March 16, 2006
Don't show this to the What Not to Wear ladies (wait, don't they give you five grand for new clothes? Okay, totally show this to them. But I am climbing into the dumpster to get my skirt back after the show).
Every stylist within 100 miles has a sudden, inexplicable urge to say "but, sweetie, it just isn't slimming:"
I have had this fabric forever, and love it so much that it was too scary to commit it to anything. But earlier this week, the puffiness called to me. Isn't it just exactly the sort of thing that short-waisted, plump people are advised against wearing? I'm as big as a house! However, it makes me very happy. And I'd think twice before criticizing the taste of a woman who could hide your severed head under her skirt, if I were you.
(Crap, I forgot to take a closeup of the fabric, which has this really fantastic atomic-dot pattern. I'll upload one to Flickr later.)
Posted by hilatron at March 16, 2006 09:49 AM | TrackBackYou look GAWgeous, Darlin'! What a perfect little skirt for spring and summertime! Now let's review some of your previous comments, especially that sentence after,"I'm as big as a house." I'll read it with you: "However, it makes me very happy." That's really the bottom line here --and in most fashion decisions. And as for those skinny little so-called fashion police out there,-I say," Let them eat cake!!"(Please!!)
Posted by: Auntie Jean at March 16, 2006 08:08 PMSlimming, schmimming. It is totally curvaceous, bouncilicious, and Sproi-iinning!
Maybe magenta pink shoes, though?
Posted by: Doombot at March 16, 2006 08:18 PMWell, I think it's cute! I just bought a dress from a crap sale with almost exactly the same silhouette, and slimming or not, it's a Genuine Sears Fashion, from the late 1970s.
Posted by: Fahrvergnugen at May 15, 2006 07:42 PMi is abousultly discusting i would be horrified if my nan wore somthing like that what a minging skirt, now wots with the shoes.
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Now, now, hayley. Your mistakes are three in number:
1) Most importantly, your timing is off by a good seven months. Very few people read this blog, because it is quite boring and infrequently updated, so your chances of having fanatical supporters stumble across your comment in the archives and start a fun flame war are slim at best.
2) You seem to be saying that my skirt is so bad that *even* a nan (or grandma over here in the Colonies), should not wear it, thus implying that grandma dress is something shameful that we should all try to avoid. This isn't an insult that is going to work on me; I regularly covet the clothes, fashion combinations and comfy orthopedic shoes of old ladies. Now if you hinted that I was somehow trendy or au courant, *that* would sting.
3) Here at Blogatron, critiques go over better if they are accompanied by at least a cursory spelling and grammar check. Let me help you: "It is absolutely disgusting! I would be horrified if my nan wore something like that. What a minging skirt; now what's with the shoes?" Now, see? Isn't that more coherent and biting? --hilatron
Posted by: hayley at November 21, 2006 05:45 AMI think you look just great, perhaps it's now time to carry out that threat, the one with the severed head being hidden beneath said skirt I mean... ;-)
Posted by: Al at July 22, 2007 02:04 AM