HISTORYBOUNDING || Wearing Historical Fashions in Your Everyday Wardrobe 

That is inspirational, I am in university right now and you have given me a very fun idea

That is wonderful! xD I am an education major and someone in my intro to teaching class once told me that I dress like the perfect kindergarten teacher (bright funky colors and dresses I guess?), so I guess I was in uniform!

@@natalieputnam9811 Photos, please ! :)

I once dressed a group for a group presentation in iron age garb, and they were so excited with their clothes that they wore the garb for the whole day. One of the students had cerebral palsy and had never been dressed up like that before to show off, and it felt very good to give him a specially tailored outfit that was his and lots of positive audience attention. SO WORTH IT.

@@catofzen The story of the cerebral palsy person getting a handmade item & it making them so happy, released so much joy from my heart. Perhaps we need more of this in the world ?!

Daughter started doing this as a teenager. Wearing tudor garb in a town with an army camp nearby ensures you swiftly become very well known by those stationed there permanently as well as the new trainees. Even worn it in the middle of Dublin at Christmas time. Me, I just wore Roman garb all the time, comfortable and practical, but now it's early Norman (11/12thC) as I've aged. Still comfortable and practical. Mediaeval undergarments are surprisingly good as well, even their answer to our bra which were called breast bags. Historical garb, in many cases, is more comfortable and practical - super wealthy and fashionable clothing aside, nothing changes there - than modern. Looks better as well.

@@ABC1701A Hello. I want to make sure that I have understood you correctly, do you mean that you and your daughter do wear full-on historical reenactment clothing from said eras, in everyday life, as your common clothes?

@@xXLadyXerigaXx Not so much my daughter any more but yes, the vast majority of my wardrobe are versions of mediaeval (basic, not fancy) dress made in either linen or cotton. Some laced, some loose enough to pull over my head. I wear a version of mediaeval breast bags, though I am thinking of changing this for a set of regency stays, over a shift - not linen as I can't buy fine linen here and can't afford, yet, to buy it overseas. I wear a cap with a scarf wrapped so it is both wimple and veil and a chain belt usually with a fabric one over it. I do wear modern footwear though, mainly because I can't afford handmade ones in a mediaeval style as yet although this is on my shopping list. I have a couple of dresses which are vaguely Victorian in design which I often wear for Sunday best, one which is vaguely Regency which I made for attending a baptism and three skirts which are sort of Victorian/Edwardian in style although not so voluminous at the hem due to fabric c onstraints and a couple of blouses to go with them. I am more interested in comfort tha fashion (for wet days or for active wear I choose a salwar kameez instead as they are both comfortable and practical) and have never bothered with what others think about what I wear. I spent years wearing saris at home and my work wear (when I worked in a bank or insurance) consisted of maxi dresses or a neat 1940s style three piece skirt suit in airforce blue (RAF). If people want to look funnily at me then that is their perogative, I really don't care and to be honest, I'm not certain that I ever really did. I am starting to think about going back to Roman garb though, but I need to obtain the lightweight woollen fabrics first and that is easier, and cheaper, said than done.

Omg yes! Bounding back in time 😂

Exactly! It's like halfway between Lolita and everyday modern.

That sounds adorable. I too love lolita (as some unfinished bloomers sit in my corner) and want to include it in my everday.

@@makeda6530 Do it! Dressing in what makes you feel good is a must! I'm currently working on smashing a Bavarian dirndl with a Hanfu because I love both and want to incorporate them into my everyday. A lot of people all over the world are re-adopting traditional dress which is so nice to see.

@@OddlyElly That sounds like it'll be dope too! I've always liked wa loli and jeogori, those little hanbok jackets. My head is always brimming with crazy outfits and my hands can't keep up. 笑笑ꉂꉂ(ᵔᗜᵔ*)ʬʬ

@@makeda6530 I'm actually about to make a haori coat style bolero to go with a summer dress! I'll have pics on Instagram @oddlyelly if you wanna check it out ☺️

PS. I love how you especially concentrated on the earlier looks you love, which at first might appear to be less adaptable than more recent styles, but they work perfectly. Meanwhile, I am obsessed with the idea of Victorian women asking their dressmakers for pant suits. What would that have looked like? Anyway, aaaa, I am writing a novel because I love this so much. Carry on.

AWWWW CATHY!! You are too sweet, and you are absolutely welcome to write novels at me anytime, I love reading/hearing about anything you say ❤

A Hammersen Being an anthropologist is the best license to be as weird as we want. ❤️

@@IonIsFalling7217 exactly. I have ended up accidentally wearing museum replica jewelry (which I make on Etsy for fun) to museums and have found I'm wearing objects on display. Always so much fun. It also helps that I can talk to basically anyone so engaging with people is easy, that way I can answer questions.

@Rhiannon Lynn Thank you! :)

A Hammersen I would love if you made videos of those customizations on eshakti.

same! It's nice to meet someone else who's doing it everyday-like.

Fellow cowards unite!

I. LOVE. ANGELA. I especially loved that pastel pink velvetin dress from the 40s

I really, really want Angela’s vintage hat collection! So good! So many! And I love her 40s style dresses- my goal is to get good at sewing my own clothes so I can have a full “vintage” wardrobe. I also want to steal Rachel Maksy’s entire wardrobe- so much tweed! I love tweed so much, but it’s so hard to get here without paying $150 for enough to make a single skirt. (Seriously, the only tweed I’ve found online here is $60/m and I’m a plus size, so if need a lot of it). That being said, I decided that the best way to go is to thrift a tweed-looking men’s jacket and hopefully then turn that into a vest. It’s probably the only way I could afford it. Then keep a lookout for sales in Spotlight, and hope they have something at least in a brown wool-look. Fingers crossed. But I’d live in tweed and wool tartans all the time if I could (which I can’t because I live in a subtropical area).

@@katherinemorelle7115 Not sure if it's an option for you, but I've found pretty good bargains on tweed on Etsy. A lot of people sell bolt ends, offcuts, fabrics they're destashing, estate sale finds, etc. It takes some digging, but I've often been able to find 2-4 yards at a time for less than $15 USD a yard for 100% wool tweeds - including Harris and Donegal tweeds. At $15/yard, it's still not cheap (in fact, it's the most extravagant fabric purchase I make!), but it's definitely not the $50+/yard I see for those kinds of fabrics if I try to shop for them new. I've found good deals on other fabrics too, but wool is what I've had the most luck with on Etsy that I haven't been able to find anywhere else.

Yes!! Love Angela!

Perfect.

every college student in my area wears huge tee shirts that make it look like they arent wearing any shorts underneath ... and the shorts absolutely Must be those nike workout shorts. thats it thats the fashion here. and here i am wearing 60s drop waist dresses and "prairie dresses" just for fun it got to the point that even tho i never said a WORD, my classmates tagged me in a video about historical fashion. even tho we literally have a historical fashion expert in the chat as well they tagged me. i may not really have Friends but i felt so seen for the first time ever

Yes! My next sewing project is going to be old-fashioned pockets and slits in my skirts to reach them.

@@Rachel-fi4sc I’ve made one of those, and it’s completely replaced the drawstring pouch mentioned in the above comment in my daily life :)

@@ragnkja Ooo! Thanks for letting me know that. Now I'm even more keen to get sewing. :) I live in the Southern Hemisphere, so it's Spring here, and life will be so much easier when I have pockets with my skirts!

Surely that is Stephanie from her "how to drape a medieval dress" video?

Marialla yes... it was a ‘fake’ interaction if you will, to prove the point

Tina Bean None the less, it’s a real situation I myself experience at least once a week. If people just asked to take a photo I would be happy to pose. What bothers me is shen people try to be sneaky about it. They are always very obvious.

I was called " rapunzel" today on my way to grocerie shopping and was very confused cause i have short hair( shoulders lenght), but i guess they made the conection cause i am blonde and have flowers in my hair and wearing a princessy dress(?)

Erin Lee I totally thought the same thing!!! So New Look!!

Same, I got giddy.

I made one that reached the knee, with 14 century body shape and very long flowy sleeves, half open from the elbow ,that reached almost to my ankles. Is one of my favorites, i feel so much like a fairy in it.

How is your experiment going so far?

It's a very hip look I'm told 😏

It's Anne, with an E ;)

Garnet Phq ... if you must call her Anne please do spell it with an E, even if it’s just in your head ;)

YESSSSSSSSSSS!

That's what I thought too lol.

Lita Rowan I lol’ed 😂😂😂👍

That's all I heard!

I totally thought that's what she meant.

I love disneybounding ..and animebounding, and slytherinbounding, historybounding, epicfantasy/d&dbounding...all kinds of fashion bounding. I don't think i have a single outfit that is not a something bounding XD

I'm in love with japanese lolita dresses, but I know I could probably never pull it off. Since my favorite type is classic I eventually ended up thinking more of historybounding, which feels more accesible for me (both in terms of expenses and how much attention I'm comfortable with)

I just saw this video today and had already heard of Historybounding. Didn’t even know it came from the Disneybounding word!

Your comment made my heart sing! If I were much, much... much thinner I'd make a Teyla wardrobe

Several dressmakers/costumers on youtube show how to make 1 s own women workers clothes from 1700s, 1800, at least. both regular and uniforms.

I grew up in Idaho, if this helps you. I began wearing kirtles and pinafores in junior high back in the 80s. People get used to it.

Just adding, I would love to see what you could make along this vein, a la "modern edwardian walking skirt" but from a much earlier era

I totally understand the “mom with a baby” lifestyle needs versus the “what I really want to wear” desire of our hearts. I’ve been transitioning to more historical inspired looks for the last few years and it just simply takes a long time when you’ve got little expenses running around. Also, walking up the stairs in a floor length skirt while holding a screaming child, a cup of milk, three stuffed animals and a blanket is truly an Olympic level sport. Go easy at first, it takes practice!!!

I am so glad to hear that you are inspired and enjoyed the drawings 😊

That's awesome haha!! I've read journal excerpts about women in colonial Georgia and the rest of the Southern American states spending every summer morning lounging about in just a shift and a single petticoat for as long as they could before having to get officially dressed for meeting people so 12/10 for historical accuracy!!!

Texadon the Blue Kitty In colder areas (and colder seasons), they’d put on a banyan, which was essentially a nice dressing robe, and wear that until they needed to get properly dressed.

@@ragnkja Interesting! I've also heard postulation that Bedgowns (also/later known as short gowns) were a garment worn essentially like a banyan for upper-class women, and that poorer women wore them (practically pajamas) all day, hence giving rise to the bedgown being a non-bed garment, eventually shifting to the term short gown.

For a while, when I was younger, I loved wearing my suits, with my cute little vintage hats. Sadly my coworkers all commented on how I looked like a flight attendant every time I did that. :(

@@jupiter1217 omg.... that's more insulting than vintage. Just to spite them why not wear the tiniest hat you can find or the biggest one. Theres these 3 meter sunhats that look super fun 😂 you could ask them to lunch somewhere outside (covid safe ofc) and also use the hat as a social distancing guide/spiting those mean people* 🤣

Gunne Sax!!

POCKETS FOR LIFE! Totally worth the anachronism.

@MsBizzyGurl Yes, I am actually in process of switching over my website bigbeautifulwardrobe from a shop to a style blog :) bigbeautifulwardrobe.com

A modern pirat princess? :D

@@LadyMcBite yep that's me

@@Fairgard Sounds like a good style of clothing x)