This is a standard day outfit for all classes of people in this land. (I really need to decide which one of my fictional lands this wardrobe style belongs to so I can stop referring to it as 'this land'.) The peasants wear this style most, but even the middle and upper classes wear this for a morning of supervising servants or just relaxing at home. It consists of a gown with contrasting trim on the v-neck, a stiff fabric (possibly canvas) corset that laces in the back and a matching armband that laces underneath the arm.
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This next one is from Ladybird as well. You will find the description on page 214.
"to find her lady arrayed in a smart street suit." There is not much to that description but if you are like me and love 1930's fashion and have researched it like I have, you get a picture in your mind when you read that. I did some Pinteresting and Googling to find images I could draw from. (I have to have a picture most of the time.) This is a simple suit; it probably would have been made from silk or wool. I made her have a scarf at the neck and there is a hat to go with it with feathers in the hat band. This is what the women of this country wear for nightgowns. It is a simple gown with long sleeves that are folded back in cuffs during the summer and left long over the hands in the winter.
This dress is based on a dress description from the book Ladybird, page 199.
"like some stranger in a wonderful sleeveless low-cut gown of deep rich velvet in dark red tones. There were ropes of little pearls about her neck and hanging low on the front of her gown." When I read this description I thought of a dress I had seen on Pinterest. I think the dress in the book would have had a belt but I took artistic license and drew MY version of the dress =). Using the the picture linked above and this one (third one from left) as well as the description from the book for inspiration I drew this dress. I made it a bias cut clingy dress with a slouch neck. Frank and Josa are playing dress up again. This time they are playing a medieval game. Frank is wearing a page costume of tights, an under-tunic with loose flowing sleeves, and a sleeveless over-tunic with trim of a contrasting color at the arm-holes, neckline, and hem. The belt that fastens the over-tunic is of the same fabric as the trim.
A crepe dress that Fayth is wearing to my birthday party!
Today Frank has to clean out the goat pen and shed. To do this very dirty job, he is wearing a T-shirt, jean overalls and rubber boots.
I don't envy him his job. I've had to clean out goat pens before and it is a tough, dirty, smelly job. It is a bit chilly and rainy today. It is after school and Fayth is going out to dinner with the pastor of the local church and his wife. She is wearing a maxi style chiffon dress with a jacket made of knit.
Today Frank is just lounging around. He wears a striped t-shirt and blue jeans.
Tonight Fayth is going to a church gathering. She is wearing a chiffon skirt, a knit top and a thin belt with a flower on it.
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