Post by opalmoon on Oct 15, 2010 9:30:22 GMT -5
Hello everyone!^_^
I don't know where to start so I guess I'm going to tell you how I found this site first.
Well I'm an adept of Lolita fashion (Japanese street style) and since I sew a lot of my accessories and a few garments myself, I was looking for patterns, how-to's and general discussion about one of my favourite eras. If you look up Lolita fashion you will probably get pictures of sugary girls in pink cupcake dresses with lots of huge prints, sweets and ruffles everywhere, or Victorian porcelain doll devotees, but I'm more of a Classic subgroup follower.
So it's not re-enactment or costume making that I'm doing, I enjoy mashing period elements that I like (especially from the Regency era!) into modern attire and lifestyle and considering that even Classic Lolita fashion is much less historically correct but only inspired than a 100% Regency costume is, it passes off as general street fashion and I'm fine with it. So I feel that this site will be very helpful for patterns and general tidbits.^_^
I would be interested into doing a whole Regency costume though one day, who knows...^^
Hmm what I appreciate so much about the period? Let's see, I've been charmed by the fashion and aesthetics for many years, starting with the famous empire waist. It's one of the few (and remarkably short) periods where huge hoop skirts and wasp-waist-styled corsets weren't fashionable and even though there were still class differences, I've found that the focus lied less on looking as rich and noble as possible than during other periods. It's like embroidering simplicity and still keeping so much elegance so I think there's a lot that we could learn from for our modern times.^^
I enjoy the aesthetics in general, the society, art, scientific discoveries. Strangely enough I'm not a die-hard fan of Jane Austen but I love Lord Byron's works!
Hmm what else... I'm from Germany even though this is the Regency Society of America.
But there are very few places interested into the era around here and this forum looks really active and insightful so I'm glad to be part of this place.
I don't know where to start so I guess I'm going to tell you how I found this site first.
Well I'm an adept of Lolita fashion (Japanese street style) and since I sew a lot of my accessories and a few garments myself, I was looking for patterns, how-to's and general discussion about one of my favourite eras. If you look up Lolita fashion you will probably get pictures of sugary girls in pink cupcake dresses with lots of huge prints, sweets and ruffles everywhere, or Victorian porcelain doll devotees, but I'm more of a Classic subgroup follower.
So it's not re-enactment or costume making that I'm doing, I enjoy mashing period elements that I like (especially from the Regency era!) into modern attire and lifestyle and considering that even Classic Lolita fashion is much less historically correct but only inspired than a 100% Regency costume is, it passes off as general street fashion and I'm fine with it.
So I feel that this site will be very helpful for patterns and general tidbits.^_^I would be interested into doing a whole Regency costume though one day, who knows...^^
Hmm what I appreciate so much about the period? Let's see, I've been charmed by the fashion and aesthetics for many years, starting with the famous empire waist. It's one of the few (and remarkably short) periods where huge hoop skirts and wasp-waist-styled corsets weren't fashionable and even though there were still class differences, I've found that the focus lied less on looking as rich and noble as possible than during other periods. It's like embroidering simplicity and still keeping so much elegance so I think there's a lot that we could learn from for our modern times.^^
I enjoy the aesthetics in general, the society, art, scientific discoveries. Strangely enough I'm not a die-hard fan of Jane Austen but I love Lord Byron's works!
Hmm what else... I'm from Germany even though this is the Regency Society of America.
But there are very few places interested into the era around here and this forum looks really active and insightful so I'm glad to be part of this place. 
