Rather than being a straight column, the silhouette was very long, slightly rounder in a the lower half, with a very slightly dropped waist.
The dropped waist was often emphasised with a wide sash or narrow belt. Although, always with a wide brim -it wouldn’t loose its brim until the mid1920s, the moderncloche shape was just emerging.
Fad for tanning wouldn’t happen until later in the 1920s, and the desired complexion in the ‘teens and early ’20s was still very pale -with defined rosy cheeks. So, wide sunhats were worn, with intention to achieve pale.
Frocks were always worn with stockings, either in delicate pastels to match the dress, skin tones, or whitish, in silk or liesl, and heeled shoes in light shades. Rather than ca, the Hamilton Gardens have chosen to set the Mansfield Garden party in 1922, the year Mansfield’s story was published. Whenever attending garden parties, and which is when I reckon the story is essentially set, depending on the mentions of clothing, mansfield was in Wellington.
Next week is the Hamilton Gardens’ Mansfield Garden Party, and I’ll be speaking on garden party fashions in Mansfield’s life at the Glory Days Garden Party Salon.
Lovely post with a lot of great information and details.
My favourite is no 3 the dark green plaid, how gorgeous is that. Favoured colours were coral, apricot, rose, citron, ‘a fascinating golden flame colour’, apple light green, nile greenish, eu de nil, cerulean, and delicate shades of mauve purple. Usually, botton left, and I’d lower the waist and maybe give the over tunic a little asymmetric action, I’d say in case I were to chose one as a garden party frock for 1922 it will be no 5. Now regarding the aforementioned fact… Like the dress with cherries below, garden parties frocks came in whitish. Consequently whitish with touches of brighter shades. Make sure you write a few comments about it below. Perdonally I like it as it’s.