One of my wardrobe renovations performed lately was to shorten this skirt by a good several inches; a super quickie reno, but one that nevertheless completely transformed this skirt for me from something that almost caused me to shudder whenever…
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Burda 7834, a pattern review
I’ve made another little top using Burda 7834. It is such a quick and easy little pattern, I can see myself using it a few more times, in spite of the fact I will have to re-grade it each time…
On ankle-strap shoes
Shoes with ankle straps are tricky. I have this firm belief that they shorten and stumpify (I didn’t make up that word but isn’t it just perfect?!) women’s legs. Now shortening and stumpifying might be desirable to the rare woman…
Further from yesterday
Thankyou so much for your thoughts yesterday … and many of your comments resonated quite clearly with me and my own thinking on this subject; I also read a little bit more on Natalie’s findings and summary of her yearlong…
Thoughts on the “vintage” trend
A friend passed on to me tickets to a Vintage Market on this weekend, promising “Vintage and Retro Men’s and Women’s Clothing and Accessories”, and sorry, but I can’t help but feel a bit yawn-y about the whole thing. And…
Style Statements…
Personal style blogs, anyone? Personally, I adore personal style blogs. I just love to look at clothing choices, how people interpret and use fashion, and am fascinated by the ability of clothes to express one’s personality somehow. People-watching is such…
On growing old gracefully
Today met my girlfriends for a get-together and debrief after the school holidays… {You know how when something is troubling you, a good bit of advice is to write a long letter to yourself where you can purge all the…
Design manifesto
I came across this on outsapop, and yeah, says it all really. However, I’d just like to expound on my personal philosophy on the subtle differences between inspiration and copying, and a further explanation on my label “own design” that…
