Wedding Dresses from 1970's to 2000

Maybe some of you had guessed that I would compare wedding dresses from different decades.  I've compared dresses from the 19th century with a few decades up to 1980's.  It's wedding season after all, although I've been getting the impression that the wedding season has been continuous from January 2009  to now.  I haven't heard of a wedding proposal from my friend's boyfriend as yet, for those of you who've read my blog "Whose Getting Married?"

First of all, I finished working on my free web page and porfolio to promote SK Clothes.   For now I have the homepage for promotion seperate from the portfolio to show my work.  I'll make them one cohesive website when I gather the funds.  I'm kind of excited about it, I did it myself using www.wix.com and the templates Wix has for the use of newby web designers.  It was a lot of fun.  If you want to check them out, go to www.wix.com/skclothes/skelson (homepage) and www.wix.com/skclothes/sk (portfolio page).  Let me know what you think.

I get the impression a lot of people are into weddings due to the fact that a lot of negative things are happening today, and so people are trying to forget by focusing on love.  Well, here are a comparison of wedding dresses from each decade from 1970 to 2005.

                              Crochet wedding dress, 1970.               

                          www.snap-it-upvintageclothing.com   

     1980's wedding dress
www.weddingdressgallery.com

                            Lace wedding dress, 1990.  www.uen.org   

                                                                                                                        

                                     2005 wedding dress
                         http://weddingtennieshomestead.com

  

Do you  know that I love the crochet wedding dress the best of this group? It's simple and freeing in that it's not form fitting.  The crochet is not typically used for dresses which makes this dress one of a kind.   My second choice is the 2005 dress.  I love the cut and the fabric, though I can't tell what the fabric is.

Well, I'm currently working on two dresses made of recycled fabric, a blouse made from a scarf and still working on my daughter's mini line which has been on hold briefly.  Hope I can post pictures starting next week.  

Till next blog!

Dresses Throughout The Ages...

Women's dresses have changed so much from the past centuries to now, the 21st century.  Drastic changes were made from the going out of the 19th century and into the 20th century.  I guess the changes were made once women were considered "persons" in the 1920's (which I learned, to my horror, while helping my daughter study for a history test), and they took the opportunity to show their liberation through clothing.  So we weren't human prior to that?

I love period movies.  I love to see what elaborate clothing the middle class and the rich wore in the past centuries.  I love the dresses that made a lady look like a lady.  I'm also very curious as to how long it took to make one of the elaborate dresses with yards of fabric, trim, ruffles, buttons and whatever other details were necessary to complete the elaborate task.  One had to really love designing and sewing then...

There was not too much difference between 18th century and 19th century dresses.  Women were well covered.  I try to imagine wearing such clothing in the summer heat, and I start to hyperventilate.  While I appreciate the work and intricacy of past era dresses,  I appreciate modern dress for women even more; more freedom of movement, more air can circulate, no corsets.

18th century 

19th century

                                                                                                                                

                                      20th century:  1980's

                                           21st century:  2008

I had to add  pictures of one of my favorite decades, the 1980's.   Nothing is as influential as what was heard, what was seen, and what was worn from one's childhood and teen years, at least I think so.  I remember my red denim jacket, an aqua tiered and ruffled mini skirt with white lace at the hem and at each horizontal seam, my grey leather moon boots which reached mid-calf, just to name a few of my valued pieces then.  If there was a time machine that really could transport people back to certain times, I would go back to the 1980's for a week, or two...

Fashion has always been a journey, hasn't it fellow fashionistas?  Till next blog!

18th century dress: www.sodahead.com
green dress: www.totalvintage.com
black dress: www.sharplily.com