interesting dirndl footnote
Aug. 11th, 2021 04:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwNot groundbreaking to anybody who actually knows anything about German folk costume, but the penny just dropped for me, and I think it's cool. :D
That this type of regional stays in the 18thc (from PoF 5, and "almost certainly" from southern Germany)...
...turns into part of the dirndl a couple of hundred years later!
Also, realizing the lacing started out as hooks for chains helped my googling for supplies, as I wasn't getting much in the search for lacing rings/ eyelets! Oooooh...that makes sense, duh. Some of the modern ones do have decorative rings and ribbon rather than the hooks, but I like the hooks since they're a bit of fossilized fashion.
(Good thing I want to put hooks on a later version, not Dirndl 1.0, as all the nice quality ones ship from Europe and therefore would not get here before Labor Day...)
ALSO I would love if someone can explain to me a Really Good Reason the blouse usually worn with dirndl is a super-crop-top! Like, okay, I get that it's supposed to reduce bulk under the tight-fitting bodice, but...the historical costumer in me is SCREAMING at the idea of wearing some of these not-easily-washable fabrics right on my sweaty-ass skin. FYI, "reduce bulk" people, I wear chemises under corsets and it's a Good Thing...
That this type of regional stays in the 18thc (from PoF 5, and "almost certainly" from southern Germany)...
...turns into part of the dirndl a couple of hundred years later!
Also, realizing the lacing started out as hooks for chains helped my googling for supplies, as I wasn't getting much in the search for lacing rings/ eyelets! Oooooh...that makes sense, duh. Some of the modern ones do have decorative rings and ribbon rather than the hooks, but I like the hooks since they're a bit of fossilized fashion.
(Good thing I want to put hooks on a later version, not Dirndl 1.0, as all the nice quality ones ship from Europe and therefore would not get here before Labor Day...)
ALSO I would love if someone can explain to me a Really Good Reason the blouse usually worn with dirndl is a super-crop-top! Like, okay, I get that it's supposed to reduce bulk under the tight-fitting bodice, but...the historical costumer in me is SCREAMING at the idea of wearing some of these not-easily-washable fabrics right on my sweaty-ass skin. FYI, "reduce bulk" people, I wear chemises under corsets and it's a Good Thing...
