A thread for discussing clothing, fashion, etc, from a variety of perspectives…
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Cross-posting from the history thread…
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Adaptive fashion for people with disabilities
A London fashion label offers expressive apparel that can be adapted for people with a disability. Ever more models are presenting adaptive fashion on social media.
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A very interesting look at the medieval hood
I have a Nepalese wool jacket with a hood and embroidered dragons. The hood is quite large and pointed, and great for hiding in when it’s windy. B/c so vasty, I usually fold over the edge to where it reaches the cotton lining, which makes it work for my little face. When it’s really cold and I need to hide from it, I unfold the hood’s edge.
I usually also pull on the pointed end to make it stand up, and man, do I ever look weird - and I’m warm.
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Maybe it should say “why women’s pockets - when they exist - are useless.”
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Pockets are one thing I miss
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Weirdly, I learned everything in this video via Wikipedia only a couple months ago after reading an old article from Dragon Magazine and getting curious about what exactly some of the articles of clothing you could roll up even were. What are the odds of that? It’s helpful to see what the chaperon actually looks like, though. I’ve NEVER been able to find a winter hat that doesn’t look absolutely terrible on me, so I’m considering just abandoning all conventional fashion sense and buying a hood/chaperon, as there are plenty available on Etsy. I just wish I could try before I buy.
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I do love me some good synchronicity!
I have the opposite problem: almost every hat I try on looks great, including those flat, extremely wide-brimmed things one usually sees in old movies and fashion magazines. I have a top hat, and it looks like I was born to wear it; same with my bowler/derby.
We used to frequently take my grandma to lunch at a large department store, and we’d occasionally stop and check out the ladies’ hats on our way to the restaurant. Even the ones we laughed at made me look like some Abby Normal fashion plate.
Once in a while, a saleswoman would come over to watch and make suggestions, and we’d make their day/week/month with our shenanigans, and it blew their minds how many hats looked so great on me. We’d always leave them smiling and laughing, even though we’d rarely make a purchase.
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