1920 hemlines?

[tielan]

Does anyone else feel like the hemline should be shorter? Or is that just me?



It's a pretty easy fix if need be. I'm just...it's pretty good but not quite and a hemline is something that I could do in an hour or two.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

Yeah, the skirt could be a little shorter without contravening 1920s fashion norms, though I'm not a good enough judge of fashion to know whether that would make the dress look how you want it to on you :)

[tielan]

I'm okay with the current length of the skirt, but I'm just wondering if it would look more if it was shorter, or if that's just how I think it works in my head.

[james]

I feel like it would look more accurate if it were shorter, but I'm not an expert. But it seems like flapper-era skirts were knee-length, not lower.

[tielan]

I think the ones with square hems probably were. I'm just...trying to decide if it looks right...

[beatrice_otter]

If you're going for accuracy, that's the right length.

[tielan]

Thinking it over, I don't expect great accuracy, all things considered! It's a costume party, not cosplay.

[beatrice_otter]

Then whatever floats your boat. I'm not the one to ask on pure aesthetics grounds. ;)

[edenfalling]

I think the hemline is about right, but for full 1920s aesthetic it could possibly use a bit of fringe somewhere.

[conuly]

The fringe is a 1950s Hollywood invention. It wasn't a thing in the 1920s, not really.

[edenfalling]

Cool, good to know!

[tielan]

I'm doing some beading, although not quite the geometrics that were adored of the Deco period - requires entirely too many beads...

[tielan]

It's interesting - I'm not actually going for period accurate since it's a costume party rather than a cosplay, but it's good to know these things!

(I'm doing some beading, though. Probably not period-accurate, since I just don't have the time and money to do the full geometric beading thing.

[kore]

IT'S SO PRETTY. That does look about the right length?

[tielan]

At this point, I'm too tired to redo it! (and it's a costume party, not a cosplay comp, so nobody will be that fussed if my hems are a tad too long...)

[theladyscribe]

The length looks right to me. Hemlines were just below the knee or longer (if you're going for accuracy). Shorter hemlines than that are a Hollywood invention.

[tielan]

Excellent!

[crazy4orcas]

I like the length. And that color looks stunning on you!

Where are you working in the beading?

[novel_machinist]

If I were you I'd take the hemline up a bit, I think that if it cut you at the shortest part about 2/3 down thigh it'd make you look a bit longer. BUT it's super cute as is too.