Beautiful girl in an interesting dress, but I find the pose and the clothes at odds with each other - the pose is very modern, even though the dress isn't. While I don't think one has to slavishly recreate period poses, I find the significant disjunct in this one doesn't do dress or the (pretty) model service. Let's face it, until about 1963, well-dressed, "proper" women were STILL expected never to sit or stand with theirknees more than a couple of inches apart, toes turned gracefully out to show off ankles, and to keep their hands elegantly placed with their arms at waist level. I think clothes were designed with movement in mind (and movement reflected what the clothing imposed), so I'm not sure we can do the same things in period clothes that we can in current streetwear. The arms above head in particular are what distract, I think.
JMO, of course, ymmv etc etc etc
Do you have any others from the series? I'd be really interested to see them!
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Hi there jvgphoto, thought your shot of this lovely young girl was more suited to the PEOPLE forum. .... Skippy
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Thanks - wasn't quite sure which forum to place it in... Jon
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Beautiful girl in an interesting dress, but I find the pose and the clothes at odds with each other - the pose is very modern, even though the dress isn't. While I don't think one has to slavishly recreate period poses, I find the significant disjunct in this one doesn't do dress or the (pretty) model service. Let's face it, until about 1963, well-dressed, "proper" women were STILL expected never to sit or stand with theirknees more than a couple of inches apart, toes turned gracefully out to show off ankles, and to keep their hands elegantly placed with their arms at waist level. I think clothes were designed with movement in mind (and movement reflected what the clothing imposed), so I'm not sure we can do the same things in period clothes that we can in current streetwear. The arms above head in particular are what distract, I think.
JMO, of course, ymmv etc etc etc
Do you have any others from the series? I'd be really interested to see them!