Style Aesthetic Internal Dialogue

Thinking about clothing & costume

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[theoriginalsupermodels]

Christian Dior - Fall 1992 Couture

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Make a Horse Face Skirt Handed Down Ming and Qing Dynasties, Feel the Be...

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Why I stopped wearing Modern Qipao #hanfu #fashion #summeroutfitideas

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[android-boywife]

it is so important that you are a little bit ugly. please get comfortable with having unplucked eyebrows and nonexistent jawlines and wrinkles. let your blue hair grow out into an uneven pale green and your clothes be old and mend them and modify them until they’re unique to you. wear lipstick which doesnt compliment your skintone and mismatched outfits which went out of fashion 5 years ago. be a little bit too loud and a little bit too passionate and as weird as you can be because oh my god there is nothing more disturbing to me than perfection. beauty is manufactured and sold to us and you need to realise that you are a fucking animal to live a joyful life I am so serious. you cant obsess over aesthetics forever please just live messily and make your body your home however you please.

if you dont do it for you, do it for all the teenagers who will see u in the street and know that they are not obligated to be attractive

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i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping

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this also goes for aesthetic or -core titles. 'y2k tank top' is going to get you resellers and fast fashion brands advertising to people looking to meet a current trend. 'thin strap crop tank top' is going to get you a diverse group of results and not upcharge you to hell and back

additionally, shop second hand when you can, second hand and thrift sites typically organize clothes by the cut and color. theyll be more affordable than a depop seller curating you a style to sell you

[daftpatience]

useful terminology for different kinds of clothing shapes :)

[mypoisonedflowers]

I think i may have reblogged this before, but it's so useful I'm gonna do it again just in case, lol

[gyossefka]

Abbe Mandega

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New Dress📺🖤 🖤 Cosplay & Made by (♪Douyin)Siofra

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ROBERT WUN Couture Fall/Winter 2026 if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways

[a-state-of-bliss]

Thierry Mugler Haute Couture Spr/Sum 1998

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I tend to prefer to cover more, rather than less, but I can definitely get behind a dark queen look that says 'you can want me, but you can't have me'.

wow

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP: How to Guide Hanfu Models in Posing for Photos

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Proof that all models should be given swords.

[myrunwayarchive]

Maison Margiela Fall 2025 Couture

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Interesting mask design....

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[dollsahoy]

There are a lot of people in the notes saying, basically, "Yeah, that's polyester for ya!"

but, the thing is

even polyester fabric was higher quality in the past

yes, not all of it, but, still, a noticeable amount of older polyester was...nicer.

yeah, it would still get picks and hold on to every bit of underarm odor, and that's on top of no-one knowing about microplastic shedding

but a 1950s Wash'n'Wear shirt, or 1970s double knit pantsuit, or 1980s neon sweatshirt, or a 1990s slinky knit or crushed velour mock turtleneck...so many of them would have been significantly higher quality than the fast fashion of today.

[sofairycakes]

i work in historical costume. i work in a big-ass warehouse, with hundreds of thousands articles of clothing dating back over 100 years (for original pieces).

the BLINDING difference in clothing quality between even the 1990s and the mid-2000s...not even going in to the decline in quality of clothing made in natural fibers (jeans with elastane, i'm looking at you), I've got faux-leather trousers from 1980s that are in near-mint condition, even after being hired and worn repeatedly for the past 40 years. we get donations of clothing that shows and films have bought online for contemporary shows that are disintegrating after being used on one show, for like....10 days, max.

don't even get me started on the seam allowances we used to get in clothes, because the assumption was you'd alter it at some point...

they hate you. they hate the planet. they have drip fed you worse and worse quality clothing until you don't even realize you're being sold Garbage

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I hate when people ask me how long it took me to crochet something I’ve made. Frankly, that’s none of my business. I put the yarn on the hook and worked on it whenever the spirit happened to take me to and then one day it was done. How long that process took is between the yarn and god; I want no part of it.

[shutyourmoustache]

I’d call this magic but that’d be a disservice to all the work they put into the restoration.

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[desfraisespartout]

This is a nice video showing an blind/invisible stitch, which is quite useful for repairing tears or finishing something (ex. cushion).

Also, that extra step for putting back the seam is really nice.

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This is sorcery

I will cherish it

[severeprincesheep]

How to Hem Pants Without Cutting – Invisible Stitch for a Clean

Hem your jeans without cutting original hem| shorten jeans