Steps in the direction of a new look
Dec. 31st, 2022 12:37 pmI bought the plaid and made the dungarees from it! Lined in dark green lining material. The fleece material for the other ones had cost £6 a metre, and the plaid flannel for these cost £4m with the lining material at £2m. So as I had figured out I needed less material than I thought last time, they turned out cheaper. (Just over £12, as I bought the shoulder straps instead of making them.)
I love them and I wore them for the traditional Christmas Eve mummer's play (in which I played The Fool.) A woman actually stopped me as I was going out the door to say that she liked them. So that's a big success :)
However, while the dungarees are great, it's still a bit boring to be wearing nothing but dungarees all winter. So thanks to some of the links![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ysabetwordsmith showed me, I'm attempting to edge into lagenlook territory.
I had initially misunderstood, because in the UK when you say 'lagenlook' you usually mean the clothing line, 'Lagenlook'. https://lagenlookclothinguk.co.uk/ And while I do like their stuff, I can't really afford to get a whole wardrobe from there.
But having read the links, I have finally realized that it's not a fashion brand, it's a way of dressing with whatever you have on hand.
I have this hernia that means that pressure around my mid section is not a good idea, which means that following the Blue Fish guidelines of starting with pants and a tank is not on. But that doesn't mean I can't achieve winter warmth with long dresses and long socks. So I've dug out my summer dresses and the longest of my sweaters and I'm now experimenting with wearing them in layers on top of each other.
I've always admired that many layered Earth Mother look when I've seen other people wearing it, so while I'm not hugely happy about the hernia, I am glad to have been positively forced to take up a style I'd only been avoiding because I thought it cost too much. If I can manage a budget version of my own, I think I'll call that a plus.
I love them and I wore them for the traditional Christmas Eve mummer's play (in which I played The Fool.) A woman actually stopped me as I was going out the door to say that she liked them. So that's a big success :)
However, while the dungarees are great, it's still a bit boring to be wearing nothing but dungarees all winter. So thanks to some of the links
ysabetwordsmith showed me, I'm attempting to edge into lagenlook territory. I had initially misunderstood, because in the UK when you say 'lagenlook' you usually mean the clothing line, 'Lagenlook'. https://lagenlookclothinguk.co.uk/ And while I do like their stuff, I can't really afford to get a whole wardrobe from there.
But having read the links, I have finally realized that it's not a fashion brand, it's a way of dressing with whatever you have on hand.
I have this hernia that means that pressure around my mid section is not a good idea, which means that following the Blue Fish guidelines of starting with pants and a tank is not on. But that doesn't mean I can't achieve winter warmth with long dresses and long socks. So I've dug out my summer dresses and the longest of my sweaters and I'm now experimenting with wearing them in layers on top of each other.
I've always admired that many layered Earth Mother look when I've seen other people wearing it, so while I'm not hugely happy about the hernia, I am glad to have been positively forced to take up a style I'd only been avoiding because I thought it cost too much. If I can manage a budget version of my own, I think I'll call that a plus.
