I'm so happy it was fun for you! Others have found it a bit dry, which is also understandable because I was in deep "just the facts, ma'am" mode for this post.
That's a really important question. I discuss my research into the fashion of the period in this post, along with the limitations of the available sources. I'm reading up on fashion that's even older than my chosen era--the scholarship there is amazing, it's astounding what people can extrapolate from a few scraps of fossilized fiber--so that I can extrapolate between that older era and the later era of the murals to get a more accurate idea of my chosen time period. There's another book that I'm very excited to read which contains reproduction photography of ancient fashions, which is like manna from heaven though I'm pretty sure my time period won't be extensively covered due to the lack of available source materials. Joke's on me that I decided to focus so much on women and their lives, because ancient women were actual producers of garments and their materials and I'm going to have to at least fake their intimate knowledge of fashion.
The '60s were a very attractive and distinctive area for fashion on both sides of the Iron Curtain and I hope you enjoy/enjoyed that research. :) There's something about mid-century fashion that just makes me happy.
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That's a really important question. I discuss my research into the fashion of the period in this post, along with the limitations of the available sources. I'm reading up on fashion that's even older than my chosen era--the scholarship there is amazing, it's astounding what people can extrapolate from a few scraps of fossilized fiber--so that I can extrapolate between that older era and the later era of the murals to get a more accurate idea of my chosen time period. There's another book that I'm very excited to read which contains reproduction photography of ancient fashions, which is like manna from heaven though I'm pretty sure my time period won't be extensively covered due to the lack of available source materials. Joke's on me that I decided to focus so much on women and their lives, because ancient women were actual producers of garments and their materials and I'm going to have to at least fake their intimate knowledge of fashion.
The '60s were a very attractive and distinctive area for fashion on both sides of the Iron Curtain and I hope you enjoy/enjoyed that research. :) There's something about mid-century fashion that just makes me happy.