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Decade Day

We’ve been having fun dress days all week because it’s National Lutheran Schools Week. Yesterday was Decade Day. Since I have a top hat, it seemed natural to do 1900 to 1910. What is that decade called, anyway? The oughts? Would anyone have known what I was talking about if I said “oughts”?

My research said the style for men was a longer suitcoat that buttoned up high. Or a suitcoat with a vest that buttoned high. And if we’re going to be strict about it, top hats were out of vogue for daily wear by that time. Silk top hats were still formal wear, but I didn’t see any references to wool top hats – just bowlers and fedoras.

I wore my top hat anyway. I pinned a regular suit so it looked like it had one more button. I lifted the collar on my regular shirt to simulate the high collars I was seeing in pictures from the oughts. I wore my glasses to add to the look. I think it came off pretty well, even though I wasn’t 100% accurate.

There were many good costumes from the 80’s, 70’s, 60’s and 50’s. But I wasn’t the only one to choose the oughts. A former student who is now in high school also wore that style. Ha! We took a picture together:
We tried to look serious for the picture, but weren't too successful.

10 Comments

  1. Lauren

    Ahhhhhhh!!!!! That is fabulous!! You two looked like you stepped out of a time machine!

    Your coat and shirt are particularly well done. Very nice attention to detail. Did you go anywhere afterward to freak people out?

    • Brad

      I didn’t go anywhere afterward because I was HOT. It was a warm day, my classroom is directly over the boiler for the heating system, and I was wearing a wool coat and hat. It was so, so hot.

      • Carol

        …I wondered about that… ;-/

  2. Peggy

    Lollapalooza!! You look awesome!! It’s as if George Banks is standing there on that porch! And now a word from Winifred:

    http://splicd.com/Kvk1NZDFvZU/125/129

    I hope you at least got a chance to feed the birds when you got home in your stylish attire!

  3. Peggy

    PS–I hope that’s not Typhoid Mary you’re standing next to.

  4. Kristi

    Is that the same era as Charles Dickens?

    • Brad

      Charles Dickens was earlier. But to be fair, we were really blending several eras together with our clothing, so we do looke Dickens-esque.

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