Vintage Vs Modern
How do you know if you have a vintage or modern silhouette?
By establishing which silhouette you have, picking out clothes will be a lot easier. You can pick out which clothes will likely suit your body without spending hours and hours trying things on, and your wardrobe will suit your body shape. This is essential for those with a capsule wardrobe.Vintage Silhouette: Those with a vintage silouette will have more than a 9-10+ inch difference between their bust/hips and their waist measurement.Vintage silhouettes tend to have large breasts and hips/bums in comparison to their small waist, and would say these are their best features.
They tend to naturally carry more weight on their arms, legs, and stomach than a modern silhouette. They tend to look more "solid" at a healthy weight than a modern silhouette will, and are described as "curvy" even if they are a low weight. Vintage silhouettes often have a gap at the back of their pants above their bum.
I am a vintage silhouette (my measurements are bust 37", waist 28", hips 41").
*note: someone with smaller breasts but broad shoulders, small waist and larger hips sometimes suit a vintage look. use your judgement).
Example measurements:
Bust 38", Waist 27", Hips 40"
Bust 45", Waist 32", Hips 49"
Bust 35", Waist 25", Hips 36"
Bust 56", Waist 42", Hips 53"
What vintage silhouettes should wear:
Vintage silhouettes need to think about the structure of their clothing. Vintage girls should wear clothes that are fitted and not too big, even if they're overweight. Generally, the waist should be accentuated whenever possible with tailoring or belts. Anything without a distinct waist tends to make them look much heavier than they are.
The 50s and 60s are fantastic references for these women. High waisted is generally more flattering, as it shows off the waist and hides a tummy that many vintage silhouettes have. Vintage silhouettes generally tend to suit skirts that hit mid thigh to the knee. Any shorter or longer many not be very flattering to their legs.
Boot cut jeans flatter a heavier thigh and hips, and you may need pants tailored to avoid a gap between their pants and their body in the back above the bum. In general, vintage silhouettes flatter dresses and skirts more than pants.
What Vintage Silhouettes Should Avoid:
Shift Dresses, Loose tops that don't cinch at the waist, anything with the word "flowy" in the description, skinny jeans, maxi dresses, capes, ponchos, anything too loose.
Pencil skirts and second skin stretch dresses can look fantastic on a very lucky vintage silhouette who doesn't have extra fat on her tummy and legs, but most won't suit these looks.
Modern Silhouette:
Modern Silhouettes have less than 9" difference between their hips/bust and waist. They tend to have more toned arms, legs, and tummies but less prominent hips, bums and breasts.
Often modern silhouette girls have problems with jeans cutting in at the top and giving them "muffin top". They also may find that dresses with full skirts may make them look slightly shapeless. Often modern silhouettes are thin, but if they gain weight its often in their thighs and sides, giving them a pear or boxy shape.
Example Measurements:
Bust 32", Waist 26", Hips 33"
Bust 40", Waist 32", Hips 40"
Bust 35", Waist 32", Hips 37"
Bust 29", Waist 24", Hips 30"
What Modern Silhouettes Should Wear:
Most "trendy" clothing fits a modern silhouettes. Skinny jeans, short shorts, bandeau skirts, low rise pants, crop tops and skin tight dresses fit a thin modern silhouette and make them look like a rock star.
For modern silhouettes who aren't the size of a fashion model, flowy is your friend. You can get away with looser tanktops, maxi dresses, and straighter fit tops that go over the breasts but don't cinch at the waist as distinctly. You can have more fun with layering, ruffles, and trapeze shapes too.
Since your waist isn't as distinct, you can wear looser shapes and won't look larger. Backless can work fantastically for a modern shape; their smaller breasts can get away without a bra. Shift dresses were made for the modern silhouette More masculine cuts can work wonderfully, and many modern silhouettes can pull off an androgynous look.
Our current era has a lot to offer the modern silhouette, the 20s, 70s and 80s also embraced the modern silhouette.
What Modern Silhouettes Should Avoid:
Modern Silhouettes have a bit more liberty than their vintage friends if they're a waif, but if they are a little big larger, its best to avoid high waisted pants that will make you look boxy. A-line skirts can sometimes look a little strange, as can anything that is too cinched in if it doesn't fit you properly as it will throw off your proportions and make your waist look quite large.
A modern silhouette may find that clothing can fit their waist but then the bust is much too large. Make friends with a tailor who can fix these for you, or wear something stretchy.
Dye And Print
Pro Mx and Inko Resist, an investigation of all the colours fushia, lemon yellow and turquoise can make. 36"x36"
50''x95'' logwood and iron natural dye.
hey! check out the fashion and wearable art shows two other ladies and I are planning!
Runaway NSCAD
Runaway NSCAD
and also check out inspiration and sneak peak sample of my line for advanced fashion
Gallery Show: Oh, Then, I See Queen Mab Hath Been With You
I had a gallery show! AHHH! so exciting. It was at the Anna Leonowens Gallery in Halifax NS.
It was a collaborative show with my friend Darren Pottie, who is a super talented and awesome art history and photo student.
This is the dream it was based on:
In a secluded field a pregnant woman goes into labour. Expecting her first child, she is appalled by not an infant, but several metal spider like creatures. Her partner, disgusted by the creatures thought they should be taken into town for medical attention. Instead, she lowered the creatures into a large glass aquarium with an electric current. As the spiders sunk, they transformed into infants. As the mother rescues the infants from the water, one of them catches her gaze. Its eyes flash red for a moment. Its obvious that they are not as innocent as they seem.
This is my Artist's Statement about my work:
Dreams are
moments of unrestrained creativity gleaned from personal experiences. My
textiles work in ‘Oh, I See Queen Mab
Hath Been With You” aims to represent the nature of my inspiration, rather
than a visual depiction of specific imagery. In this case, the inspiration was from
an unusual dream I experienced. The Mood is eerie and unsettling, with the
transformation from an inhuman creature to a corrupted infant who is seemingly
typical on the outside, but with its secret corruption still hiding inside. By
creating an emotional response in a viewer through the depiction of the
atmosphere of the dream, it allows them to understand the work in a way beyond
appreciating craftsmanship or surface designs.
The colours of the
garments shift from white to a deep red. White is commonly associated with
innocence, and in this case that remains. Accompanying this are wire forms that
eventually transition from uncomfortable claws and legs to a constricting
garment. The wire interrupts the white silk to show the breakdown of innocence,
with the red appearing as the spiders become more human. Humans are one of the
only creatures that create their clothing, so garments are linked with humanity
for me. The wire then becomes a garment to show the shift from monster to
human, but also a reminder to the viewer of what once was.
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