Tuesday, July 30, 2013

How to Wear Victorian Dress

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain. During this era, the fashion of Victorian clothing have seen great changes.
In general, the clothing worn by those in the Victorian era was considered very elegant, very stylish, and very "covered". No skin showed, pretty much! Lots of layers, extremely full skirts, lots of ruffles and decorative features.
They wore bonnets, shawls, side button shoes, and as many as a dozen starched and flounced muslin petticoats to support the full skirts of her Victorian ball gowns. After that,to accommodate the growing wide skirts, ladies donned a wired cage or hoopskirt. They walked to swing their full skirt like a bell, with a gentle sway from side to side.
Here i will give you a specific explanation of how a woman of Victorian ear wear Victorian dresses with illustrations.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

How to Make A Gothic Dress-up

Black Corset High-Low Layer Skirt Gothic Party Dress
Being gothic is an entire lifestyle from the music you listen to your daily dress-up.But do you know how to dress goth appropriately? Here i will give you some tips about the steps of making a gothic dress-up.
First you need to decide what style you prefer.There are many sub-branches of gothic style,such as the romantic goth,the punk goth,the cyber goth and so on.
After you have decided what gothic style you are aiming for,but you do not have clear idea of that style,you could browse goth pictures for inspiration on the internet.Then you can integrate those factors you have got on the internet with your own ideas.Just remember do not copy someone else.
Now you have already had clear ideas of what style you prefer and there must be a general conception in your mind.So you could just go to shops and buy anything needed. But still there is one thing,make use of thrift stores.That will undergird your wardrobe much less expensively than specialty store buys.
Make your gothic clothing or at least alter the cloth with some lace or ribbons, etc.When you are altering your cloth,you can go as crazy as you can.That will make your cloth unique.Or you don't want to do by yourself,you can go to shops to choose gothic dresses such as romantic gothic clothing or gothic party dresses.
Now that the cloth has been finished, you could consider about your make-up and hairstyle. Goth makeup is often dramatic: black heavy eyeliner,red lips and dark shades with heavy application.Colors such as black, red, and purple around and on the eyelids. Cat-eye eyeliner is practically a cliche,but it looks fabulous.Black lipstick is much less popular than it used to be. Regardless, there are no rules.
Actually you do not need to dye your color.There are many who represent the epitome of dark Goth fashion yet keep their natural hair color. But if you insist, you just need remember that goth is all about expressing YOURSELF! So be creative!
The last step is to add some accessories to complete your look. You have bunches choices,for example, you could choose an elegant choker, lace gloves, an SM bracelet, goggles,bat earrings,ribbons, etc.