I'm not one of those people who have great costumes at Halloween (more on that in October). I want to be creative, but it's really hard for me to let loose. However when I was reading THE WILDER YEARS, the author referenced the fact that when she was growing up (I'm a few years older than her, I think, but not too many years older), long dresses were in style for awhile. I remember that so well, because I was in heaven. I made a couple of them and loved wearing them. It was a 70's thing, and while it seems as if it would be uncomfortable, it wasn't. A long dress can hide a multitude of flaws and...you can get away without shoes at times if you like. Just tuck your feet beneath your dress.
The long dresses of the 70's weren't necessarily prairie dresses, but in memory of those years, here are a few images of they types of clothing someone from Laura Ingalls Wilder's time might have worn.
I don't know. I loved playing dress up when I was young, and under the right circumstances, I could see myself doing it again. How about you? Are you a dress up kind of person? Any historical reenactors out there?
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No, I'm not a dress up kind of person. It always sounds like fun though.
ReplyDeleteI think I might have trouble coming up with a good excuse (don't want my family or the neighbors to shake their heads wondering why I'm wearing a prairie style dress. Not much call to wear one of those to the store, either).
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