@louisa_ @futurebird the reason why there’re almost no men’s working or everyday clothes in collections — such clothes rarely survive
also, i’ve been browsing a shop in japan (sadly, i forgot its name) they were selling used clothes from europe from some 1900-1940s — every piece was heavily and visibly mended, it was so unusual to look at

the same happens to fancy wedding dresses in museum collections: it’s not that women were that small, it’s they were married when they were lean teenagers