To Pseudo-Fashionistas

There's always something, isn't there?

We always find some bipeds who are convinced that their way is the only way (and - let's not forget! - that they're right).

Once upon a time, I was dancing. Since it was traditional dancing, I had to sew my dresses because it was either that or find authentic dresses from the 19th century, and... though these dresses can still be found, they're usually auctioned and cost an arm, a leg, an eye, and the soul of your first born - and so I was sewing (already back then... *cue nostalgic sigh*).

The one thing I could afford was a copy of drawings that had been made in the late 19th century to illustrate the local costumes of the region I was representing.

In our group of dancers, one member had self-proclaimed "itself" (not a fan back then, and I haven't recovered yet) Costumer-in-Chief. One tiny problem: that person was competent from 1945 onwards; anything before that was completely alien to that person. Oops.

I'd done my homework (yea... that's a pathology I acquired very young), and I knew that my design was accurate for the character I was to incarnate, but the Costumer-in-Chief thought it appropriate to inquire about the length of my skirt. I was able to defend my hem by quoting the reference to the drawings I'd invested in. Had I been uninformed, I would have been invited to shorten my skirt, which is what happened to a fellow who'd been lucky enough to find an authentic 19th century dress that fit her even though she was rather tall, and who was ordered by the Costumer-in-Chief to cut the bottom of the dress. I met them all months after that crime was committed, but that's something that still makes me growl years later.

Today's dress-related growl was generated by a tweet that led me to this article.

First... is everybody a critic now? Or are silly bipeds that jealous when someone's got a bit of success that they can't help spouting venom? Or is it still 1012, and women are still judged on the way they look and the way they dress whilst boys are left alone?

And then... these pseudo-fashionistas don't know a thing about the history of patterns.

I love that dress: Roman-inspired top, and Empire/Regency skirt, made in Victorian-inspired floral material. Sorry, guys, but this is very original, and it's lovely!

Some people seem to have commented on the black shoes. So what? I've got a pair like that (not as shiny, though), and they're awesome - and comfy. 

Oh! My bad again! Was she supposed to wear some pseudo-fashionable shoes that would have killed her back and her feet? Merlin! It's 2014, guys, and anyone should be able to come to any award ceremony in slippers and not be flamed for that.

Sheesh!

*off the sewing "soap box"*