(After much snippage of some excellent insights.....) After a number of years at the RenFaire, I made an interesting observation when one of our larger ladies tried on a man's surcoat for a lark one day. She looked really nice in it! Many larger ladies that I have seen (not all, but some!) seem to think that a corset/period bodice is a magic girdle that will make them thinner if they can just lace it down enough. This results in the 'stuffed sausage' look that I think is really painful looking and unpleasant. When this lady put on the surcoat, it skimmed over her body in such a way that made her look very majestic and very elegant. Please note that a well-fitted surcoat is NOT the same as an ill-fitting costume.
Just my tuppence! Karen Seamstrix On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:57:36 -0700 Kimiko Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 06:25 PM 7/14/2005, you wrote: > >Oh, jeez, don't get me started. If I had a dollar for every fat > SCAdian > >woman who seems to think that _huge_ clothes are somehow more > >modest/flattering/who knows what than clothes that fit, I would be > a wealthy woman. A fat, wealthy, well-dressed woman. > > > As someone who's had to relearn a few things about personal > fashion... I > have come to realize personally that such large garments are an > attempt, at > least by me, to hide who I was inside by hiding behind the oversized > garments I wore on the outside. It had nothing to do with fit, but > personal > body image and a lack of self esteem. > > Kimiko _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
