in this world all who live at the great house will make sartorial choices in exact oppostion of those in out own timeband.
Ah, yes - the often overlooked scientific theory of Alternate-Fashion Time (or AFT for short
). The theory that in other alternate universes we still live the same lives, but our fashion choices are totally different while we do it.
Just imagine if in one of those alternate universes Elizabethan attire is still the fashion of the day today:
Men are still strutting around like peacocks in padded doublets or ruffs and hose, and women are still hauling around heavy gowns enhanced by wire frames and cresent-shaped rolls. Think of the fun! ... Or maybe not.