Women (etc): do you wear blouses?

[RubyToogood]

These seem to be big in the sewing community at the moment but I do tend to associate them with people like my mother for whom a nice blouse and skirt is the epitome of style.

Is this one of those weird crafting things (like knitters and shawls) or do normal people wear them? Well, normal urbanites anyway...

 

[Sue]

No. Never.

 

[RubyToogood]

The poll went astray but I've added it again.

 

[nottsgirl]

I wear “tops” in the summer. Kind of modern blouses I guess.

 

[RubyToogood]

I wear “tops” in the summer. Kind of modern blouses I guess.

Non-stretchy?

 

[nottsgirl]

Non-stretchy?

Mainly stretchy fabrics. But I do have one or two in non stretchy fabrics. I don’t like buttons down the front though.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

I sometimes wear women's shirts. Is that the same thing?

 

[nottsgirl]

I couldn’t really remember what a blouse was, so I googled it. No, I don’t wear blouses.

 

[RubyToogood]

I sometimes wear women's shirts. Is that the same thing?

Hmm. I hadn't thought we'd have to define the terms.

I don't think shirts and stretchy things count. Technically a shirt isn't very different but it's less gendered.

 

[planetgeli]

Does the etc include peasants?

I've sometimes wondered what is a blouse. I tried googling. Got contradictory answers ("down to the waist/hip/knee"). Something something folds. And peasants feature a lot.

Wikipedia : A blouse is a loose-fitting upper garment that may be worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children.

So, posters, what is a blouse? Do you all agree on a definition?

Unfortunately, I'm serious. What is a blouse? Why is it different to 'a top'?

Edit. Above 3 posts happened while I was writing.

 

[RubyToogood]

Does the etc include peasants?

I've sometimes wondered what is a blouse. I tried googling. Got contradictory answers ("down to the waist/hip/knee"). Something something folds. And peasants feature a lot.

Wikipedia : A blouse is a loose-fitting upper garment that may be worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children.

So, posters, what is a blouse? Do you all agree on a definition?

Unfortunately, I'm serious. What is a blouse? Why is it different to 'a top'?

Edit. Above 3 posts happened while I was writing.

I thought I knew but now I don't. Any criterion I can think of has exceptions.

 

[PTK]

I thought that blouses, in everyday life in the Britain of my lifetime, were not unlike shirts.

 

[RubyToogood]

I have a couple of things that are pretty clearly blouses and a couple that could be argued to be.

 

[Looby]

I do a bit but wear shirts more often.

I like blouses and would wear them more if they suited me. Having a long body and being biggest at my middle means they often don’t look great. They need to be longline to work on me.

Maybe I should make my own.

 

[RubyToogood]

I thought that blouses, in everyday life in the Britain of my lifetime, were not unlike shirts.

Yes but made more feminine in some way. And there are blouses that aren't very like shirts at all.

I'm so sorry, this is a deeply boring thread

 

[Aladdin]

Sometimes.

 

[PTK]

Yes but made more feminine in some way. And there are blouses that aren't very like shirts at all.

I'm so sorry, this is a deeply boring thread

As deeply boring person, I object to the negative value that you attack to the condition of being deeply boring.

 

[PTK]

The blouses that an artist would wear are surely smocks?

 

[Red Cat]

I wear shirts but would wear blouses more often if there were more cotton ones out there. I used to like a smock type blouse with loose jeans with rips in kind of thing so there was some contrast.

 

[Looby]

Yes but made more feminine in some way. And there are blouses that aren't very like shirts at all.

I'm so sorry, this is a deeply boring thread

Yeah blouses to me have more shape, maybe a pattern or interestingly shaped collar.

Shirts tend to be plainer and a bit more up and down.

I have no idea what the official definition might be.

 

[Looby]

I wear shirts but would wear blouses more often if there were more cotton ones out there. I used to like a smock type blouse with loose jeans with rips in kind of thing so there was some contrast.

Yeah this is true, there’s so many synthetic fabrics and I hate it. I think that’s why I ended up with so much denim.

I have got a couple of Seasalt tunic/smock tops so officially in middle age.

 

[Aladdin]

I like cotton long sleeves blouses / shirts.
But I also like blouses.. blouses to me are a bit fussier. Maybe with a rounded collar and some more shape to them.
I dont go in for overly fussy ones though. No frills or flouncy bits. They tend not to look that well on my matronly bosom.

 

[planetgeli]

smock type blouse

You're just messing with my head now.

 

[Sue]

Does the etc include peasants?

I've sometimes wondered what is a blouse. I tried googling. Got contradictory answers ("down to the waist/hip/knee"). Something something folds. And peasants feature a lot.

Wikipedia : A blouse is a loose-fitting upper garment that may be worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children.

So, posters, what is a blouse? Do you all agree on a definition?

Unfortunately, I'm serious. What is a blouse? Why is it different to 'a top'?

Edit. Above 3 posts happened while I was writing.

I think buttons up the front, with a (rounded?) collar, pale (pastel?) colour, Marks and Spencer or Littlewoods. (I'm probably wrong/biased though as I'm not a fan.)

 

[planetgeli]

I think buttons up the front, with a (rounded?) collar, pale (pastel?) colour, Marks and Spencer or Littlewoods. (I'm probably wrong/biased though as I'm not a fan.)

Yeah buttons. I was wondering that. Are they essential? Is that one everyone would agree on?

Sorry I must be as bored as Ruby.

 

[moose]

Love a blouse.

 

[Red Cat]

So I think we need some clarification. If we're talking sewing community kind of blouse that could be worn with a skirt. I think this might be what RubyToogood means?



I might wear something similar to this, a bit less fussy (there's too many tucks), and if it was in cotton or silk, and with this kind of high wasted jeans.

If I could be arsed putting effort into clothes, which I can't at the moment.

 

[smmudge]

Yeah I wear them for work but only with trousers. It's all oversized at the moment, I can wear oversized blouses but not the trousers as well. All mono chrome, some animal patterns (stripes) and some silk-like fabrics which look good on other people but for me just feels like I'm wearing pajamas.

 

[RubyToogood]

So I think we need some clarification. If we're talking sewing community kind of blouse that could be worn with a skirt. I think this might be what RubyToogood means?

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I might wear something similar to this, a bit less fussy (there's too many tucks), and if it was in cotton or silk, and with this kind of high wasted jeans.

If I could be arsed putting effort into clothes, which I can't at the moment.

That's very nice. But what's around at the moment is lots of loose, billowy things with big sleeves.

 

[Rebelda]

No. Too much sleeve. Doesn't suit me. Shirts sometimes, but boob-button interface usually puts me off.