Things I Would Like to Wear

[letmeinimafairy]

A recent commission, back to the cave. Slowly started creating some kind of a story in cave paintings in my head, a continuation of the ammonite cave.

[historical-fashion-polls]

which outfit would you rather wear? (1845)

left 💜💚

center left 🧡🖤

center right 🤍🩵

right 🩶💛

Voting ended onJun 3

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’m kinda surprised that nalbinding isn’t as popular as crochet and knitting tbh because it has an even lower barrier of entry tools wise and unlike crochet and knitting it makes fabric that you can cut.

I guess it’s because it’s slower or something.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Nalbinding aka needle binding is when you use yarn and a big sewing needle to make fabric btw

It also has a lot of different kinds of stitches you can do that make different densities of fabric.

Some people even make rugs.

[thewolfwaitsbelow]

I feel like part of it might be casual people are generally aware of the existence of crochet and knitting, even if they don’t know very much about either, but have never heard of nalbinding

[what-even-is-thiss]

Yeah I hadn’t heard of it until recently and I ordered a big bone needle for myself to try it out and that should be arriving soon.

I was surprised that I’d never heard of it though. It’s older than knitting and crocheting and even though it’s been done all over the world it’s super relevant to Nordic culture and my grandmother and I are both into keeping in touch with our roots a bit so I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it.

It seems like the sort of thing that would be popular even if not as popular as crocheting and knitting, considering the low barrier of entry.

[what-even-is-thiss]

You also don’t need a bunch of different sized needles for nalbinding or whatever. The size of the stitch is controlled either completely freehand or by pulling it against one of your fingers. Most people who have a lot of nalbinding needles seem to either have tried out wood, bone, and metal ones to see which kind they liked or they enjoy carving wood or bone and like making their own needles as an extra hobby.

It’s also a lot easier to freehand and adjust as you go than crochet or knitting and you mostly go by inches instead of rows and number of stitches so a large number of accessories like stitch markers or whatever isn’t really necessary.

Maybe the lack of accessories also makes it unpopular idk. People do like collecting things in their nests.

[the-color-of-sound-is-space]

I've been wanting to do so, I cannot find anyone who can teach me, and any books I can find on it are Ass in the Visual Learning department. Otherwise I'd be making the hell outta some nalbinded fabric

[what-even-is-thiss]

I found this channel by a nice man who makes up close tutorials

Happy Needlebinding

I create videos on YouTube to learn people how to needlebind using two fingers and your thumb. Needlebinding helps people to relax, relieve

[slenders1ckn3ss]

@hollowedskin

[hollowedskin]

Ooh thank you for the tag! It is going in my hoard of links and such.

I am fascinated by nalbinding, but I'm also still working on my panic at cutting yarn to do colour changes in crochet (because then I can't undo it and reuse the yarn) so I feel like nalbinding will by necessity have to come after I can cut yarn without crying like, at least 80% of the time.

[fatsexybitch]

You can always blend it back together! Learn the fisherman's knot and or the Russian join. Cutting doesn't have to be scary!

[historical-fashion-polls]

which outfit would you rather wear? (1895)

left 💚🍁

right 🖤🦋

Voting ended onJun 1

requested by: @wordmage-girl

request: those crazy Victorian sleeves. Just absolutely huge. The ones that needed extra padding underneath

commentary from the curator: one thing about me is that I looooooove a puffed sleeve 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[random-brushstrokes]

Eugene de Blaas - Contemplation (1893)

[historical-fashion-polls]

which outfit would you rather wear? (1822)

left 💚

right 🤍

Voting ended onMay 31

[historical-fashion-polls]

which outfit would you rather wear? (1972)

left 💛

center left 💚

center right 🧡

right 🩵

Voting ended onMay 31

[met-gala-tournament]

Round 2 - 2022 (In America: An Anthology of Fashion / Gilded Glamour) - Match 39 of 50

Awkwafina (Gucci), left

No explanation found.

vs. Christine Baranski (Thom Browne), right

"She explicitly did not want to wear a corset or a gigantic ball gown, because she's spent long days filming in costumes like that. So, she enjoyed feeling "more like a gentleman in the Gilded Age than a lady," adding, "I always preferred men’s tailoring in fashion to women’s."" "Browne called the sequins “unique,” adding that “they’re not masculine, not feminine. They are Christine.” ... Amazed by Browne’s sketch, Christine told The New York Times, “When I saw Thom’s sketch, I said, ‘Oh, that’s so elegant and stately and sleek, but it’s modern, and I don’t have to drag anything around.’”" (x)(x)

Whose outfit was better?

Awkwafina

Christine Baranski

Voting ended onMay 27

[historical-fashion-polls]

which outfit would you rather wear? (1888)

left 🖤

right 🩵

Voting ended onMay 30

requested by: @logicgunn

request: anything with lace from the 1800s

commentary from the curator: since you mentioned that I could choose a decade, I chose the 1880s-1890s just because those are some of my favorite years for fashion! if there's another or different decade you would like though, just let me know! ☺️

[the1920sinpictures]

1919 Lanvin drawing and the dress itself, in velvet and crepe, beaded. From Noah, Pinterest.

[historical-fashion-polls]

which outfit would you rather wear? (1958)

left 🖤💛

right 🧡🌼

Voting ended onMay 29

[zootycoon-archive]

i got these knockoff boots online and instead of the brand name on the tag they have the name of an apparently nonexistent martin scorsese movie??? what the fuck

[loseremo]

[historical-fashion-polls]

which costume would you rather wear? (1928)

left 🕷️🕸️

center 🦇

right 🐈‍⬛

Voting ended onMay 29

requested by: @yani-tried

request: vintage Halloween and masquerade costumes

commentary from the curator: there will definitely be more vintage costumes to enjoy in october (and sprinkled throughout the queue until then), but hopefully these are fun for a little halloween-in-the-summer vibe! ☺️🎃

[the1920sinpictures]

Spring, 1924 Fashion page from the magazine "Pictorial Review Quarterly Patterns" featuring dinner and dance dresses. From Pinterest.

[historical-fashion-polls]

which outfit would you rather wear? (1890)

left 🖤

right 🩷

Voting ended onMay 20

[anyboli]

This page from one of my history books looks like a lesbian utopia.

Source: Reclaiming Lost Ground by Neale McGoldrick & Margaret Crocco

[anyboli]

Very similar vibes - this 1899 illustration from Puck of butchy (for the time) lesbians looking like the coolest, hottest women to ever walk the earth

[historical-fashion-polls]

which outfit would you rather wear? (1838)

left ❤️❤️

right 💚🩷

Voting ended onMay 20