Kids in corsets or bodice?

[Merlin the Elder]

It was the first thought that struck me when I first saw the thread, but figured I'd be thought too prudish these days.  Truthfully, I'm anything but prudish. It never ceases to amaze me how grown-up some 12- or 13-year-olds can look. Puberty comes earlier these days than when I was young, or so it seems. One of my band-mates brought his daughter to rehearsal one night. I thought she was college-age. When I asked her what school she went to, and she told me junior high, I nearly choked. That's when I found out she was 12.

Have the brother that's 6-foot-40 to stay with her... 

[Captain Teague]

I have never considered myself prudish. Just as an old Marine MP and with a gazillion "adopted" children all over the country, I consider myself Damn Careful and extremely protective of my "Kids." 

And I ride this. Anyone think me prudish? 

[Rani Zemirah]

Uh oh...  I think this thread is in danger of being side-tracked! 

[BubbleWright]

Sorry... I removed post.......

[Rani Zemirah]

Oops... that should have been    instead of ...  lol 


Sheri, I hope you let us know what you two eventually settle on, and post pics of the garb once it's all put together! 

[captmarga]

Doesn't K Dopita studio also have a pin that says "Dungeon Bait"?  I"m going to have to get one this year for my 16 year old, who is taller than I am....

A bodice I have no problem with.  But then again, I see gals wearing everything under the sun at clubs, whether it looks good on them or not, so I just throw my hands up in frustration....

Marga

[Adriana Rose]

Hehe how about a Dungon Bait sash ala Miss America.i

I wanted to make it for one of my Garland Girls.

[raevyncait]

K Dopita does indeed have a Dungeon Bait pin.  The sash is a great idea too.  The daughter of one of my friends, who has long looked older than she is, kept "forgetting" her DB pin a few years ago (she was about 12 or 13, I think), so another friend wrote it in sharpie (with the mother's permission) across the child's bosom. She never forgot again.

[isabelladangelo]

K Dopita does indeed have a Dungeon Bait pin.  The sash is a great idea too.  The daughter of one of my friends, who has long looked older than she is, kept "forgetting" her DB pin a few years ago (she was about 12 or 13, I think), so another friend wrote it in sharpie (with the mother's permission) across the child's bosom. She never forgot again.

That is disturbing.   

[Anna Iram]

Lol.....yeah...if there's room to write messages, maybe the young ladie's charms should have just been covered by a chemise to begin with. Admitedly I' m old fashioned though. 

[Rowan MacD]

Hehe how about a Dungon Bait sash ala Miss America.i

I wanted to make it for one of my Garland Girls.

  I just flashed on the scene in Mel Brooks' 'History of the the World, Part I" -where the Vestal Virgins put on their 'Do Not Enter' signs.

[raevyncait]

Lol.....yeah...if there's room to write messages, maybe the young ladie's charms should have just been covered by a chemise to begin with. Admitedly I' m old fashioned though. 

Agreed, however 'tis not MY child, thus I have no say in what she wears or how exposed her charms may be. Also, she was not particularly bosomy at the time, however she did (and still does) have a tendancy to flirt with just about any male, especially those a bit older than she, and, as she wore her makeup (again, I have no say, but I certainly wasn't allowed such a look at her age) in such a manner that she did indeed look 16 or so, despite being several years younger.

[Rani Zemirah]

Hmmm... this is sounding more and more like the thread about how to avoid unwanted male attention for underage participants, instead of the question thread it started out as... and some of the posts are sounding a bit judgmental, as well.   


Anyone else notice the original poster hasn't replied to anything that didn't have to do with garb options and ideas?  Just a thought...

[captmarga]

Hmmm... this is sounding more and more like the thread about how to avoid unwanted male attention for underage participants, instead of the question thread it started out as... and some of the posts are sounding a bit judgmental, as well.   


Anyone else notice the original poster hasn't replied to anything that didn't have to do with garb options and ideas?  Just a thought...

Historically, a little girl would have been in smocks or loose gowns as a child (boys and girls both wore loose gowns).  As she got older, she would literally have been dressed in the same clothing as her mother, in miniature.  So if mother wears a court gown, so would little Miss.  Lower-class isn't always a fitted corset/payre of bodies with a bodice over it.   

Chemises can be pulled up as high or low as the person wearing them and the person in charge of dressing them allow.  There are high-necked smocks.  The Tudor and Elizabethan bustline is famous, not much getting around that unless one wears a closed partlet.

Today's society has mangled body image and fashion to the point there isn't much structure.  Unwanted attention at Faire can be quoted by member of both genders, and all ages.  I don't see that it's just about the girls, though we do tend to see it as more problematic.

If the girl is wanting to dress like mom or a friend, and wants to wear a corset, let her wear one.  Raise the neckline instead of a fashionable/historically accurate low, and if she likes corsets, Huzzah, another convert!

Marga

[Anna Iram]

Rani, I don't see anything wrong with sharing opinions about what might be appropriate
Sheri herself, in her original post, shared her thoughts about her daughter wearing a chemise a.d a tail and so forth, and I find 'Capt Marga's post interesting.

Raevncait, I really meant no judgement there. Just my own opinion.