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The Emporia => In the wardrobe => Topic started by: UttaRetch on January 04, 2020, 08:29:00 AM
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See them here (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50087110).
I've always had big bags, so am accidentally fashionable. :D
Florals never go out of fashion and rose prints are not novel.
I don't know about the 'disco collar', but I love
(https://i.imgur.com/BsYymx1.jpg)
the shape of the jacket. The ties look silly, though.
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Love the coloured leather
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Love the coloured leather
I thought of the leather jacket pattern some of you have made (angled front zip?)
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Hate orange. Big bags get much too heavy and strain my shoulder. Almost any standard size pair of trousers could be tied round my ankles and look just like that. A rope belt would make me look like a (big?) bag lady. I'm sure I already have a rain hat like that.
Actually if I wear nearly anything that is said to be this year's look, I will be just as invisible as I always am.
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@Sewingsue I've attempted to sew leather it is not easy on a domestic machine.
@Greybird Orange is one of my fave colours, our front room has orange walls and sofas. Don't know if I'd wear it though -<
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I'm in there with the big bags and florals - quite a novelty to be fashionable!
I like the tangerine colour, but I could neither live with it nor wear it, so I shall just look for it on other people.
I like the jacket in @UttaRetch's post, but I can't help thinking that if it makes the model's hips look large (comparatively speaking - she looks great, but models don't tend to have noticeable hips) most of us don't stand a chance...
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I like the jacket in @UttaRetch's post, but I can't help thinking that if it makes the model's hips look large (comparatively speaking - she looks great, but models don't tend to have noticeable hips) most of us don't stand a chance...
Oh it does doesn't it. I was so mesmerised by those weird trousers I hadn't noticed.
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Actually if I wear nearly anything that is said to be this year's look, I will be just as invisible as I always am.
(https://i.imgur.com/S39XZCT.png) (https://i.imgur.com/S39XZCT.png) My aim is not to stand out, so no fluorescent colours or silly hats for me.
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Don't forget the model will be nearly 6ft tall, so I dread to think what a 5ft 5in lady with s 42 in hips would look like. ( Yes I'm talking about me).
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I dread to think what a 5ft 5in lady with s 42 in hips would look like.
I am the same height as you with a few more centimetres on the hips, but the jacket would be too long for me. I sew to accommodate my wide hips and small waist and prefer the fitted look as I don't want to resemble a brick built out house. (https://i.imgur.com/S39XZCT.png)
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Oh gosh! Two of those bags look like items from my stables! One looks like a hay net and the other looks like a 'tub trug' which I use for water!
Tangerine is a very difficult colour to wear. Like the look of the leather but no doubt will be horrendously expensive.
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I like the jacket in @UttaRetch's post, but I can't help thinking that if it makes the model's hips look large (comparatively speaking - she looks great, but models don't tend to have noticeable hips) most of us don't stand a chance...
I'm not sure if it's the jacket cut that is the problem. If those pants are cut that full all the way to the waistband, there could be a LOT of extra fabric padding her hips.
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I think there is padding in the jacket, which I do not need. Balenciaga (https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/10650/balenciaga-a-brief-history-of-those-hips) did this a couple of seasons' ago.
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That reminds me to make a couple more reversible bucket hats for the summer. Nice quick scrapsbusters :)
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Ooh - that's a good idea @Vezelay!
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Love the tangerine stuff. Good to know my late Dad's old gardening hat is back in fashion!
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Well the Day-Glo colors Referred to as fluoro In the article are a lot of fun. I can see using those colors in a print or as an accent or an accessory but those colors would make my Olive skin really sallow!
How many of you remember the vinyl clothing of the 60s in Day-Glo colors?
It is always interesting to see how couture looks are translated into ready to wear.
Those bucket hats belong in a bucket! There is nothing attractive about them. I think the rope belt done in lovely light upholstery braid would be a lot of fun. My father was in the Coast Guard auxiliary and he taught me about tying knots. When macramé was popular he was really good at it!
I’m not too thrilled with disco collars. Collars and cuffs became really exaggerated in the late 60s early 70s and I don’t think I like that throwback look.
Thank you @UttaRetch for the peak at the second coming of the Roaring 20s.
Actually I expected to see more of a Gatsby look in clothing this decade and a nod to art deco art nouveau but we’re not seeing that!
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Not going to work on me in the main - I can't wear anything towards yellow, so that green, the oranges and the eggy tones are right out. The mauve, on the other hand, is bang on.
Also, am seriously considering retiring this year so formal suits and jackets need not apply 0_0
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Actually I expected to see more of a Gatsby look in clothing this decade and a nod to art deco art nouveau but we’re not seeing that!
@BajaSusana, maybe they don't readily translate into wearable pieces, but the silhouette doesn't suit my busty, blown hourglass anyway.