tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post3949668324021220804..comments2024-03-17T23:42:16.537-07:00Comments on Communing With Fabric: What the Heck, Vogue?shamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06070023218199309005noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-39816370782739286472013-01-04T21:47:14.789-08:002013-01-04T21:47:14.789-08:001312 is actually a really nice dress and goes toge...1312 is actually a really nice dress and goes together easily- just finished it and wore it the first time. It's flattering and just funky enough to have some pop while not being over the top. I did the bodice in charcoal suedecloth and the skirt in a small blue/black plaid wool blend suiting fabric, and got lots of compliments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-75952801122224217532012-08-03T19:11:27.326-07:002012-08-03T19:11:27.326-07:00"bad dose of the Burdas" LOL!"bad dose of the Burdas" LOL!Juliahttp://snarkyvegan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-54248795648137172412012-08-01T05:55:56.161-07:002012-08-01T05:55:56.161-07:00hahaha!hahaha!mimi jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09046101113822427313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-30274974667796913972012-08-01T05:55:19.414-07:002012-08-01T05:55:19.414-07:00I believe there was an episode of Sex & the Ci...I believe there was an episode of Sex & the City called "Splat", where the actress from 3rd Rock (I forget her name, but she is HILARIOUS) takes a drunken fall out of a window? Totally reminds me of that!mimi jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09046101113822427313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-57202427714669803072012-07-31T19:29:20.718-07:002012-07-31T19:29:20.718-07:00Hello fellow Bay Area blogger - very funny post an...Hello fellow Bay Area blogger - very funny post and I completely agree! Bizarre model poses aside, I do like a lot of the patterns and ended up buying a lot of them before the sale ran out. Why is it with every Chado Ralph Rucci pattern, Vogue uses a fabric where the topstitching is lost. I think his patterns are divine.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02480687040381870153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-76651073330409347562012-07-31T06:08:26.160-07:002012-07-31T06:08:26.160-07:00I actually liked the photos done in front of the w...I actually liked the photos done in front of the window of NYC, from an artistic/creativity point of view. Nice frame, greyish patterned background of buildings to highlight the bright colored dresses. Then I quickly moved on to the line drawings, which really determine whether I buy the pattern or not. I did think of you when I saw the Mizono dress. And I enjoyed your photo captions.Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10322180715196133051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-42881442751017582332012-07-30T22:03:35.242-07:002012-07-30T22:03:35.242-07:00Thanks for the laughs. Too bad Vogue couldn't ...Thanks for the laughs. Too bad Vogue couldn't come up with a better idea than posing their models on a window sill. A short window, at least, shorter than the models. That's why they're in such awkward positions - there's no room to stand up straight!<br />I'm behind on my reading so I just enjoyed catching up on your blog. The Koos bag is really great. I love the changes you made to it. Painting the zipper was a smart move.<br />Glad your sewing mojo has come around again!Dixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712003004658269721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-25289401569126018702012-07-29T20:42:17.653-07:002012-07-29T20:42:17.653-07:00Great giggles happening here; love your post. Cro...Great giggles happening here; love your post. Crouching tiger, hidden seams? Some of these will be wonderful when amazing seamstresses like you tackle them in real life. Until then I'll pass on most of them.Jane Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10236298438179825569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-9865849962341961782012-07-29T01:51:25.311-07:002012-07-29T01:51:25.311-07:00Quite hilariously funny .... maybe that was the pu...Quite hilariously funny .... maybe that was the purpose?Gay McDonellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150699751738725615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-61077189400549564422012-07-28T15:29:10.879-07:002012-07-28T15:29:10.879-07:00Shams,
You are too funny! You even got a comment f...Shams,<br />You are too funny! You even got a comment from Marcy Tilton in her blog. I'll be interested to see the next Vogue Patterns Magazine to see if they are carrying this new kind of dramatics to those pages.<br /><br />It did get my attention but that's just fashion. I always look at the line drawings when the new patterns come out so the strange poses won't stop my pattern collection.<br /><br />Remember the strange mannequins on Marcy's pants patterns? Who knew studied the line drawings and until tried the actual patterns how great they were.<br /><br />Keep sewing and keep us laughing.<br />Leslie or lessaltAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-35114714832410843952012-07-28T13:14:00.328-07:002012-07-28T13:14:00.328-07:00lol. Thanks for the laugh.
Actually, I rather li...lol. Thanks for the laugh. <br /><br />Actually, I rather like those poses; what fun! <br /><br />I would never consider buying a pattern before seeing the line drawing anyhow. Those classic pattern-front poses and expressions have always seemed a little strange to me. These just fit in somehow. (Literally: they fit in that square window frame...) ;)goodworks1https://www.blogger.com/profile/02967943973600981509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-32443319083758491712012-07-28T12:22:22.068-07:002012-07-28T12:22:22.068-07:00Thanks for this post, you brought a smile to my fa...Thanks for this post, you brought a smile to my face today! Certainly the poses are strange, I think they try to be original, but distract from the standard model, I would kill for that red dress!Sewingadictahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083124271608615951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-11167730064380662982012-07-27T03:38:45.684-07:002012-07-27T03:38:45.684-07:00Obviously all these models are trying out for the ...Obviously all these models are trying out for the new show, "What's My Mime?"...no words needed, just pose and the contestants will decide what on earth you are supposed to be doing never mind showing off the best features of the clothes.mrsmolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329515914613595719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-82702128782030479962012-07-26T20:42:56.694-07:002012-07-26T20:42:56.694-07:00Oh, this was funny! I was excited to see the emai...Oh, this was funny! I was excited to see the email about the new patterns but quickly got really frustrated trying to see the lines on the garments amongst those really awkward poses. I was even mentally composing an eye-rolling post...except I didn't want to bother linking it all up! You've expressed it beautifully! Thanks for the chuckle!Lisa Lareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11516986664460840579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-14886938540232694852012-07-26T18:38:02.896-07:002012-07-26T18:38:02.896-07:00You are so funny! Thanks for the laugh. Secret age...You are so funny! Thanks for the laugh. Secret agent or cat burglar? Hmmm?Marlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06224219410776083011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-23592426266340706572012-07-26T16:11:53.434-07:002012-07-26T16:11:53.434-07:00I had so many of the same thoughts, very funny pos...I had so many of the same thoughts, very funny post, thanks! I do love that Chado Ralph Rucci dress - it is definitely the only item I thought called my name. And did anyone notice? I detected a lot of bathrobe-ish looks among these patterns, perhaps comfort is king at Vogue patterns this season.Beth (SunnyGal Studio)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08891740887743925587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-69931066367528093782012-07-26T15:14:43.956-07:002012-07-26T15:14:43.956-07:00Now, this is so funny! poor vogue models,they prob...Now, this is so funny! poor vogue models,they probably had to pass a stretching test this season!Merche Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05661826143945463474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-65762581229344204342012-07-26T13:59:56.265-07:002012-07-26T13:59:56.265-07:00Everywhere I turn today I'm finding things tha...Everywhere I turn today I'm finding things that absotively crack me up!!! Thanks for continuing the trend so entertainingly :D :D :DJillybejoyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11010866113928621691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-16011447956403688122012-07-26T12:54:38.238-07:002012-07-26T12:54:38.238-07:00Sharon, you have me cracking up! I thought the sam...Sharon, you have me cracking up! I thought the same thing as looked at these photos. One the amazing things to me and this is on the McCalls and Butterick side, is that so many of the blouses/dresses look like choir robes! All the gathers at the shoulders.Kubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08883870804630058812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-80698371398152952342012-07-26T11:52:21.997-07:002012-07-26T11:52:21.997-07:00ha ha! It is graphic, shams. Don't you under...ha ha! It is graphic, shams. Don't you understand this is supposed to be exciting imagery? Maybe you do! You are excited! The images did their job!<br /><br />What bothers me is seeing draglines on a garment that I might want to sew. I love that Ralph Rucci dress (the cat burglar) so I feel sorry for it being displayed this way. Maybe this is a function of being an actual sewist - we don't like to see garments mocked. I don't get fashion, or maybe I should say, I don't get the styling. I just love nice clothes.a little sewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18086285440873869055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-6812864380435261312012-07-26T11:49:44.261-07:002012-07-26T11:49:44.261-07:00too funny. I laughed out loud at the leaf exchange...too funny. I laughed out loud at the leaf exchange...Jean Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-46543118962467110932012-07-26T11:40:18.108-07:002012-07-26T11:40:18.108-07:00What a treat to read your post this morning, a bit...What a treat to read your post this morning, a bit of lighthearted but serious query... I was actually glad to see the Mizono dress, as one idea that I have had is to attach your tablecloth skirt to a bodice, since I do not really wear skirts. This gives me (an admittedly silly looking pose) that shows how it could work. I rarely purchase patterns, but always always look at the line drawings, since the sketches, and especially photos, never really show the basic plan and interesting details of the designsAlisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01994300004330705947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-91443133935367397252012-07-26T10:47:56.106-07:002012-07-26T10:47:56.106-07:00I want the leaf. It's the most beautiful thing...I want the leaf. It's the most beautiful thing in all those photos. So odd and compelling, I keep wanting to look at it. I'm loving that bracing lustrous green and feel I should be wearing that leaf. That was yesterday and granted it was 90 degrees and humid in NYC. Quite a shock for a vacationing San Franciscan. However, today I saw the Schiaparelli/ Prada Impossible Conversstions exhibit at the Met. Utter inspiration for using that leaf- embroidered, appliquéd, printed, painted, with jewels, broken glass or bugs. Then there's hats and shoes. If Vogue is going this route, they have to be more outrageous, not less. <br /><br />Anyway, I urge you to potpone buying a sewing machine. Rather, get to NY and see this show! You'll love the leaf too. ~ Wendy ~wendyrbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12644260273808033631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-8359820860715288812012-07-26T09:52:33.261-07:002012-07-26T09:52:33.261-07:00The model in the Issey Miyake coat, V1320, brings ...The model in the Issey Miyake coat, V1320, brings to mind the <a href="http://youtu.be/FWBUl7oT9sA" rel="nofollow">French Taunt</a> from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Now I think of it, that could be what most of them are doing.KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05179368473383373302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920875739028519515.post-63932513033958600002012-07-26T09:37:55.343-07:002012-07-26T09:37:55.343-07:00I ordered a couple of the patterns last night...an...I ordered a couple of the patterns last night...and was thinking "I wonder what Shams will say about these this week". Thanks for the laugh.Rainanoreply@blogger.com