Which era would you choose for clothing and decor

I think the forties or fifties when women’s clothing had shape and form. Albeit stockings could be a nightmare and lingerie is, probably better fitting these days.
These days there are too many clothes. They are inexpensive and part of the ‘throw away’ culture.
I’m taking myself away for a portfolio dressmaking course to make better clothing.
As to decor. I liked the thirties style.

As an old hippie I love that era, but for sheer elegance I like the Edwardian style.

Well now really! We can wear anything we choose from stylish period dressing to grunge to casual.anything! And fabrics much kinder ,affordably natural (linens cottons etc) and washable than in previous eras, cool wash no polyester and nylon fabric crackling away whenever you donned a pulli!
Same goes for our homes too. We can obtain just about any style we choose or mix and match eclectic taste and nobody bats an eyelid! Freedom comes in many guises, pre loved housewares are easy to get now so easier than ever to create a style of our very own without going into 'HP' debt or having to have latest styles otherwise we would look not 'with it' or worse- that we couldn't afford new fashionable stuff!! Yep, the here and now is definitely THE place to be style wise.its a free-for-all!!!

I grew up in the 60s/early 70s and I loved that "anything goes" style then. You didn't have to worry about things matching. The more colourful and mixed up the better! I still remember with affection some of the clothes I had then. Pink cotton "loon" pants with butterflies on, for example. And a very hippy style fringey jacket. And long "gypsy style" skirts of all colours. Tie dye t-shirts. Afghan coats with embroidery. Those were the days, as Mary Hopkin said.

Ps the growing trend for 'vintaged' clothing is great for the younger generation, they can have even designer pieces for a pittance compared to news something we couldn't even imagine in 60s and 70s .my first Preloved posh buy was in 1989 when I bought a jacket by Jaeger and a suit by Jacques Vert bought from Bury hospice shop!!! Both for £15!!!!!

We watch Downton Abbey at teatime every evening and I just drool over the beautiful gowns and fabrics worn by the ladies. Sooo elegant! It would be lovely to revive the trend for those styles.

I once had a fully beaded flapper dress that had been my GMs. It was beautiful and very heavy. In the 60's I altered it slightly and wore it to a dinner dance where it was much admired. A few years later I altered it again from a dress to a top to wear to a wedding. When I married I left it at my mum's house and never saw it again, she probably threw it out, to her it would just have been old fashioned.

I'm surprised no-one has opted for the 80's. I loved stalking about in my power suits and heels. Made me feel good about myself. I've always had a rectangular sort of body shape no matter what I weigh so it was my ideal sort of clothing. Loved it.

this is london in 1905..........you can tap in any year and watch lot of traffic jams and jay walkers back then ha ha

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The 1920s

I`m happy where i am execpt for the political correctness bull sh../The Woke and Bame brigade.

For fashion, 60s definitely but for my poor size 8 feet I think now as only recently can I get a choice of nice comfortable boots, sandles and best of all TRAINERS! Comfort first for me.

1970s for me all the way! I was a young (slim) mum. Clothes were loud and bright and so was the decor! Loved everything about it and would return to the 70s in a heart beat?

The seventies, when I was a teenager. I loved all the hippie clothes and also my mini skirts. I like to see old photo's like the chap who was in the news this week with his house decorated with all seventies stuff. Takes you right back.

30s and 40s I have a lot of vintage stuff on my boat...it fits with the bohemian look I love. I wear cotton landgirl style dungarees a lot and I tie my hair with cotton scarves in a similar style.

Yes definitely the 1920's- but as said, onlyif i was a wealthy person.?

Georgian . Empire line dresses are so comfortable. How they got from there to crinolines and corsets I can’t imagine. It’s the same with decor. Georgian was much more elegant and Victorian was , quite often, dark and fussy.

Yammy

I was glad to be a teenager and student in the sixties and early seventies. Though not to be American with the Vietnam war raging.
Glad to have lived a life with no major World Wars like parents or grandparents.

Well if the post is about clothes I got it wrong so, 60's and 70's.
Cutting 8 inches off your skirts, hot pants, pink suede knee boots in summer. Tights no more horrendous uncomfortable suspender belts. Mary Quant and Biba dresses. Always a bikini never a costume. Knickers that had to match your skirt because they showed. Purple tights and suede midi Skirts, Levi 501's.Large floppy hats. Halter necked and Grecian style ball gowns no more bones or padding.
Bare legs and rubber flip flops all summer. Shoes and sandals that didn't look like your mum's

I am old enough to have experienced all from 50s onwards, ad remember my mother in lovely late 40s clothes. She loved 30s clothes. I do not want to live back in time (like my tech) but the clothes I love and occasionally wear is La Belle Epoque 1895 to 1910. Contrary to expectation the clothes are comfortable and elegant. You walk taller. Early 1900s went into what I think is ugly and shapeless, and dingy. Today's clothes have a lot going for them except for one thing, the proportions when the width is often the same as the length on often chunky bodies. For decor, definitely Art Deco.

I loved being a teen in the 60s - wore a lot of Biba and Bus Stop clothes plus dresses were so tiny and simple to make that you'd only need a couple of metres, if that.

But for gorgeousness of clothing and decor, I'd have to go full Bloomsbury Group. Devoré velvets, hand painted silks etc. One proviso though - full-scale modern central heating.

BlueBelle

60 s suited me

Me too, clothes and the more upmarket furniture: tulip tables, rosewood panelling and rich colours.

The 1920’s/1930’s Art Deco buildings, clothes and jewellery.

1920s or 1940s for the fashions of the time and 1940s America for the homes and cars.

For decor - arts and craft or Art Deco period.

For fashion, the glamorous 50s, and Hollywood 30s

Perhaps the Stone Age. Then I wouldn’t have to think about what to wear and wouldn’t have to do any housework.

Regency style dresses look v comfy especially if you have a bit of a tum like me . Wouldn't want to wear Victorian/Edwardian/1950s corsets. Regency style for decor too.