Fashions Change
I’m sure it’s no secret to you that fashions change almost at the drop of a hat. (No pun intended!)
I can remember when I was in high school, Fridays were jeans/Levis day at our school. We would never have dreamed of wearing jeans any other day except on jeans day. Wow! Did that fashion ever change.
In my teen novel, Flower in the Hills, main character, Latina, is spending her summer with her family in an old farmhouse in the Ozark hills in Missouri. If that were you, what would you be wearing every day? Probably shorts, right? It’s summer; it’s hot. But look at this.
A Wraparound What?
As Latina is walking through the house to answer a knock at the door, she is “retying her wraparound skirt as she went.”
A skirt? She’s wearing a skirt? And a wraparound skirt at that.
A wraparound skirt is one large piece of fabric with long ties. Usually there’s a hole in the waistband to pull the right tie through. The left tie is pulled around to the back and the two are then tied together. Some tie in the back, some on the side, some in the front. (As in the photo of this old Simplicity pattern.)
[As an interesting side note – these skirts are now actually coming back into style. You just never know do you!]
Skirts and Dresses Every Day
But back to the point. In Latina’s day, skirts and blouses, or simple cotton dresses were worn on a daily basis. Shorts? Maybe once in a while.
How would that fit with your present wardrobe?
Other More Drastic Changes
And speaking of changes. Omigoodness -- have car seats for infants and children ever changed through the years. In Flower in the Hills, Althea’s car seat plays an important role in the story. I can tell you that the car seat in my novel looks nothing like what you see today.
That’s coming up in a future blog!
Writing/Publishing Sites
http://www.beanovelist.com/
https://www.facebook.com/BeANovelist/
http://www.cleanteenreads.net/
https://www.facebook.com/CleanTeenReadsNet/
I love skirts and dresses in the Ozark summers. Wearing one now! Let’s some beeeze in. I’m new here (joined yesterday) nice to meet you!
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Hi @katebaerfossils. Welcome to Steemit. I hope you'll find your place here. Are you in the Missouri part, or the Arkansas part of the Ozarks? You probably already saw that I'm from OK, near Tulsa. Not far from you.
How neat that you still wear skirts and dresses. I love it!! :^)
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I am in Arkansas. Yes! Close to you.
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