Do we now think we’re in Little House in a Prairie? Can somebody explain the fashion?

[sodoffputin]

I went into my local clothes shop earlier today. It’s called ‘Iris’ (there are a few in London, but not sure about elsewhere) and usually it’s quite handy and has quite a few things I like - eg. a selection from Ba&sh, things like that. But I had to say something to the staff because look at the dresses in these pictures - this is just a small selection of similar stuff they are now selling. Have you ever seen anyone wear such dresses in recent history? What is happening? Can any fashionistas explain this please?

I think I'll just stick with my gingham pinny and some fluffy slippers 😄

ChiselandBits - this is the thing, I wear dresses a lot - with boots etc as you say. But I don’t like this high-neckline business in particular.

@GirlInACountrySong

yes ive seen many people in these...complete with doc martins and a leather jacket

where have you been op?

This. I wore something vey similar almost all the time last summer.

I used to wear dresses like this in my goth phase in the 90s, with DMs and an army suprlus bag. It all comes back around. My kids are obsessed with LHOTP and want to dress up as Laura for World Book Day.

I blame Matt Hancock's wife for wearing that kind of dress (but less so) with such beauty and poise the day he was outed. Everyone wanted her fabulousness that day and everyone wanted the dress.

I have loads of these dresses and love them.

@lucillelarusso

[[https://www.boredpanda.com/target-dress-challenge/?utm]]source=google&utmmmedium=organic&utmcampaign=organic

Brilliant

@Choppingonions

I blame Matt Hancock's wife for wearing that kind of dress (but less so) with such beauty and poise the day he was outed. Everyone wanted her fabulousness that day and everyone wanted the dress.

These dresses are the favoured style of Carrie Antionette also

I wore similar in the 70s and I looked a twat. I would look even twattier in 2022.

@nearlyspringyay

I used to wear dresses like this in my goth phase in the 90s, with DMs and an army suprlus bag. It all comes back around. My kids are obsessed with LHOTP and want to dress up as Laura for World Book Day.

The 90's ones were a lot less "little house on the Prairie" though (generally)

There are two girls on my estate and they dress like they're Amish.

They're about 16/17 and do look very sweet though

It's a step on from the pinafores and DMs I wore in the 90s.

That Target challenge is priceless.

I often thing fashion designers are just having a great laugh to see what utterly ridiculous things they can make people wear. Although, I have to say, I prefer that to the current trend of cropped, baggy, highwaisted trousers, with a bralet, massive puffer jacket and doc style boots. All in different shades of beige.
I saw a young woman walking around in High waisted cream leggings and a matching cream bralette... no jacket the other day. I mean, I would have killed for her figure, but it was 3 fucking degrees outside! She had ado quite obviously been on the tanning injections or nose sprays and hitting the sunbeds like there was no tomorrow.

I wore stuff like that in the 70s/80s al the time. Floating about looking like a milkmaid/member of an American religious community was very in.
I could just about get away with in then when I was young and slim, now I would look like a weeble.

Laura Ashley was more floaty peasant girl and less surrendered wife.

I do think the neckline makes a big difference. I tend to avoid high necks anyway as I am large of nork, but a nice scooped neck on these stops them looking too twee or old-maidish.

Lol, I still have 3 of my 90s dresses. I was going to cut them up and use the fabric, but maybe I should just iron them and start wearing them!

So funny that there is an actual article on this - and they actually call it the Prairie look . Thanks for posting that. I thought it was just me. As I said, I wear a lot of dresses but, come to think of it, I’m just buying much less clothes recently and feeling like I couldn’t be bothered. I did sense things were veering towards the brown and dowdy a while ago, but I didn’t really appreciate the full extent until today. Now I know why I’ve (unconsciously) not been shopping. Say no more!

I think they are hideous, but each to their own.
Things go around in circles, but the day they bring back orange bomber jackets, I am done.

ChiselandBits - yes it’s the neckline. Who suits high, frilled necklines at any age? And those wide white frilly ‘sailor’ collars are what we used to have to wear for school uniform. Why?

Well they’ve been in fashion at least twice in the last 40 years - hippies in the 60s/70s and my mum wore similar when I was a child in The early 80s.
I know a couple of women who would wear them. Hip Londoners in their late 20s.

What did you say to the staff? You do know they don’t design the clothes, don’t you??

Fashions like these are really not for the more petite amongst us. I'd look like I knicked my mum's nightie in those, as they trailed the floor behind me with the waist somewhere around my hips.

What I'm told is current in MN and what I actually see people wear bears little resemblance.

You'd never know skinny jeans are "over" from what see in my daily life.

I have embraced floaty printed dresses though. I like them, although wouldn't choose one of those three. The more bodycon dresses I favoured until about 3 years ago seem really dated to my eyes now and it takes a lot for me to notice this stuff.

I think they're lovely, I wear this sort of thing. I hate revealing, tight fitting clothes (I'm young, tall and slim with the figure to wear them, but I like pretty frocks)