tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037310525534308232.post1172129612453991261..comments2023-06-10T04:12:54.686-07:00Comments on The Buzz at the Hive: Young Lads - Clothes Count!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037310525534308232.post-54317596357517342212012-01-30T07:23:29.399-08:002012-01-30T07:23:29.399-08:00Social dispensation of fashion rules? Or simply ...Social dispensation of fashion rules? Or simply another example of the rule, "properly attired for the task at hand"? <br /><br />That boy, clothes all disheveled, in his shirtsleeves, does have his coat nearby, ready to put on when Mama or his tutor show up!<br /><br />In dressing my boys, I found I could get more wear out of a coat by making the sleeves longer, and just moving the cuffs. Make it slightly loose, like a work coat, and it fit fashionably close, the second year.<br /><br /><br />My favorite photo of my son, is in his colonial suit, that I made as carefully as I could. With the reproduction shoes I agonized over buying. He wore them for three years (purchased large, used inserts the first year, then they stretched!), for modern "dressy wear", as well as period, and now another family uses them! In hindsight, they were worth every penny, and the clothes worth all the hand sewing I did!Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029537644437898609noreply@blogger.com