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Speaking of Lands End - This dress floored me
and not in a good way. I have dresses from my gma and my great-gma in this exact pattern. They were run of the mill, every day, house dresses. They remind me of the styling in The Hunger Games which was supposed to be reminiscent of Appalachia.
I was talking to the sales ladies and mentioned the gma/g-gma connection, and they started babbling, "Oh yes, it so great that these styles are so timeless." Meanwhile, I'm biting my tongue to keep from saying that people wore these dresses the way we wear t-shirts and pajama pants. They just weren't dressy or made for going outside the house.
But maybe I'm being too harsh.
A big old middle finger to you, stupid Nest.
Re: Speaking of Lands End - This dress floored me
OMG please tell me that Appalachia-chic is not becoming a "thing".
please?
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The hip pockets are what forcibly remind me of my g-gma. She always had tissues crammed into them.
I don't find it that bad, but I currently live in Appalachia-chic land. Uh oh!! Must move ASAP!
I think you're misunderstanding me here. I'm making a comment on styling fashion after the extremely poor (which I think was a thing in Zoolander, yes?)
Not to assume that everyone in Appalachia is poor, but generally it's a severely impoverished region in the U.S.
Given that "homeless" fashion in making appearances in The Sartorialist, I didn't think it was much of a stretch.
I was not insulting the chicness of Tennesseans.
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I think it's cute. But like another poster, it's not right for my body type. Whether it was originally a house dress or not depended on the wearer. I have seen plenty of photos of my (very stylish) grandmother at a picnic or at the lake in the '60s with similar dresses on. There's absolutely nothing about it IMO that makes it appear trashy or poor or indecent to wear in public.
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I agree. Plus, the "house coats" my mom's great aunts and grandmother wore always had zipper or buttons up the front. I mean, to me most maxi dresses look like nightgowns so isn't it kinda the same thing?
It was a house dress. Imagine, if your will, a world where there was no air conditioning or lycra to put wearing ease in a woven fabric. This is what women wore to putter around the house, to cook, do light cleaning, run local erands. A uniform if you will. It's not the chic of the moment date dress of the era, but it's was comfortable and useful. If some young hipster girl wants to "rediscover it", let her have at it.
I don't wear pajama pants out of the house; you lost me with than analogy.
Oh, I kind of was insulting the chicness of Tennesseans. Not as a whole, but at least where I live it's a very non fashion-conscious place.
I was hoping that my interest in the dress didn't mean that I was acclimating too well to my temporary surroundings.
If it didn't have patch pockets or cap sleeves, I'd seriously consider it. I love dresses and plaid. It'd probably go really cute with my new Jack Rogers wedges.
My grandma's housecoats also had snaps down the front, so it the only thing looking housecoat-y to me about is in the patch pockets.
The only thing that floors me about Lands End lately is the vanity sizing in their dresses, I've been sized right out of regular sizes and I am not in any way, shape of form below a freaking XS. I assume I could get a petite to work but my store doesn't sell petites so I haven't bothered trying.
If the neckline were different I think I would wear it.
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I don't think it's poverty-chic, per se. The Hunger Games stylists said they were inspired by the lines of the 20s and 30s. So the Depression plays into it a bit, but I think it's more about cotton and more subtle colors and patterns and spare lines than it is about poverty.
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I don't think you're being harsh at all. That was my Grandmother's PJ pants and tee substitute. I know exactly where you are coming from. Mine didn't wear pants until I was in my 20's. It was always something like that with a house coat in cooler months. She never owned jeans in my life. Those pockets were defintiely made for tissues and Sucrets. Throw some panty hose and orthopedic shoes into the mix and you've got the look down.
I don't know how you kept a straight face for that conversation. I would have been biting my tongue and holding back the laughs, but I leave the house in a skirt and get stopped by strangers asking what I'm so dressed up for in town.
I do too
Not crazy about the big patch pockets but I'd wear this dress. It's not a muumuu or a housecoat, it's too fitted and the neckline has some snazzy shirring action.
But even if it were, people dressed a lot better in our grandparents' era so if they want a housecoat to bum around in, have at it. They weren't wearing flip flops, shorts and a tank top at a restaurant for dinner, that's for sure.
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