Eighties hate-ies: Revisiting Fashion's Despised Decade

Folks over thirty-five, I have news for you:  THIS is what young people think of when they think of Eighties fashion.

Oh, Wouldn't it be Ugerly

I'm back.

Thank you for all your kind words about yesterday's video.  Sadly my vaudeville career came to an abrupt end last summer after a tragic case of mistaken identity resulting in a tone-deaf chicken and a parrot with very little white meat.  A setback.

Message from Michael

Hi, Fans of Male Pattern Boldness!

This is Peter's partner, Michael, writing to you today.  Peter had to travel unexpectedly to the Bronx yesterday to help out his mother and has no access to a computer up there.  He asked me to let you know that he will be back to blogging tomorrow.

In the meantime, I thought this video might satisfy your Peter cravings.  It'll give you some insight into what my DDP (dear domestic partner) gets up to when he's not behind his Necchi.  Enjoy!

Peter's Pants Project - PART 2, with POLL!

Ta da -- new pants, Kwik Sew 2123.  Mission accomplished.

However...

Peter's Promising Pants Project w/ Pics

 

So I decided to dig into that cadet blue cotton twill that's been weighing on me since the day I bought it and make some pants.  Believe it or not, I originally thought I would use it to make this:

Monday "Nag-O-Rama" and GOALS!

Happy Monday and Post-Mother's-Day Recovery Week everybody!

Wouldn't you have done the same?

First, Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there.

Dear readers, wise readers, it had been my original intention today to write about this striped cotton knit tank top I stitched up Friday afternoon.  I'd bought the fabric locally the day I picked up Cathy's black gloves, nothing special.  And as you can see the final result is...nothing special.

Fashion and the Flat-chested Femme

Struck by a number of comments both here and on Pattern Review relating to my cousin Cathy's lack of belle poitrine -- which, admittedly, is more Margaret O'Brien than Jayne Mansfield, I decided to take a closer look at fashion's ongoing relationship to the female bosom -- specifically during the 1940s and 50s.

Cathy models the 1948 rose dress!

A warm spring day and a lovely model in a rose-print dress -- what a magical combination!

Sewing, Sex, and the Internet

CORRECTION: The above title should read, "Sewing and the Internet." 

I often wonder what it would have been like to learn to sew before the Internet.  How much harder it would have been!

Cathy and the black belt - PART 2

 

What can I say, peeps?  You're the best.  Yesterday I let you decide how I should proceed with the 1948 McCall's dress and the results speak for themselves.  The fabric belt is a big improvement.  I thank you. 

FAMILY FEUD: Cathy and the black belt w/ POLL

No, my cousin Cathy hasn't run off with the Karate Kid, if that's what you're thinking.

It's the dress, peeps, the rose dress, McCall's 7299 from 1948.

Monday Morning Nag-athon + GOALS

Happy Monday, everybody!

I don't know about the weather where you are, but we had a HOT weekend (mid-eighties) and are heading into an equally hot week.  Makes you think beachwear!

Why do YOU sew?

Sometimes I get so caught up in the drama of whatever sewing project I'm involved in that I forget why I'm sewing in the first place.

Peter Revisits Shirt #1 (NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PHOTOS!)

I realized on Thursday that I had just completed my fourteenth men's button-down shirt.  And despite a few flaws I (somewhat compulsively) pointed out to you, I was satisfied with the result.