Edie Scissorhands

Simplcity Patterns Magazine 1972

Take Me to Marrakesh

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True confession: I never made a pair of fly front pants until now; not really sure why that is.  So I rate myself intermediate for pants sewing.  I’m also not exactly cutting edge with pattern choice here since there are many terrific examples of HP Marrakesh Pants out there;  Gigi, Debbie, [...]

Fashion, She is a Harsh Mistress

Fashion Tribes – Morning Coffee Shop

I like to stop for coffee on the way in to work, and after almost 2 years at my current job the morning coffee fashion tribes at my local establishment are well defined…

Work Out Babe – This is a pumped up woman in Uggs and a flashy track suit, either Juicy Couture [...]

Pure Evil

I should go over to Jo-Ann’s tomorrow to see if McCall’s actually had the stones to print this onto pattern tissue.

Resistance Was Futile – Hot Patterns Boudoir of Bliss Collection

There was no way I could resist the new Hot Patterns Boudoir of Bliss collection.   Trudy has definitely tapped into a pent up demand for lingerie patterns, which are woefully underrepresented in home sewing.  I go to the lingerie section of the Big 4 every season only to see the same 5 patterns [...]

M’am, Step Away From the Serger and No One Will Get Hurt

What is it about the zeitgeist of the 70′s ?  Was the entire decade was due to the failure of radical politics combined with cheap recreational drugs?  If I hadn’t lived through it to prove it really happened  I could totally see how a person could be come a 1970′s denier.  Some of you have seen this in email, but  – well – it’s [...]

My Good Friend Karl Lagerfeld

On Twitter anyway.  I read that he tweets on a regular basis so naturally I had to see for myself, and sure enough, there are 36,193 people plus me following him.  Like Mademoiselle, he shares her penchant for aphorisms. Here is a recent sampling of his tweets, which are by turns insightful, banal [...]

Fashion Tribes: Spring Vogue, From the Sublime to the Ridiculous

I did mean to blog about the rest of the new Vogue patterns, and they seem to fall clearly into Fashion Tribes this time. 

First the ridiculous…

Art is a Man’s Name

Art is meant for galleries and museums, as far as the “art” in ”art-to-wear” is concerned, only couture embodies true art in fashion.   I really question the wearability of [...]

April Fools? Not.

For a minute I thought Vogue Patterns was doing a joke  on us and then I realized – it was no joke; they’re serious!  Who in their right mind would wear this?????    It’s the perfect graduation ensemble for Clown College.

 P.S.    I’m not kidding, the model could be Mrs.  Bello Knock