Although I last wore them tucked into my biker boots and this time they are hanging out in all their flared glory... I love the 70's bellbottom-ness of them, and with ma skivvy here, and ma dip-dyed wrap thing; well, I think I'm just about ready to hop straight into Hair and this is the dawning of the age of Aquariuuuuus!However, I suspect I'm a little too grey to fit into that era's rainbow-hued colour scheme. I've got the 70's silhouette happening but just not the palette; I'm like a stormcloud-hued depressed moan-groan new millenium version of the 70's here...
My parents had the Hair record and I grew up being uplifted and moved by the joy of those supremely optimistic songs. Yup, I wore flares ands skivvys and tie-dyed stuff the first time around, and you know what they say about if you were there the first time around.... (don't go there the second time around) but I am a child of the 70's so there is no getting away from that. Anyhow fashion-wise just about anything goes now, and so if one wants to dress like a monotonal fallout from another decade then go for it, yeah!
Details:
Top; self-drafted, from greige/purple-y knit stuff, details here
Jeans; Burda 7863 modified, black stretch corduroy, details here
Wrap; wrap "f" from Unique Clothes Any Way You Like by Natsuno Hiraiwa, cream knit stuff dipdyed in a mixture of iDye Poly Blue and coffee, details here
(socks, not seen but knitted by me)
Shoes; Francesco Morichetti, from Zomp shoes
Below; recent naughty purchases, am rapidly becoming a pattern junkie... the two Vogues, completely influenced by shams, whose creations are too terribly superbly tempting to resist emulating; also the Donna Karan maxi from ebay for which I paid ridiculous postage (don't ask, I reckon Americans charge Australians like they are posting to the moon); and the Burdastyle magazine was completely on a whim. I think I need help, is there a patternaholics anonymous...?
Ahhh, what a sweet compliment. But we all know that your work puts mine to shame. :) Because of you, I'm buying stretch corduroy in every color possible. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't take any notice of that 'first time around' rule either! It probably applied more to the generation before us, at least that's what I tell myself. I might hesitate if the trend comes around a third time though...!
ReplyDeleteI heard that rule too. I staunchly applied it to leggings for the first season and then gave in and went with the flow!
ReplyDeleteI am a child of the seventies as well. I remember having a teacher once when I was quite young, who would have been a slavish follower of seventies fashion. My parents referred to her as a university drop out....lol!
I have had my own bout of pattern flu lately...enough probably to get me through to the new year...must be something in the water at the mo!
I love your flairs, I definitely going to keep trying to make my own. And I know what you mean about having too many patterns (it's doesn't help that they're so cheap here in the US), I'm purging some right now... so I can fit more into my drawers! But really, I'm getting better at knowing what I have so I don't buy similar patterns.
ReplyDeleteOh yea, we had the record album, and danced around in our tie-dye t-shirts, I had plenty of flare corduroys as a kid and also what we called big bells. it is a bit scary to see the fashions come around again. Here's to hoping the 80's do not make a return trip :)
ReplyDeleteI think you deserve some new patterns given how many times you've made some of your previous ones - was it 13 versions of the Burda men's shirt?
ReplyDeleteGreat outfit - very elegant. It makes me wish I could wear those soft neutrals.
Dorothy from SSS 2011
I don't care about the first time 'round rule either. I wore leggings 20 years ago and I wear them now, but in a completely different way. Though I always do hesitate if it was something trendy from before I had any clue about what flattered me.
ReplyDeleteI'll be joining you at the pattern-holics meeting; I have such a drawer-full. I sorted them out a while ago for the ones I really want to make and there's probably 20 in that pile. !
Oh, I love the top right pattern!
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