topic Re: Duster - How to Wear in Fashion

Duster - How to Wear

Arianny — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:48:13 GMT

Hi all. I just recently purchased a duster from Lisa Rinna and was wondering how you would wear it. I was thinking I could wear it to work as a topper to my outfits, but also wear it with leggings and boots and belt it for a less casual look as well. What do you all think?

Re: Duster - How to Wear

Trix — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:56:46 GMT

I like a duster worn a variety of ways. It's a given for most figure types, and heights, paired with leggings/slim pants and a fitted top. That said, I've seen women looking fabulous wearing dusters with every component of the outfit billowy (wide leg pants, loose fit tunic, long scarf). I also think a duster is nice worn as a topper over a sweater dress. The dress should not be a mini, but knee length or longer. It looks best if the dress and duster are close in length.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:36:58 GMT

I wear my long duster over shorter-length skirts...I like the contrasting hi-lo lengths. Also have worn it with shorts with over-the knee boots...hot look!

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luv-the-Q — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:20:19 GMT

@SilleeMee

I love that you would wear it with shorts and over the knee boots! You go, girl! 😊

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BriggsiePeawiggle — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:16:30 GMT

I am very tall. I have 3 or 4 dusters. I love them with straight jeans and tall leather boots with a turtleneck for a blouse. I just let mine flow -- no belt. I don't look good in a belt because I am high-waisted. I remember my late mom saying she always felt "dressed up" in a cape. I feel that way in a duster.

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sunshine45 — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:00:31 GMT

make sure to watch the halston shows today. they are featuring longer dusters and showing some great ideas on how to wear them.

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Trix — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 22:57:58 GMT

@SilleeMee, I don't mind short under a duster with tall boots as you describe. The boots are the show in that outfit. My no-no was a long duster worn over a mini or shorts with nothing but bare legs showing beneath. That just looks off to me. Maybe it's because not a lot of ladies have the gams to pull it off.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 23:05:42 GMT

@Trix,

Bare legs...me either! Only way I would wear it is with a long pair of dressy bermudas/city shorts over leggings or opaque tights. Same goes for the above-the-knee skirts. No way I would wear a mini! LOL! Not even over a pair of leggings. I would probably wear skirted leggings with the over-the-knee boots though. I think that would be okay for my 61 year old bod...LOL!

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Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 23:10:53 GMT

I thought a duster was an old woman's robe. That's what my grandmother always called her bath robe. Hmm.

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Brooklynny — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 00:34:57 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
I thought a duster was an old woman's robe. That's what my grandmother always called her bath robe. Hmm.

Back in the day, dusters were also called housecoats. You did your housework in them (dust, cook, clean, etc.), and then got dressed. Those days are long gone for most people now.

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Andreatoo — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:30:01 GMT

the original duster had nothing to do with housework and it still doesnt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Duster used by one of the Younger Brothers in the Northfield bank raid, 1876.

A duster is a light, loose-fitting long coat.

The original dusters were full-length, light-colored canvas or linen coats worn by horsemen to protect their clothing from trail dust. These dusters were typically slit up the back to hip level for ease of wear on horseback and were the recommended "uniform" for Texas Rangers. Dusters intended for riding may have features such as a buttonable rear slit and leg straps to hold the flaps in place. For better protection against rain, dusters were made from oilcloth and later from waxed cotton.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, both men and women wore dusters to protect their clothes when riding in open motorcars on the dirt roads of the day.[1]

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SilleeMee — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:57:37 GMT

@Andreatoo,

Thank you for that story. I always wonder how things get named the way they do. I just learned something new.

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QueenDanceALot — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:27:01 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I wear my long duster over shorter-length skirts...I like the contrasting hi-lo lengths. Also have worn it with shorts with over-the knee boots...hot look!

OH, MY!!!

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QueenDanceALot — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:30:29 GMT

@Brooklynny wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
I thought a duster was an old woman's robe. That's what my grandmother always called her bath robe. Hmm.
Back in the day, dusters were also called housecoats. You did your housework in them (dust, cook, clean, etc.), and then got dressed. Those days are long gone for most people now.

Both my mother and grandmother wore those. My mother would wear them all day sometimes. Grandma always got dressed. Well, until she was in her 80's. Then I think she wore the housecoat more and more. She loved to dress in pretty outfits with her lovely jewelry, even if she didn't leave the house.

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QueenDanceALot — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:31:28 GMT

I like a duster over my La Perla.

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songbird — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:15:14 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I wear my long duster over shorter-length skirts...I like the contrasting hi-lo lengths. Also have worn it with shorts with over-the knee boots...hot look!

Not a short, but a very short skirt. I saw a woman look great wearing that with over the knee boot....and the duster!

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febe1 — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:25:25 GMT

@QueenDanceALot wrote:
@Brooklynny wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
I thought a duster was an old woman's robe. That's what my grandmother always called her bath robe. Hmm.
Back in the day, dusters were also called housecoats. You did your housework in them (dust, cook, clean, etc.), and then got dressed. Those days are long gone for most people now.
Both my mother and grandmother wore those. My mother would wear them all day sometimes. Grandma always got dressed. Well, until she was in her 80's. Then I think she wore the housecoat more and more. She loved to dress in pretty outfits with her lovely jewelry, even if she didn't leave the house.

My grandmother always got dressed, too. She wore pretty printed house dresses, buttoned down the front. She wore the same pierced earrings every day. And she always smelled like lilacs. And like yours, @QueenDanceALot, even if she didn't leave the house.

Ah, how much more relaxed and easy we have it today. I have on a pair of capri's with a v-neck Hanes t-shirt.

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febe1 — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:27:40 GMT

Also, I just heard Iman say recently about dusters: only tall people should wear dusters; short people can't. When a model has a black duster with a Fedora, I always think of Johnny Cash....

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QueenDanceALot — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:46:50 GMT

@febe1 wrote:
@QueenDanceALot wrote:
@Brooklynny wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
I thought a duster was an old woman's robe. That's what my grandmother always called her bath robe. Hmm.
Back in the day, dusters were also called housecoats. You did your housework in them (dust, cook, clean, etc.), and then got dressed. Those days are long gone for most people now.
Both my mother and grandmother wore those. My mother would wear them all day sometimes. Grandma always got dressed. Well, until she was in her 80's. Then I think she wore the housecoat more and more. She loved to dress in pretty outfits with her lovely jewelry, even if she didn't leave the house.

My grandmother always got dressed, too. She wore pretty printed house dresses, buttoned down the front. She wore the same pierced earrings every day. And she always smelled like lilacs. And like yours, @QueenDanceALot, even if she didn't leave the house.
Ah, how much more relaxed and easy we have it today. I have on a pair of capri's with a v-neck Hanes t-shirt.

I dress more casual going to work than my grandma did to sit in the house.

I am wearing a couple pieces of her jewelry, though, so there's that.

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QueenDanceALot — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:08:39 GMT

I'm going to have to try the short skirt (with tights) and over the knee boots with a duster.

I think I have the exact outfit in mind!