I was just curious. I haven’t seen many one-shoulder dresses or tops/skirts in any pow wow photos, and certainly never seen them at any pow wows in the west where I live. I saw a couple in photos of an Occaneechi pow wow, and the Wampanoag in the northeast seem to wear the one-shoulder look sometimes.
Is the one-shoulder look considered “not modest enough” for pow wows in the west? I’m preparing a regalia outfit for my family reunion presentation about our southeast indian ancestry and I’d like to wear what the early observers wrote about seeing us wear. I’m just nervous about looking “provocative” or “indecent” since I don’t see that look at modern pow wows (at least not in California). Concerned about standing out too much and being questioned about not being enrolled. Am I making sense or do I sound paranoid? My heart is really telling me to go “one-shoulder.”
By the way, I finished my first pair of moccs – – they rock!
