Elegant fashion of the past

I'm definitely hating on how fly women were back in the day.
It all started when me and my husband sat
down and watched that classic romance movie we all love, "The Notebook". 

 After I wiped the tears out of my eyes [that movie always makes me weak!] I started to think,

 "Damn, This girl is dressed to impress and she looks so elegant and feminine!"

 I spent a few hours here and there perusing through different websites finding out about all of the different undergarments all of our grandma's or great-great grandma's wore and the ones that I hardly wear. I realized a lot of these women dressed elegantly because that was just the style.

 I mean, not only were they dressed in a DRESS pretty much everyday, but they had the right undergarments! tights or stockings, garters, slips to go under the dresses, girtles. I'm pretty sure some women still rock these undergarments from time to time... but most of us (especially young women) don't go through all of the extra stuff. We throw on our ripped jeans and t-shirt and we head on to walmart.

 I'm not trying to say that we don't care about what we look like now. I just think that a larger amount of women, for the most part took more pride in looking elegant and if they were leaving the house they were going to put on a casual dress and look elegant because that was the style.

I find it fabulous how elegant and feminine the women of yesterday were... what's more feminine then a dress for God's sake! - nothing!  This change was bound to happen. Back then people were modest, now we have booty shorts and crop tops [which I definitely adore in the right place and time] 

This find made me realize that I really want to strive to wear more classic clothing. I want to be more of an image of what we used to be...& I hate to say that because obviously so many women look extremely beautiful and classy today. But, I think I'd like to wear more dresses and skirts, put more effort into looking like a classic woman.

>> shopping goal

So my next shopping goal is to buy more classic clothing. Don't get this confused with vintage clothing. Although I love a good vintage piece here and there, I am not trying to make a wardrobe out of vintage apparel. By classic I mean pieces that never go out of style. I need to steer clear of trends.

[For more on Classic Vs Vintage, visit The Glamorous Housewife Blog. She definitely helped me explain this classic/vintage difference and her blog is cool too.]

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