I know it’s a bit hypocritical of me to follow up a rant about how much fashion sucks with a shopping post, but the fact of the matter is, a few weeks ago, I placed an order at mytights.com (I recommend them highly) for a couple of pair of merino tights. I’d been shopping around, […]
Category Archive for 'Fashion'
After a fashion:
Posted in Fashion, Oh, for fuck's sake on Oct 10th, 2007
I think the fashion world is irreparably fucked. Actually, I think it always has been. Sure there have been periods of respite where comfortable, reasonably flattering clothing were in fashion (most of the 1940s & 1960s, in recent history) but those times have been short lived and scattered. There have been more, and more-lengthy eras […]
3 awesome things
Posted in dumb things I have done, Family, Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries on Oct 2nd, 2007
1. My sister is coming to visit me today (so I took the day off from work) and she’s going to try on the wedding dress I’ve been making for her. I’m excited to see her and to see how this dress looks on. She’s also bringing her young son Max, who is quite a […]
In which I appear to be partially dressed in an accordian:
Posted in Distractions, Fashion on Sep 19th, 2007
I have a new suit (or at any rate new-to-me) which at first glance was awesome, but I think I now know why it was in the thrift shop to begin with. Its fabric, which looks all drapey and smooth and pleasantly tan-and-black herringboney is a rayon/acetate blend and gets horrible, nasty, fan-fold creases in […]
What have I wrought?
Posted in Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on Jan 15th, 2007
I am still sewing like a madwoman. Today’s count includes half of a suit jacket and most of a skirt (waistband and hem pending) The half finished jacket, with the skirt I started yesterday (no, I haven’t finished stitching down the appliques yet…I wanted to test out this jacket pattern, because it is an experiment). […]
Bike Freak & Body Image
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Fashion, Imports from old blogs on Jun 29th, 2006
As some of you might have gathered, I like to ride bikes…a lot. Having and riding a bike has been a pretty big component of my life for most of my life. And I think this has given me a different relationship with my body than many women have. I started really riding with a […]
I found a treasure in my basement…
Posted in Fashion, Imports from old blogs, nostalgia on Mar 11th, 2006
I was putting up some of my heaviest winter clothes, and digging out my lighter-weight clothes when I got the itch to dig around in this suitcase of clothes I’ve saved for sentimental reasons. Either the garment had some significance, or it was a style I felt would one day be utterly representative of the […]
Michelle Concentrate: gardening, home improvements, sewing, bikes, fashion and academia.
Posted in bike commuting, Fashion, Garden, Home Improvements, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on Mar 6th, 2006
Well, well, what’s been up… Hah, quite a bit, really. I’m starting to get over my winter blahs, thanks to the weather having been so nice lately and the days getting longer. Moreover, I’ve imposed upon myself several projects to change things up a bit so I won’t be so bored, grumpy, dull, and frustrated. […]
The nostalgia continues…
Posted in Distractions, Fashion, Imports from old blogs, nostalgia, Photo entries on Feb 20th, 2006
At one point in the mid-1980s, it was fashionable, at least amongst schoolgirls, to have a long plastic chain with a bunch of little keychain/charm thingies hung on it. My sister and I never had the chain, but we had a few charms. This is one of mine. She had one just like it, but […]
"Aww, what the hell, it's only $14"
Posted in Fashion, Imports from old blogs, Shopping on Dec 4th, 2005
Is not usually a rationalization for buying a bottle of perfume. The pull of nostalgia took me over today when I was at the drugstore picking up a prescription. My sis and I had been talking about Jovan Musk a while back, a perfume which was our Aunt Debbie’s signature scent for many years, and […]