I get my inspiration from fellow sewists on Instagram and Indie pattern designers around the world. I love that I am no longer limited to this season's colors or cuts, and I can make items that are even more meaningful to me and will last much longer (quality materials + actually fitting my body = reduced wear and tear) and therefore impact the environment less than fast fashion. Indie pattern designers have been pioneering size inclusion and sewists have always been a little zany... The result is incredibly comfortable clothing with a lot of personal style.
Aren’t there always conflicting feeling when the style vibe you’ve been doing goes mainstream? Like, finally people are catching on to how awesome this is, but also I’m not the only special one doing that thing anymore. Like when the world discovers your fave indie band 😢
I think the photos are great and also flattering. At nearly 80 years old, I came of age in the 60's-early 70;s when I was slim, blonde and beautiful and sometimes relentlessly and scarily pursued by many men when all I wanted was an attractive nice guy to notice me enough to want to get to know me and to feel comfortable within myself and "seen>" My uniform of jeans, shirts, and a dress or 2 did the trick and still works 60 years later now that I'm plumper, more wrinkled and infinitely more relaxed about it all. 2 thoughts: for my generation: thank you Diane Keaton! I see her style influence in some of these photos too. For the current generations: I find the nearly nude photos of Kanye West's wife as well as numerous Instagram poses of bodies in barely there bikinis and bust or butt enhancements bizarre and sad statements on our culture.
I get my inspiration from fellow sewists on Instagram and Indie pattern designers around the world. I love that I am no longer limited to this season's colors or cuts, and I can make items that are even more meaningful to me and will last much longer (quality materials + actually fitting my body = reduced wear and tear) and therefore impact the environment less than fast fashion. Indie pattern designers have been pioneering size inclusion and sewists have always been a little zany... The result is incredibly comfortable clothing with a lot of personal style.
Aren’t there always conflicting feeling when the style vibe you’ve been doing goes mainstream? Like, finally people are catching on to how awesome this is, but also I’m not the only special one doing that thing anymore. Like when the world discovers your fave indie band 😢
I am deeply comforted by Frump. I opted out of fashion (and even style) long ago, and feel I could perhaps come home to Frump.
And The Dog House! 🐶🤗 I’m in the UK, and it is my dopamine hit of choice. Do you have all 5-6 seasons of it? It makes me inordinately happy.
I think the photos are great and also flattering. At nearly 80 years old, I came of age in the 60's-early 70;s when I was slim, blonde and beautiful and sometimes relentlessly and scarily pursued by many men when all I wanted was an attractive nice guy to notice me enough to want to get to know me and to feel comfortable within myself and "seen>" My uniform of jeans, shirts, and a dress or 2 did the trick and still works 60 years later now that I'm plumper, more wrinkled and infinitely more relaxed about it all. 2 thoughts: for my generation: thank you Diane Keaton! I see her style influence in some of these photos too. For the current generations: I find the nearly nude photos of Kanye West's wife as well as numerous Instagram poses of bodies in barely there bikinis and bust or butt enhancements bizarre and sad statements on our culture.