tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post1240239000770004554..comments2023-10-20T08:27:40.314-04:00Comments on male pattern boldness: Mismatched Plaid -- YEA or NAY?Peter Lappinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-45323323981799817172021-06-22T10:51:29.787-04:002021-06-22T10:51:29.787-04:00I find the Yamamoto blazer very architectural-- re...I find the Yamamoto blazer very architectural-- reminds me of photos of old Soviet apartment block staircases. Stark, but accidentally beautiful. I'm trying to find a photo that kinda captures what I'm talking about... this comes close: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/stairs-brutalist-concrete-apartments-tenerife-philip-openshaw.html<br /><br />In general, I'm a fan of asymmetry, and that wide stripe just left-of-center on the back (in the photo after the Woolrich jacket) looks wonderful to me. However, the mustardy (also Yamamoto?) shirt with the 2 competing biases makes me queasy. I think even asymmetry needs some organizing force to tie it together, and a 45° rotation paired with a, what, 15° rotation? That just reads as sloppy to me. I'm pretty chill about the original photo of the coat back that started the whole kerfuffle. I think it's interesting-looking, and I like the way the mismatch makes it read less as a plaid and more as a purely horizontal stripe pattern. I also like how the dark stripes on the sleeves are placed in such a way as to balance the stripes on the back. Overall, to me it looks less like a plaid, and again more like an artwork, this time maybe a Southwestern landscape, made up of tonal flat layers of sand and rock.meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680517897415790140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-56689728788436382192020-02-29T13:05:43.416-05:002020-02-29T13:05:43.416-05:00Sure. Most of them came right off the internet.Sure. Most of them came right off the internet.Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-10812023573929979322020-02-29T09:27:44.296-05:002020-02-29T09:27:44.296-05:00Hi please can I use one of your plaid mismatched p...Hi please can I use one of your plaid mismatched photos for my Instagram page?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-64862487920929872562020-01-27T15:15:20.842-05:002020-01-27T15:15:20.842-05:00Nope!
Detroit Pizza!!!Nope!<br />Detroit Pizza!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-4342381882032492782020-01-17T23:58:47.975-05:002020-01-17T23:58:47.975-05:00A big definite "nay." Looking at them m...A big definite "nay." Looking at them makes me dizzy.Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17459054294111375380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-71293838763886312842020-01-17T20:40:27.149-05:002020-01-17T20:40:27.149-05:00The first thought through my mind when I see cloth...The first thought through my mind when I see clothes where the pattern does not match is 'cheap'. Or second is poorly made. However, I am a traditionalist in a modern world. To each his own I suppose.Caroline Laskowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945076152364944773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-54141516321631134132020-01-15T16:51:19.371-05:002020-01-15T16:51:19.371-05:00Nay Nay Nay. they look awful, and also make the bo...Nay Nay Nay. they look awful, and also make the bodies look bigger, for anyone other than a stick insect, it is not going to do you any favours.JVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169157550803406379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-79614860367100954952020-01-14T23:21:42.877-05:002020-01-14T23:21:42.877-05:00nay, nay, nay. Plaid only looks good when it is ma...nay, nay, nay. Plaid only looks good when it is matched so you can see it. My opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-40775643929414962212020-01-14T12:55:45.941-05:002020-01-14T12:55:45.941-05:00This applies to a men's button down shirt too:...This applies to a men's button down shirt too: I agree with you: usually not worth the effort unless it's really going to be a functional pocket.Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-91730363905656162972020-01-14T12:18:09.273-05:002020-01-14T12:18:09.273-05:00I skimmed the text preceding the LL Bean review an...I skimmed the text preceding the LL Bean review and at first thought the reviewer was a sewist saying they mismatched the plaid on the shirt they made themselves and was therefore leaving a bad review??!! No, no, nothing as bad as all that lol.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978777722972210138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-30499280089575405212020-01-14T11:56:48.119-05:002020-01-14T11:56:48.119-05:00Maybe this is a good place to ask my question. Why...Maybe this is a good place to ask my question. Why should we work so hard to make our upper pockets on a woman's button down shirt blend in (i.e. match the main fabric of the shirt exactly)? They usually have no function other than style or embellishment, so why camouflage them? I would instead go for bias pockets on a plaid, or turned sideways pockets on a stripe. Or even colour block.growingupsewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805868470012317699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-80034406247862503452020-01-14T09:01:25.448-05:002020-01-14T09:01:25.448-05:00I like the brown coat. I think it looks a little m...I like the brown coat. I think it looks a little more modern. I wouldn't sew something like that though. It's too much of a "trendy" idea, and I think it wouldn't stand the test of time. I want anything I sew to last. I do like the idea of using plaid with some other fabrics, like maybe denim, to makes something and use up scraps. Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184657883114245901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-29416366698914715302020-01-13T22:51:56.892-05:002020-01-13T22:51:56.892-05:00I was one of the posters who like the jacket. I li...I was one of the posters who like the jacket. I liked the cut and the plaid. I don't like the Yamamoto because I don't like the plaid or the jacket cut. I do like the Public school shirt. I like the plaid and the off beat matching. The rest, meh. The plaid has to be good and bold enough.Nancy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02235347323004026695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-66563991100904487992020-01-13T15:32:36.716-05:002020-01-13T15:32:36.716-05:00I wasn't going to use the hate word, but it do...I wasn't going to use the hate word, but it does hurt my brain. And if I am asked about it, well yeah, I probably hate it. Does it rise to the level of shaming people in public? No, that would be mean. But right here, for a minute, in a world of people who try really hard to get that plaid to match up, there's going to be some whining. I know from experience (my kids' closet) that those items don't get reached for a lot after a short period of time, which is a waste. <br /><br />BUT!!! I shudder to think what reception my Printsapalooza manner of dress would have. My mother would avert her eyes at the very least. <br />I really have no shade to throw.SJ Kurtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871599515352715171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-83718826341172476192020-01-13T15:19:21.697-05:002020-01-13T15:19:21.697-05:00I think plaid is a pattern most people have a defi...I think plaid is a pattern most people have a definite opinion about - love it or hate it. I've been told that if a pattern does not match at the seams, it's been poorly constructed. Most sewists strive for the perfect fit and pattern matching whether it be stripes, chevrons even flowers. I happen to have a slight balance issue and when looking at some patterns, they make me dizzy. Finally, I happen to love plaids, so don't give it a bad rap by mismatching it. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394067116523890644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-6652074458088471802020-01-13T11:57:34.771-05:002020-01-13T11:57:34.771-05:00I think this is an attempt to hornswaggle us into ...I think this is an attempt to hornswaggle us into thinking it's cool -- the producers of the pieces are getting full economy on the use of the material, and we're getting headache-inducing products. Let's hope this is not a new "trend," because it's an awful one.jmsx3https://www.blogger.com/profile/07149027892680345622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-27880085689006977312020-01-13T11:43:34.010-05:002020-01-13T11:43:34.010-05:00The Yamamoto jacket looks cheap to me, not just fo...The Yamamoto jacket looks cheap to me, not just for the mismatching but seams look wonky, shoulders don't look right.Connie Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526657792519056005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-31018740864988613362020-01-13T11:09:19.126-05:002020-01-13T11:09:19.126-05:00For me it has to be intentional. I don't mind ...For me it has to be intentional. I don't mind the bias vs. cross cut and I actually like some of the mixed plaids you show in the men's shirts. But I am too old school, when using one plaid, it has to be matched and perfect. I recently made a jacket for a wedding out of a very pale, one-way window pane plaid. I agonized over everything going in the same direction and matched. - The client never even realized it... Oh, well. Threadbare Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10915561598074262515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-54620186885309154222020-01-13T10:48:57.476-05:002020-01-13T10:48:57.476-05:00LOL, maybe we should add Dover Street Market to ou...LOL, maybe we should add Dover Street Market to our MPB Day Winter Frolic!Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-52636010901982767102020-01-13T10:42:53.315-05:002020-01-13T10:42:53.315-05:00And now you're making me want to go to Dover S...And now you're making me want to go to Dover Street Market the next time I'm in NYC just to scope things out...Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486825963523271562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-64892509613514990102020-01-13T10:42:20.808-05:002020-01-13T10:42:20.808-05:00Hahahaha! I love this post so much.
The top photo...Hahahaha! I love this post so much.<br /><br />The top photo you posted looks awful, but to me, the Yohji Yamamoto blazer doesn't look bad -- maybe it's because the mismatched plaid "stripes" alternate back and forth and are sort of centered to each other (if that makes any sense). I had an art teacher who said that the rule of good composition is that it has to make the eye move. In the Yamamoto, it does. In the top photo, it just stops. (For me, anyway.) The Public School top almost works for me too -- except that much asymmetry in the sleeves drives me bonkers.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486825963523271562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-80035260895207480502020-01-13T08:46:59.954-05:002020-01-13T08:46:59.954-05:00As Nikki said "Mismatched plaid looks cheap a...As Nikki said "Mismatched plaid looks cheap and lazy to me" It is like turning in a school paper that has been crumpled and halfway straightened out again - it says "I didn't really try and I don't care"Gene Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15731141629634998152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-53439285411605190252020-01-13T08:33:58.747-05:002020-01-13T08:33:58.747-05:00Looking at mismatched plaid drives me nuts. I have...Looking at mismatched plaid drives me nuts. I have the same thing with wallpaper, I am a fanatic about matching the pattern. If I see someone in a mismatched plaid garment it makes me go cross-eyed! It is just lazy not to match your plaids! All the best.Susan Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037437999317896232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-5944997931328229222020-01-13T05:47:56.345-05:002020-01-13T05:47:56.345-05:00I like the coat. I don't like all the other ex...I like the coat. I don't like all the other examples you showed ... .Moois van miehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00100507341401660471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991166428290808171.post-39334482357649688132020-01-13T00:54:36.502-05:002020-01-13T00:54:36.502-05:00USA also has the swim separates vs. suits. Those b...USA also has the swim separates vs. suits. Those bother me much less than mismatched plaid. Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822381224824644351noreply@blogger.com