Read more]

@seekjustice Haha, yes, Gibson Girl fashion is a bit extreme.  I much prefer the more sensible WWI era fashion.  However, I do enjoy the Gibson Girl cartoons when I can find them.  They’re very amusing.

Oh, that collage is sweet. 🙂

@valtmy No, no.  I do not like the modern trend of YA fiction where the teenager saves the world just because he…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I made another collage. I’m quite proud of this one too 😀

@valtmy I love it 😀 I’ve had an idea for an Australian based fantasy for ages, because we have such an unique, but no one ever writes Australian fantasies. I haven’t got around to writing it yet though. I like the idea of the nomadic sea tribes one. That dress is so pretty….

@rochellaine *stares at pictures* Honestly. it looks…[Read more]

@seekjustice What do you think of the pre-WWI Gibson Girl fashions?  Ah, the Olympics are very interesting.  And they were very different from what they are now!!

@valtmy There aren’t many monarchs that interest me greatly for some reason.  I’m very fond of Lady Jane Grey and her cousin Edward, but other than that I usually prefer the people wh…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I have a bunch of favourite periods. I like the Roman occupation of Britain, but that doesn’t count, and the early Middle Ages (1000-1200). But as for modern historical period, I find the French Revolution and  the early colonial/exploration days of Australia interesting, but probably my favourite period will always be World War 1,…[Read more]

@rochellaine (I don’t know why, but I just tagged myself)

My favourite costume she wears is her military one, it looks really pretty, but simple and formal and I’d love a dress like that :D. And her riding habit is really nice as well. But you probably know by now that I’m all for practical and ball gowns just don’t interest me (though in my more…[Read more]

@valtmy I meant what is considered the modern period of history, from about the 1600s to the present.  I don’t like ancient history much, and don’t know much about the middle ages so I was wondering what was your favorite period out of the section of history I study the most.

My favorite period is from about 1912-1970. 😀  But I have a few o…[Read more]

@seekjustice Standards for modesty depended a lot on the time of day and the place or event.  Ball gowns have always been less modest than everyday clothing.  So has swimwear.  Women didn’t swim with men during that period, but if you go forward fifty years to the 1890s-1900s, which I know more about, you see that walking dresses covered up to th…[Read more]

@valtmy

Yeah, it’s really interesting! I’m not into fashion very much, so when I do research on historical periods or write historical fiction I tend to learn about as much of it as I can get by on and leave it at that, but obviously, that approach has its drawbacks 😀

@rochellaine

Hmm…Interesting. Those last two pictures you had have dresses very similar to the ones that I was referring to. I just find it interesting because a lot of her other costumes are exceedingly modest, and then there’s just these random ones which are extremely revealing (like, I certainly wouldn’t be wearing them!). I suppose the…[Read more]

@seekjustice Oh, do you like ballet?  I wouldn’t have thought so.

The Victorian era had very interesting standards of modesty. 😉  Showing your ankle was considered obscene and scandalous, and yet showing shoulders and even a bit of cleavage was common during certain events.  I don’t think it would be appropriate for going out in the daytime, bu…[Read more]

@rochellaine Cool! I’ve never seen a production of Swan Lake, though I think it would be really pretty!

Well, I’ve been watching the tv show Victoria, and there’s this one dress Victoria wears regularly that really seems a bit….edgy for the Victorian period. I’ll see if I can find a picture of it…

I’m having trouble finding a picture of the…[Read more]

@seekjustice Well, I am watching a bit of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake on YouTube.  I found a version where they don’t die in the end, but kill the villain instead. 😀  I think I probably needed that after being reminded of Zac tonight. 😉

Hm, I don’t like Victorian fashion much, but go ahead, shoot, and I’ll see if I can help.

@ariel-ashira C…[Read more]

@rochellaine

What are you working on? Listening to anything at the moment (I’m currently listening to Anastasia).

By the way, since you know more about historic fashion than I do, I’ve got a Victorian related clothing question.

@ariel-ashira

Awesome! *tries to think of a question that doesn’t sound weird* Did you have a good time?

@seekjustice Aw. 🙂 Well, I’m here now. 😀  What are we going to talk about tonight?