I'm nearly 30 and have always been teased for having "grandma style" in clothes and home, but now I know I was just ahead of the times with my cottagecore vibes
A thought... if you have a body part/dimension which doesn't really fit with the modern silhouette, find a period which embraced it and nod to that... For example, my behind basically has it's bustle already built in, so I've started putting extra fullness in the centre back of skirts/dresses, a bit like the 1890s walking skirt shape (but still in the modern washable jerseys that also make dresses into secret pyjamas, rather than going the whole hog with 1890s construction!). Yes I can sew.
I too have a built-in bustle! 😆 Thanks for giving me a fun, accurate, and positive way to describe a part of my body that makes fitting most modern pants, skirts, and dresses extremely challenging!
Great tips. I am coming out of a period of intense motherhood (a decade of being a SAHM) and have to rediscover my style as I am finding what suited me in my early twenties no longer suits me in my mid-thirties. I restarted sewing during the pandemic and fell into historical costuming and historybounding. I have found that my bounding is whatever suits my fancy that day. I don't have an era but I suppose you could call my aesthetic, immortal witch doesn't know what century she is currently living in, let alone what decade.
Your aesthetic is brilliant! I too am coming out of the motherhood slump. I focused so much on everyone else that I neglected my own style and just resorted to shapeless dresses (though apparently I was ahead of my time because they became popular during the pandemic). I am just now getting started with figuring out what my style is going to be and how to dress my body. Good luck on your journey!
For 28 years I struggled with my style. Then I found cottagecore, and it was like a door opened into the sunshine and I walked right on home. It’s wonderful. I look back at all the fashion boards I’ve made over the years and they are FULL of cottagecore elements, I just never knew it. Threw in some 1980s and American Pioneer and I had perfection. 👗 ❤️
Cottagecore, hadn't heard of it, but love the look ... it's a bit like the Japanese Mori Kei (forest girl) fashion style. I'd add some Regency and Edwardian inspired looks ... mix in some Morgan Donner like combinations (pinafore dresses with Elizabethan blouses), absolutely love her style too. It might also help to stick to only a handful of matching colours that look best on you (your seasonal colour based on skin tone, hair and eye colour).
I have semi accidentally started historybounding. I just have this dress that I really like and if I pair it right it becomes really medieval looking and I am all into that. And every time I wear a full length skirt it has a historical vibe to it. And then, when I find those pieces that I can style historically, I take the opportunity, as I am aware of histroy bounding as a concept and the freedom it gives me as it says "you don't have to style this in a modern way, do what you want!" And then I do what I want.
This is a well thought out summary! The only thing I will add that helped me is that if you are feeling out of step, like there is an era you really enjoy but the clothes you see are not giving you the same "feel" look at who the clothes were for. For me that meant realizing that I am 40 and that clothes designed for teens in any era are uncomfortable. I look for what women my age were wearing. So I have more skirts and blouses and housedresses and fewer poodle skirts and other "teen" aesthetics.
As a teen, when I could get a hold of clothes that I even remotely liked, I was told that I dress like a librarian (I didn't take this as the insult that was meant). In my early thirties, I found that the place I settled was the Edwardian period as manifest in the American west. Currently, I'm trying to help my oldest, who is about the same age I was, find her spot as well. Good video. Lots of useful hints. Stay well.
I love how you kept this all about doing what makes you happy. I find that modern fashion left me decades years ago. Your wardrobe should reflect who you are and what makes you happy, as should your life. I wish I had that figured out at your age, I still struggle with that and I am a grandma. You made me snort my tea at "all my shorts are gay", thanks, I needed that today.
I'm sorry for your nose, but happy you enjoyed the video! And I'm very happy that you've figured it out, even if you did it later in life than me. Age only matters if you're a cheese.
@@LizCapism And even for cheese, the main thing that matters (at least to me) is whether it’s more than six months old, because that seems to be the threshold for when it’s aged enough to be lactose free.
For me, I like trying to make fairly accurate (ish) outfits that can be worn on the modern street. So, I’m currently making a mix n match set of 18th century petticoats and jackets (and under things). I’m making them in plain fabric of grey, beige and blue. My idea is to make more working class styles in very basic colours, so I am still wearing pretty accurate clothes, but they don’t stand out too much. And in addition to my “working class” guideline, I have a very set rule of no big skirt supports. Ever. That’s partially because they stand out a lot, but mostly because they wouldn’t fit in my wheelchair anyway. So instead of a pannier, I wear a small bum pad. Instead of a crinoline, I’ll wear a corset petticoat and a ruffled petticoat, and those with a working dress from the 1860s instead of anything fancy. I haven’t narrowed down to any era- I love too many of them to do that. But, once I’ve made my more “accurate” outfits, I can mix and match from different eras. An 18th century petticoat with my Edwardian shirtwaist, for example. I personally ally fo is more in making than thrifting, because thrifting can be difficult when you’re disabled (so it’s harder to get out to shops), and plus size, and there’s a lot less available. And because I’m focusing more on making, I’m also trying out historical sewing techniques, and I’d like to be able to zhuzh up any outfit I make to look more like a costume for an event if I like. But because events are pretty rare where I am (and agin, getting out to them is harder), I like to focus on making clothing I can wear everyday. For those interested in making modernised 18th century clothing- Mariah Pattie is currently doing exactly that for an 18th century Historybounding wardrobe. Highly recommend.
I like what you’ve described here. I’m disabled, but not in a wheelchair and plus size. Thrifting makes panic and I live near a poor town so thrifted items aren’t what I see people doing hauls on here. Also clothing doesn’t come in my size I can’t just up cycling out there because there’s not enough fabric for me to do that. My style is that’s cute does it come in black?
As a person in my early 20's who still have the same basic clothing style ive had sense i could chose my own clothing (skinny jeans, tee-shirt and hoodie) and really want to change my style. This video is worth its length in gold! Its at least a place to start, and maybe ill end up actually evolving a bit. Nothing wrong with my current style, just in want of a change, to feel more adult.
I loved how you changed that one dress to medieval with a long shirt and trim. Something that Clara Sews Vintage said about her Christmas outfit (I think that's the video) is she found she liked mixing different decades and that stood out to me. I think you briefly touched on that as well. I like the look of an updated walking skirt with a 40s top for example. The biggest thing I think you saying here is to have fun with it :)
Of course! "Borrowing" other genders' fashions is a time-honoured tradition in historical fashion. From the military-jacket inspiration of the Regency Spencer to the high-heels originally created for men. It is just one more way in which we know that the gender binary is a LIE.
I am exploring the 1940s at present as mum missed out on fashion being in the Waafs 39 - 45. That is where my parents met! They married in 45 and I came along in 46. I had memories of mum reading fashion magazines then recreating them in her hand cranked Singer. I think she was trying to make up for those years of wearing Air force blue and chef whites! She also made my dresses I had also thought of creating some of those but grown-up style, Deja vue bounding?
I love historybounding and this video gave me such joy. I had been struggling for years trying to figure out what I wanted my style to be, how to get joy out of getting dressed each morning. Then I got a job where for 2 months I got to wear costumes every day leading up to Halloween. Well, I wanted to keep wearing costumes, but not get fired. I put together an outfit that one of my co-works described as looking like I stepped out of a fairy tale. Mix in a fair bit of vintage and a dash of goth & geeky and I'm a happy historybounder.
Love this!! I watched this video while making myself a Hobbit Cloak! Because why not! (It is rather impractical because I live in Southern California... but I love it anyway lol)
These are great tips! Been trying to figure out my style for a while and I tend to mix up a bunch of eras/styles I find. I plan of sewing and slowly getting my wardrobe to be more handmade and more history bounding styles. Thank you for these tips!
This is how I found I like late 1920s sports styles. I have image boards full of clothes I like, and I also have boards just for blouse or skirt details rather than a whole outfit. Helps you focus on why you like something - and helpful too if you want to sew clothes.
Great video! You answered so many of my questions. I loved the clip where you morphed the clothing and styles; it was the perfect visual (and auditory) demonstration. Thank you. You have a new subscriber.
So far I've only founda few things in common of the stuff I like; big florals, soft fabrics (velvet and suede in particular), and lace detailing. I'm not much of a fashion icon, but at least I know that if I can wear something with those elements, I'll smile when I look in the mirror.
I’ve been building my look for a while, and it’s really just started to become clear that I’m a 1940’s gal in my daily dress with a lot of love for early 1900’s when I’m going all out historical, and mixing the two looks is just, mwa! It’s taken a couple of years to work it out, but I’m loving how much easier I find getting ready when I know all my clothes are me to a Tee
I really love this video, particularly the outfits at the end! I think I’ve been history/literature/movie bounding for several decades I just didn’t have a name for it! Thanks for all the hard work and for mentioning gender essentialism, it’s always nice to hear other voices critique such notions.
I don't usually subscribe after only watching one video, but the way you nailed that presentation and then casually dropped "One-take Bartlet" in at the end? I rinsed the dish soap off my hands and smashed that button immediately!
Ey, some love for the Rijksmuseum! As a Dutchie I always love to hear it mentioned! I didn't know about this feature though, will have to look into that. Also overall just a great video!
It's hardcore on my bucket list - I've never been in person. But they have one of the most robust virtual programs I've ever seen. They engage SO WELL with their patrons and I love it so much.
@@LizCapism Would recommend indeed! I've been a few times with school when I was a child, but I want to go back in the future, it is so big in there that it's absolutely impossible to see everything in one visit!
A good video, and I liked the lipstick. I find my wardrobe choices reflect my activities for the day. Edwardian, western, Medieval... Oh, and lots of influence from Katharine Hepburn. :) Oh the things I get away with now that I'm older. :) No mutton dressed as lamb, but... I enjoy myself.
I'm just beginning my history bounding journey. For me it started with hair. I have always loved the Gibson Girl hair but only recently has it gotten long enough to even attempt it. Now that I can pull off the hair I'm looking at clothing. Just started my Pinterest board today. I think your advice about seeing yourself actually wearing a certain era is important. Yes, I love the Gibson Girl hair but no, those frilly long white tea gowns are not my every day vibe. For a while I thought that would mean that I simply couldn't history bound the Edwardian era but I'm leaning that I can still get that feel without going full on Edwardian. It's about the general aesthetic and finding pieces that evoke the vibe AND actually wanting to wear it. My next purchase will be some sort of cameo jewelry. I think it's a good next step because it seems to be a very popular choice when looking at old fashion plates and I can see myself actually wearing one.
Your videos are always so informative :) thank you for sharing. Thanks for including the men's styles too! It's so fun to "steal" ideas that weren't necessarily meant for my body shape. Plus my husband struggles with style too so it gives me ideas for him!
That opening look is amazing!😊 I never heard the term bounding before and I like it. I'm going to be honest about the "finding a look" thing for a second, and this _might_ sound stupid idk. As a guy, I am forever trying to find anything that i like that doesn't get rocks thrown at you or something. I feel like the only options i pull from are "person in a suit i hate" or "Slob" 😄 It's the reason i started sewing (also because i require X's and T's on my tags 🙃) The fashion that pinterest has narrowed down for me is basically Richmond from the It Crowd if he was a hippie 🤔🤣 seriously, I love your channel! And every look at the end is perfect, and perfect on you! 😁✌️
Ah yes, the arbitrary gender binary rears its ugly head! Honestly, if you're looking to stick to "masculine styles" (not a requirement!) I would actually HIGHLY recommend the books that I demonstrated about men's style and men's style icons, or similar ones. I'll put the names in the description when I get a chance. There's a LOT of quality inspiration in there that falls somewhere between the categories you mentioned.
@@LizCapism Thanks so much for that!❤️ I'm not worried about the binary. (in fact, i have some psychological ssues re: masculinity😬 I used to have panic attacks when putting on a tie, idk😐) I don't really fit any feminine "silhouette". I've been trying to mentally abstract the concept of gender in my mind and try to imagine something outside of it that fits😋 I'm rambling. Thank you so much for your help😁✌️
my aesthetic (at least for work lmao) is Local Office Witch, Too Gay To Function. my current casual aesthetic is Dysphoria Layers but thats life lmao. i wish i could do some cool mashups of Actual Mens Clothing with soft feminine twists but see previous Dysphoria Layers preventing that. hopefully T and top surgery will help but thats several years off for now
This was such an interesting video to watch! You're lookbooks band everything I could have ever wanted, especially Chandler Bing LOL. Also you look like you could be my best friend's twin, so I always enjoy watching your videos even more
Thank you so much Liz I love vintage and buy lots from opshop but when I bring them home just cant put things together I am a fairly experienced sewer s well. Mainly 40s and 50s but want to make 1890 so am stuck in a spot you have helped me heaps I just love your channel and watch your videos several times. Thanks again you are a wonderful person and I learn heaps from you. Cheers have a beautiful day. Tricia Now just to get started Haha
Thanks for showing the menswear books, too. I like the idea of historybounding, but am a little clueless on how to do it as a guy who isn’t heavily into suits. I definitely need to try to find those books (or others like them) in the library. I saw some nonsuit styles to try.
I've had a Morikei slant to my style for a while now, but now adding history bounding to it. What appeals to me is folk styles of clothing, Slavic embroidery elements especially appeal, so that's getting slowly added as I can make them. It's kind of hard to thrift these things. I have hilariously ridiculous hate for visible buttons, whatever this style is works for me for that too.
Since my early 20s, I`ve struggled with this concept that didn`t really have a name at the time. I was always into vintage and historic clothes but I just couldn`t keep it consistent for the love of everything that is unholy and gay and at one point I just gave up. Not on historybounding but on any attempts at consistency. Fuck it! Today I`m wearing a stupid geek t-shirt, tomorrow I wanna look like I`m in the 1940s, or I`m Milady de Winter, or I`m an 80s business lady, or I`m a dnd character, or I`m courting the most beautiful courtesan on the rooftops of Paris. Life is short, gender norms are a joke and your lipstick is gorgeous (no, really, what is the brand and shade, I need to know). Aint nothing wrong with that.
OMG there is a word for what I've been doing on and off over the years but really intensely the past month. I've just been calling it Enlightenmentcore, which is like cottagecore except instead of secluding yourself in a cozy little cottage and making bread, you're shacking up with Voltaire and Émilie du Châtelet in a full-on chateau with 20,000 books, building your own physics lab, entertaining all of the intellectual luminaries of the day, and being the soft butch lesbian friend that Frederick the Great so desperately needed. Fashionwise, it's hella Rococo and (while not true to the actual fashion of the day) I also mix in some little classical Greco-Roman for the intellectual spirit of the age.
YES! I hope you're not the only one who got it, but I'm so glad you pointed it out. It was totally off the cuff but when I watched back the footage I couldn't stop giggling - so I couldn't resist putting it in the goofs.
sliding by to articulate my SEETHING jealousy at your glorious vintage catalog stash. Also also, don't forget that existing garments can be resized in any number of ways!
It is the work of many years of combing through used bookstores! But don't despair - there are loads floating about if you start looking out for them! 👍
Thank you for the video and going to the library its a good ideea to pick up the catalogs.. i don't know why i never thought of that. Also if you are interested in the 1800 dress you show in the 12:47 - ikea made a reproduction the fabric and it's up for sale now.
I legit started doing my Pinterest board for this a week or to ago, as I too am staring down the end of my 20s, unhappy with the majority of my wardrobe (which also doesn’t fit because quarantine weight gain is real), and struggle with a lack of style since at my (now previous, thanks COVID) job we had uniforms so daily-ware was not a thing in my life. Still combing and working through things but maybe I’ll have a cohesive look book one day
What logistics do you require of an outfit for it to be something you have the energy to wear? If you require pockets in order to actually wear a garment, either don’t buy it unless it has functional pockets, or, carefully check the fit and assembly to be sure you can add pockets, and count your time and effort to do so as part of the price. If you need to wear a bra, only buy items that look the way you like with bras you actually own. Thin bra straps and strapless bras don’t work for my body. I love the aesthetic of halter dresses, but until I have a strapless corset in my wardrobe - there’s no point in buying one. I’ve rarely bought clothes I barely/never wear because of the style, it’s inevitably because they aren’t functional with the body I have, for the activities I do.
Pinterest is the ultimate Rabbit Hole ... in only a few years I've gone pin-crazy. I have a bunch of boards with fashion plates and museum pieces. Also a sewing inspiration board with sub-boards for blouses, skirts, dresses and so on. Yep, went totally pin-crazy!!! 📌📌📌📌📌📌🐰
This was very inspirational and also you looked incredible in all the outfits, and also you broke down the steps to finding a person style very well. And also I love your genderbending - your #1 non-binary fankid
The biggest struggle I have had, is figuring out how to adapt the historybounding to my climate. I live in the desert and most images that I find would result in me suffering heat exhaustion. Layers? Long sleeves? Oh, no. Not in 117F! So while I have made some progress, I am still figuring out of to interpret my style in a way that is wearable. (And yes, I know people back then wore layers and sleeves in heat, but I guess they were just more resilient than I am.)
Long sleeves can protect you against the sun, but they _have to_ be lightweight and breathable. While those of us who live at high latitudes can sometimes get away with using synthetic fabrics, that’s less of an option for you, because replacing just one of your thin cotton or linen (or _tropical weight_ wool) layers with one that is even partly synthetic can make you feel like you’re in a portable sauna.
I am actually not capable of talking to someone on video chat for more than five minutes without saying "I have a book about this. Just a sec." and pulling the book down from my shelf. It's my superpower.
@@LizCapism Oh. By-the-by - my FR Beginner entry is under my full name - Cathy MacDonald-Zytveld, not accidently hiding behind Mister Husbands moniker. There are So many entries this year...
i have this funky gender thing where I absolutely adore hyper-feminine historical fashion, but I'm transmasculine and wouldn't actually want to wear a lot of the looks I'd like to make, but I do like presenting femme... it's one of those weird lines I walk
I'm nearly 30 and have always been teased for having "grandma style" in clothes and home, but now I know I was just ahead of the times with my cottagecore vibes
Yup - you're a trendsetter. Now you can lord it over everyone forever while you knit ceiling cosies. (This is my fantasy retirement).
I had a re enactor ask me, "what's your era?"
my answer, "late pirate, early thrift store/ hippie"
A thought... if you have a body part/dimension which doesn't really fit with the modern silhouette, find a period which embraced it and nod to that...
For example, my behind basically has it's bustle already built in, so I've started putting extra fullness in the centre back of skirts/dresses, a bit like the 1890s walking skirt shape (but still in the modern washable jerseys that also make dresses into secret pyjamas, rather than going the whole hog with 1890s construction!). Yes I can sew.
I'm short waisted so love the low waist medieval style with hip belts and fitted dresses rather than a waist seam ☺️
I too have a built-in bustle! 😆 Thanks for giving me a fun, accurate, and positive way to describe a part of my body that makes fitting most modern pants, skirts, and dresses extremely challenging!
@@tallgrasslanestitches6635 you’re most welcome!
Great tips. I am coming out of a period of intense motherhood (a decade of being a SAHM) and have to rediscover my style as I am finding what suited me in my early twenties no longer suits me in my mid-thirties. I restarted sewing during the pandemic and fell into historical costuming and historybounding. I have found that my bounding is whatever suits my fancy that day. I don't have an era but I suppose you could call my aesthetic, immortal witch doesn't know what century she is currently living in, let alone what decade.
Your aesthetic is brilliant! I too am coming out of the motherhood slump. I focused so much on everyone else that I neglected my own style and just resorted to shapeless dresses (though apparently I was ahead of my time because they became popular during the pandemic). I am just now getting started with figuring out what my style is going to be and how to dress my body. Good luck on your journey!
For 28 years I struggled with my style. Then I found cottagecore, and it was like a door opened into the sunshine and I walked right on home. It’s wonderful. I look back at all the fashion boards I’ve made over the years and they are FULL of cottagecore elements, I just never knew it. Threw in some 1980s and American Pioneer and I had perfection. 👗 ❤️
Cottagecore, hadn't heard of it, but love the look ... it's a bit like the Japanese Mori Kei (forest girl) fashion style. I'd add some Regency and Edwardian inspired looks ... mix in some Morgan Donner like combinations (pinafore dresses with Elizabethan blouses), absolutely love her style too.
It might also help to stick to only a handful of matching colours that look best on you (your seasonal colour based on skin tone, hair and eye colour).
I have semi accidentally started historybounding. I just have this dress that I really like and if I pair it right it becomes really medieval looking and I am all into that. And every time I wear a full length skirt it has a historical vibe to it. And then, when I find those pieces that I can style historically, I take the opportunity, as I am aware of histroy bounding as a concept and the freedom it gives me as it says "you don't have to style this in a modern way, do what you want!" And then I do what I want.
You are an actual hidden gem
For real! Where has she been? And thank you to the TH-cam gods for suggesting her videos.
This is a well thought out summary!
The only thing I will add that helped me is that if you are feeling out of step, like there is an era you really enjoy but the clothes you see are not giving you the same "feel" look at who the clothes were for.
For me that meant realizing that I am 40 and that clothes designed for teens in any era are uncomfortable. I look for what women my age were wearing. So I have more skirts and blouses and housedresses and fewer poodle skirts and other "teen" aesthetics.
As a teen, when I could get a hold of clothes that I even remotely liked, I was told that I dress like a librarian (I didn't take this as the insult that was meant). In my early thirties, I found that the place I settled was the Edwardian period as manifest in the American west. Currently, I'm trying to help my oldest, who is about the same age I was, find her spot as well. Good video. Lots of useful hints. Stay well.
A LizCapism video drops just in time for my lunch break? Score! ❤️👍🏻
I love how you kept this all about doing what makes you happy. I find that modern fashion left me decades years ago. Your wardrobe should reflect who you are and what makes you happy, as should your life. I wish I had that figured out at your age, I still struggle with that and I am a grandma. You made me snort my tea at "all my shorts are gay", thanks, I needed that today.
I'm sorry for your nose, but happy you enjoyed the video!
And I'm very happy that you've figured it out, even if you did it later in life than me. Age only matters if you're a cheese.
@@LizCapism
And even for cheese, the main thing that matters (at least to me) is whether it’s more than six months old, because that seems to be the threshold for when it’s aged enough to be lactose free.
For me, I like trying to make fairly accurate (ish) outfits that can be worn on the modern street. So, I’m currently making a mix n match set of 18th century petticoats and jackets (and under things). I’m making them in plain fabric of grey, beige and blue. My idea is to make more working class styles in very basic colours, so I am still wearing pretty accurate clothes, but they don’t stand out too much. And in addition to my “working class” guideline, I have a very set rule of no big skirt supports. Ever. That’s partially because they stand out a lot, but mostly because they wouldn’t fit in my wheelchair anyway.
So instead of a pannier, I wear a small bum pad. Instead of a crinoline, I’ll wear a corset petticoat and a ruffled petticoat, and those with a working dress from the 1860s instead of anything fancy.
I haven’t narrowed down to any era- I love too many of them to do that. But, once I’ve made my more “accurate” outfits, I can mix and match from different eras. An 18th century petticoat with my Edwardian shirtwaist, for example.
I personally ally fo is more in making than thrifting, because thrifting can be difficult when you’re disabled (so it’s harder to get out to shops), and plus size, and there’s a lot less available. And because I’m focusing more on making, I’m also trying out historical sewing techniques, and I’d like to be able to zhuzh up any outfit I make to look more like a costume for an event if I like. But because events are pretty rare where I am (and agin, getting out to them is harder), I like to focus on making clothing I can wear everyday.
For those interested in making modernised 18th century clothing- Mariah Pattie is currently doing exactly that for an 18th century Historybounding wardrobe. Highly recommend.
I like what you’ve described here. I’m disabled, but not in a wheelchair and plus size. Thrifting makes panic and I live near a poor town so thrifted items aren’t what I see people doing hauls on here. Also clothing doesn’t come in my size I can’t just up cycling out there because there’s not enough fabric for me to do that.
My style is that’s cute does it come in black?
My disability sometimes prevents me from sewing altogether so this is the way to go :3
As a person in my early 20's who still have the same basic clothing style ive had sense i could chose my own clothing (skinny jeans, tee-shirt and hoodie) and really want to change my style. This video is worth its length in gold!
Its at least a place to start, and maybe ill end up actually evolving a bit.
Nothing wrong with my current style, just in want of a change, to feel more adult.
Sooooo at 8:36 you’d said Pinterest a couple times and I paused to go start a style board. 3 hours later I’m back. Oh the joys of neuro divergence. 😉🥰
I feel this in my bones...
Oh my god the urge was so strong... I didn’t actually fall for it because it’s bed time here but it was close 😂
I loved how you changed that one dress to medieval with a long shirt and trim. Something that Clara Sews Vintage said about her Christmas outfit (I think that's the video) is she found she liked mixing different decades and that stood out to me. I think you briefly touched on that as well. I like the look of an updated walking skirt with a 40s top for example. The biggest thing I think you saying here is to have fun with it :)
Thanks for all the masculine ideas ☺️ there are definitely days I steal my husband's clothing
Of course! "Borrowing" other genders' fashions is a time-honoured tradition in historical fashion. From the military-jacket inspiration of the Regency Spencer to the high-heels originally created for men. It is just one more way in which we know that the gender binary is a LIE.
@@LizCapism I love how men are now like "hey I want to do that too" and wearing dresses and make up etc. I'm here for it 🥰
Your camera has no taste because that dark lipstick looks INCREDIBLE
LOVED the examples of restyling a single item for multiple inspirations/era. It makes me feel more hopeful about my own closet.
I am exploring the 1940s at present as mum missed out on fashion being in the Waafs 39 - 45. That is where my parents met! They married in 45 and I came along in 46. I had memories of mum reading fashion magazines then recreating them in her hand cranked Singer. I think she was trying to make up for those years of wearing Air force blue and chef whites! She also made my dresses
I had also thought of creating some of those but grown-up style, Deja vue bounding?
I love historybounding and this video gave me such joy. I had been struggling for years trying to figure out what I wanted my style to be, how to get joy out of getting dressed each morning. Then I got a job where for 2 months I got to wear costumes every day leading up to Halloween. Well, I wanted to keep wearing costumes, but not get fired. I put together an outfit that one of my co-works described as looking like I stepped out of a fairy tale. Mix in a fair bit of vintage and a dash of goth & geeky and I'm a happy historybounder.
Love this!! I watched this video while making myself a Hobbit Cloak! Because why not! (It is rather impractical because I live in Southern California... but I love it anyway lol)
A Hobbit Cloak is ALWAYS an excellent addition to any wardrobe
i've never seen such a good representation of different sillhuetes, this editing really helps make it pop! and btw, you've good great style
These are great tips! Been trying to figure out my style for a while and I tend to mix up a bunch of eras/styles I find. I plan of sewing and slowly getting my wardrobe to be more handmade and more history bounding styles. Thank you for these tips!
This is how I found I like late 1920s sports styles. I have image boards full of clothes I like, and I also have boards just for blouse or skirt details rather than a whole outfit. Helps you focus on why you like something - and helpful too if you want to sew clothes.
The styling section of this video is masterful. It really shows how easily different eras can be evoked with small changes.
Your camera has no idea! That lip colour is fabulous! And as always thank you for a great informative video!
Great video! You answered so many of my questions. I loved the clip where you morphed the clothing and styles; it was the perfect visual (and auditory) demonstration.
Thank you.
You have a new subscriber.
I’m so glad! This was such a fun video to make.
So far I've only founda few things in common of the stuff I like; big florals, soft fabrics (velvet and suede in particular), and lace detailing. I'm not much of a fashion icon, but at least I know that if I can wear something with those elements, I'll smile when I look in the mirror.
Great lippie! (I giggled at the note that your camera had no idea what to do with it!) Thanks for the helpful tips :)
Glad it was helpful!
I’ve been building my look for a while, and it’s really just started to become clear that I’m a 1940’s gal in my daily dress with a lot of love for early 1900’s when I’m going all out historical, and mixing the two looks is just, mwa! It’s taken a couple of years to work it out, but I’m loving how much easier I find getting ready when I know all my clothes are me to a Tee
Wonderful tips, thank you! (Also *wow* that lip color looks stunning on you!)
Thanks! If only it didn't make all the texture in my face disappear on camera! Lesson learned. This is an "in person" lipstick!
💯 truth🙌😁
I have multiple styles so I'm now working on refining and improving those. This is great advice!
I’m so glad!
The music added to the montage was a brilliant idea! It's amazing how much that helped inform what era you were referencing.
Ok this video is amazing I’m subscribing lol
I really love this video, particularly the outfits at the end! I think I’ve been history/literature/movie bounding for several decades I just didn’t have a name for it! Thanks for all the hard work and for mentioning gender essentialism, it’s always nice to hear other voices critique such notions.
I love this so much though
The fabric behind you is fabulous!
I don't usually subscribe after only watching one video, but the way you nailed that presentation and then casually dropped "One-take Bartlet" in at the end? I rinsed the dish soap off my hands and smashed that button immediately!
I can't tell you how pleased I am at how many people are mentioning that joke - I feel like I've really found my people! Welcome aboard!
Ey, some love for the Rijksmuseum! As a Dutchie I always love to hear it mentioned! I didn't know about this feature though, will have to look into that. Also overall just a great video!
It's hardcore on my bucket list - I've never been in person. But they have one of the most robust virtual programs I've ever seen. They engage SO WELL with their patrons and I love it so much.
@@LizCapism Would recommend indeed! I've been a few times with school when I was a child, but I want to go back in the future, it is so big in there that it's absolutely impossible to see everything in one visit!
It's a great museum. Amsterdam is a lovely city to visit.
A good video, and I liked the lipstick. I find my wardrobe choices reflect my activities for the day. Edwardian, western, Medieval... Oh, and lots of influence from Katharine Hepburn. :) Oh the things I get away with now that I'm older. :) No mutton dressed as lamb, but... I enjoy myself.
I found this video really inspiring, thanks!
I'm just beginning my history bounding journey. For me it started with hair. I have always loved the Gibson Girl hair but only recently has it gotten long enough to even attempt it. Now that I can pull off the hair I'm looking at clothing. Just started my Pinterest board today. I think your advice about seeing yourself actually wearing a certain era is important. Yes, I love the Gibson Girl hair but no, those frilly long white tea gowns are not my every day vibe. For a while I thought that would mean that I simply couldn't history bound the Edwardian era but I'm leaning that I can still get that feel without going full on Edwardian. It's about the general aesthetic and finding pieces that evoke the vibe AND actually wanting to wear it. My next purchase will be some sort of cameo jewelry. I think it's a good next step because it seems to be a very popular choice when looking at old fashion plates and I can see myself actually wearing one.
Your videos are always so informative :) thank you for sharing.
Thanks for including the men's styles too! It's so fun to "steal" ideas that weren't necessarily meant for my body shape. Plus my husband struggles with style too so it gives me ideas for him!
That opening look is amazing!😊 I never heard the term bounding before and I like it.
I'm going to be honest about the "finding a look" thing for a second, and this _might_ sound stupid idk. As a guy, I am forever trying to find anything that i like that doesn't get rocks thrown at you or something. I feel like the only options i pull from are "person in a suit i hate" or "Slob" 😄 It's the reason i started sewing (also because i require X's and T's on my tags 🙃) The fashion that pinterest has narrowed down for me is basically Richmond from the It Crowd if he was a hippie 🤔🤣 seriously, I love your channel! And every look at the end is perfect, and perfect on you! 😁✌️
Ah yes, the arbitrary gender binary rears its ugly head!
Honestly, if you're looking to stick to "masculine styles" (not a requirement!) I would actually HIGHLY recommend the books that I demonstrated about men's style and men's style icons, or similar ones. I'll put the names in the description when I get a chance.
There's a LOT of quality inspiration in there that falls somewhere between the categories you mentioned.
@@LizCapism Thanks so much for that!❤️ I'm not worried about the binary. (in fact, i have some psychological ssues re: masculinity😬 I used to have panic attacks when putting on a tie, idk😐) I don't really fit any feminine "silhouette". I've been trying to mentally abstract the concept of gender in my mind and try to imagine something outside of it that fits😋 I'm rambling. Thank you so much for your help😁✌️
my aesthetic (at least for work lmao) is Local Office Witch, Too Gay To Function.
my current casual aesthetic is Dysphoria Layers but thats life lmao. i wish i could do some cool mashups of Actual Mens Clothing with soft feminine twists but see previous Dysphoria Layers preventing that. hopefully T and top surgery will help but thats several years off for now
1920s fashion was generally pretty androgynous, with boxy feminine silhouettes and curvy masculine ones.
This was such an interesting video to watch! You're lookbooks band everything I could have ever wanted, especially Chandler Bing LOL. Also you look like you could be my best friend's twin, so I always enjoy watching your videos even more
I love all of your videos, and your take on things. You are so helpful and genuine I await your weekly posts!
Really liked the demos 😊
Thanks! They were fun to come up with!
Thank you so much Liz I love vintage and buy lots from opshop but when I bring them home just cant put things together I am a fairly experienced sewer s well. Mainly 40s and 50s but want to make 1890 so am stuck in a spot you have helped me heaps I just love your channel and watch your videos several times. Thanks again you are a wonderful person and I learn heaps from you. Cheers have a beautiful day. Tricia Now just to get started Haha
Thanks for showing the menswear books, too. I like the idea of historybounding, but am a little clueless on how to do it as a guy who isn’t heavily into suits. I definitely need to try to find those books (or others like them) in the library. I saw some nonsuit styles to try.
You are so welcome!
For many eras, suits were urban fashion, so maybe you might find something more to your tastes in rural styles?
One take Bartlet had me audibly laugh. I love West Wing and was not expecting it here at all. Great video by the way, lol.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've had a Morikei slant to my style for a while now, but now adding history bounding to it. What appeals to me is folk styles of clothing, Slavic embroidery elements especially appeal, so that's getting slowly added as I can make them. It's kind of hard to thrift these things. I have hilariously ridiculous hate for visible buttons, whatever this style is works for me for that too.
Excellent video, thank you! I'm off to Pinterest now...
Since my early 20s, I`ve struggled with this concept that didn`t really have a name at the time. I was always into vintage and historic clothes but I just couldn`t keep it consistent for the love of everything that is unholy and gay and at one point I just gave up. Not on historybounding but on any attempts at consistency. Fuck it! Today I`m wearing a stupid geek t-shirt, tomorrow I wanna look like I`m in the 1940s, or I`m Milady de Winter, or I`m an 80s business lady, or I`m a dnd character, or I`m courting the most beautiful courtesan on the rooftops of Paris. Life is short, gender norms are a joke and your lipstick is gorgeous (no, really, what is the brand and shade, I need to know). Aint nothing wrong with that.
Goodness - I will have to check in the morning. I don’t know the brand!
@@LizCapism it`s ok. take your time
Great video! I love how clear your steps are. And the outfits are so inspirational and cute!
This is super fun. What a great concept.
Thank you for this advice! Maybe I should organise my ideas... good for colour compatibility and pragmatic/minimalistic ideas
I loved that ending montage! And feel the pain about no camera liking you in dark lipstick. My cameras are the same 😭
Fantastic video!!
OMG there is a word for what I've been doing on and off over the years but really intensely the past month. I've just been calling it Enlightenmentcore, which is like cottagecore except instead of secluding yourself in a cozy little cottage and making bread, you're shacking up with Voltaire and Émilie du Châtelet in a full-on chateau with 20,000 books, building your own physics lab, entertaining all of the intellectual luminaries of the day, and being the soft butch lesbian friend that Frederick the Great so desperately needed. Fashionwise, it's hella Rococo and (while not true to the actual fashion of the day) I also mix in some little classical Greco-Roman for the intellectual spirit of the age.
Ooo yes that west wing reference at the end there 👌👌
YES! I hope you're not the only one who got it, but I'm so glad you pointed it out. It was totally off the cuff but when I watched back the footage I couldn't stop giggling - so I couldn't resist putting it in the goofs.
@@LizCapism it was wonderful! West wing is one of my favorite series so it's always fun to find another fan
sliding by to articulate my SEETHING jealousy at your glorious vintage catalog stash.
Also also, don't forget that existing garments can be resized in any number of ways!
It is the work of many years of combing through used bookstores! But don't despair - there are loads floating about if you start looking out for them! 👍
@@LizCapism as soon as I move back to the Frozen North I will be on the hunt! I'm in a pre-move no buy at the mo.
Thank you for the video and going to the library its a good ideea to pick up the catalogs.. i don't know why i never thought of that. Also if you are interested in the 1800 dress you show in the 12:47 - ikea made a reproduction the fabric and it's up for sale now.
Thanks!
New subscriber and I think I love you. 😘
I legit started doing my Pinterest board for this a week or to ago, as I too am staring down the end of my 20s, unhappy with the majority of my wardrobe (which also doesn’t fit because quarantine weight gain is real), and struggle with a lack of style since at my (now previous, thanks COVID) job we had uniforms so daily-ware was not a thing in my life.
Still combing and working through things but maybe I’ll have a cohesive look book one day
Thank you.
What logistics do you require of an outfit for it to be something you have the energy to wear?
If you require pockets in order to actually wear a garment, either don’t buy it unless it has functional pockets, or, carefully check the fit and assembly to be sure you can add pockets, and count your time and effort to do so as part of the price.
If you need to wear a bra, only buy items that look the way you like with bras you actually own. Thin bra straps and strapless bras don’t work for my body. I love the aesthetic of halter dresses, but until I have a strapless corset in my wardrobe - there’s no point in buying one.
I’ve rarely bought clothes I barely/never wear because of the style, it’s inevitably because they aren’t functional with the body I have, for the activities I do.
Pinterest is the ultimate Rabbit Hole ... in only a few years I've gone pin-crazy. I have a bunch of boards with fashion plates and museum pieces. Also a sewing inspiration board with sub-boards for blouses, skirts, dresses and so on. Yep, went totally pin-crazy!!! 📌📌📌📌📌📌🐰
Wait a minute can we speak about that top with beautiful sleeves? Gorgeous
This was very inspirational and also you looked incredible in all the outfits, and also you broke down the steps to finding a person style very well. And also I love your genderbending - your #1 non-binary fankid
The biggest struggle I have had, is figuring out how to adapt the historybounding to my climate. I live in the desert and most images that I find would result in me suffering heat exhaustion. Layers? Long sleeves? Oh, no. Not in 117F! So while I have made some progress, I am still figuring out of to interpret my style in a way that is wearable. (And yes, I know people back then wore layers and sleeves in heat, but I guess they were just more resilient than I am.)
They also wore more breathable fabric than we do. Cotton/linen/etc. are your friends.
Long sleeves can protect you against the sun, but they _have to_ be lightweight and breathable. While those of us who live at high latitudes can sometimes get away with using synthetic fabrics, that’s less of an option for you, because replacing just one of your thin cotton or linen (or _tropical weight_ wool) layers with one that is even partly synthetic can make you feel like you’re in a portable sauna.
how old is too old to dress cottage core or history bounding?
*books aesthetically set in the background*
Me: yes, good
*books actually referenced in the video*
Me: YES, GOOD
Um also apparently my new aesthetic inspiration is ~Lizinmenswearcore~
I am actually not capable of talking to someone on video chat for more than five minutes without saying "I have a book about this. Just a sec." and pulling the book down from my shelf. It's my superpower.
I AM PLANNING A WHOLE VIDEO ABOUT THIS. I'm sorry - I didn't mean to shout. I'm excited. You're going to love it.
Oooooh, now I’m on the edge of my seat!
I'm calling firsties....
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
Every time I see this I get a wave of nostalgia for the old days of TH-cam when it was the thing to be “first” on comments! I love it.
@@LizCapism I know, right... simple pleasures. It's all about simple pleasures right now.
@@LizCapism Oh. By-the-by - my FR Beginner entry is under my full name - Cathy MacDonald-Zytveld, not accidently hiding behind Mister Husbands moniker. There are So many entries this year...
i have this funky gender thing where I absolutely adore hyper-feminine historical fashion, but I'm transmasculine and wouldn't actually want to wear a lot of the looks I'd like to make, but I do like presenting femme... it's one of those weird lines I walk
That sounds magnificent. Mucking up the gender binary is a favourite hobby in this house!
oh gods big damn same, i love feminine things but gods help me if being perceived as a woman doesnt bother me :/
One take Bartlett ❤️
💙💙💙
Now I’m wondering about your partner! My family have lots of gay clothes, too! 💗💗💗💗🌈
Another great video! I really appreciate your approach. 💗
They're pretty fab - not gonna lie.
I'm here for the gay shorts 🌈