I'm hereby calling this, "The Slutterfly."

Working theory: What if she's been reading a lot of Edith Wharton and just subbed in a snowmobile for a sled?

Yeah, the part under the ... shapewear? scuba bra? appears to not fit properly. I like the skirt, though, despite its awkward length.

Tell me about it. They should have left out the antebellum references altogether. Would anyone have ever looked at these pictures and thought that word without prompting?

Right! I read this at first and was thinking "Hey now. You are absolutely right that this can't be presented as a purely sentimental and romanticized time period of them white ladies living off the avails of slavery, but we need some space for drawing inspiration from and discussing historical arts an crafts even when…

It is a house, an inanimate object. It doesn't embody the people who lived there before nor their deeds. There shouldn't be any guilt in owning a house.

I'm not defending the writing, which is poor, but they are saying where the idea of the cultured southern woman originated and continues on about the personalities of such women and not about the time period. The writer continues "Like the debutantes of yesteryear, the authenticity and allure still ring true today.…

Honest question: Can one admire certain characteristics of antebellum America without directly or tacitly condoning the atrocity of slavery?

No. Fucking. Idea.

JESUS

I've shared this story before, but it fits in well here, too.

I actually really like the normal-person every-day clothing from the 1860s and I feel like it would be fun to have some elements of that pop up! The ballgowns though...I love the necklines:

Right? And like, it would be FINE AND GREAT to do a piece on incorporating 19th century fashion tropes into contemporary looks, etc, but this is not that piece.

Also what's with those heels? I'm pretty sure Southern women back then didn't wear them.

It makes me think the inspiration for this had to be someone's admiration and longing for the actual culture of antebellum south, because there is no reason to have an antebellum fashion spread. No one is rocking hoop skirts right now. Excessive ruffles aren't in.

South Florida is def a place where Columbus Day is celebrated in a unique way compared to the rest of the country as long as you're not in one of the predominantly white suburbs.

"Antebellum" means "pre-Civil War."

So much thesaurus abuse.

AND frustrating! I'd love some Civil War era-inspired trends. THESE ARE NOT THEM!