How is this shirt different from the McCall's shirt?
What separates "costume" from "Fashion"? The worst insult the designers hear on Project Runway is that something is "costumey", but where is the line? Is it that famous line for pornography, that you know it when you see it? My Simplicity blouse is a whole lotta look, but no one has yet challenged me to a duel while I have worn it. The new fashion for long ruffled skirts has a Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves look to me, but I was around the first time girls wore floaty skirts. And circle skirts always have a fifties vibe, because my mother wore those as a teen.
How do you know if what you are making is too costumey? Where do you draw the line?
2 comments:
In the Project Runway sense, I don't ;). Which is why I got so many stares yesterday wandering around in my 1930s movie-star jacket...
As for the pattern sense, I'd say the costume pattern probably has poorer proportions, poorer construction (in the instructions) and less attention paid to details. At least, that's been my experience of working with patterns labelled for costumes. And manufactured costumes, too, for that matter...
As for the shirt, I can see my hubby wearing either one... Well, the men's version ;)
I think fabric choice has a lot to do with it.
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