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Amishiki?

Amishiki?

Originally uploaded by w.wabbit.

What happens when you take a traditional Amish sewing pattern and cross it with a dashiki and an inexperienced tailor? With the vest, actually, I rather like this. (Here it is without.) This is simple unbleached muslin. I’ll be doing future versions with colour.

Put on the hat for the [...]

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It was the 70s, after all

Thanks BoingBoing :-)

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What were we thinking? (#3)

One last post. I slept too long during my post-3rd shift nap today, so I’m up, having watched more MTM. All this comes from Episode 5 of Season 2… how did they ever compress so much fashion into so little time!
As a guest star, this episode had the incomparable Nancy Walker reprising her [...]

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What Were We Thinking? (#2)

I had to do some more of these from MTM, Season 2. We were insane, I’m telling you.

This is Mary dress up, I think, in a 70s version of a Choirboy. It’s another fine example of “this is not about sex.”

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What were we thinking? (#1)

The 70s, as we well know, were not all about sex, drugs and rock & roll. In fact, a good part of our life was dedicated to avoiding sex - see especially our attempts at interior design. But also there was a HUGE industry of clothing for the chaste. I’ll be presenting examples [...]

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