An anon asked me for Erik x Raoul in their masquerade attire. Red Death is surprisingly very easy to draw compared to Raoul’s hussar uniform; my hand is dead from that;(
I haven’t been happy with my linework lately so I used this as an exercise to practice my lines.
spent like twice as long as this took to sketch just reading about 16th century Italian clothing for these fictional characters from a fictionalized city loosely based on renaissance Italy nbd nbd
Thank you @acanthus-sims for such historically accurate beautiful CC, you should all check out the latest set @acanthus-sims has made ^^ You may also notice some WIP objects of mine in these pictures :)
This spring collection is telling us a story of how our lives were caged due to the lockdown and this pandemic. The neon is representative of leading our carefree life which was pre pandemic. Neutrals have covered the neon. White symbolic of the pandemic restricting the neon of our mind. As the time passes the collection moves forward to unleash the neon with just a little hint of neutral. This analogy is inspired by Haute Le Mode. This beautiful portrayal reminds of expressions of life, emotions via art and fashion.be bold.
This collection is so ethereal and is inspired by fungi. Its interesting how the designer’s perspective is and its such a blessing to view such designs.
Mary Quant was a revolutionary designer that gen z needs to know about. Back in 1960s she introduced mini skirts as a form of clothing which was a sign of female independence. It was also a significant characteristic of youth culture and sexual liberation and not sticking to traditional gender roles.
if you are sick of the popular fringe jackets and bags here are some alternative fringe fits inspo. I personally didn’t like fringe much but these fits make me a fringe fits stan
So I’ve increasingly noticed that when people think of the fashion of a specific dynasty/era, for some godforsaken reason the image that pops into their head is always the fashion of the era that immediately succeeds it?? It’s never the preceding era either, just always exactly the era that came right after. It confuses me immensely. Some common examples are:
18th century Qing fashion being mislabelled as Ming
1920s Han hairstyles and early 20th century Manchu fashion in general being mislabelled as Qing
1950s cheongsam being mislabelled as Republican era
Ladies with Hair Flowers being used as Tang Dynasty fashion resource, despite it being made after that (I’m not even interested in the Tang yet I know about this, it’s weirdly prevalent)
Pictorial evidence:
Painting from the book 古代风俗百图 by 王弘力. It’s labelled Ming but the grown ups are wearing obvious early 18th century (Qing) fashion.
Qianlong era (ca. 1750s) artwork from series 燕寝怡情图册.
Influential styling from the movie 橘子红了. It’s set in the Qing Dynasty but the hair and clothing look 1920s (Republican era).
1920s artwork.
Illustration showing “Republican era” cheongsam by artist 末春.
1950s (Mao era, People’s Republic of China) portrait by Sam Sanzetti. A lot of commercial “Republican era style” cheongsam you can buy on Taobao nowadays look extremely 1950s, to the point where if they were labeled 1950s they would be perfectly historically accurate, but they’re far fetched from the 1930s or 40s.
I literally don’t know why this is, it baffles me. If anyone has similar examples from other periods/places feel free to share.
