We are always changing and evolving. Our tastes and needs are always changing and evolving, too.
Lately, I've been getting requests from people who are looking for all different kinds of things. They want fabric to dance in, to decorate something, for certain kinds of parties... I think people are looking for feelings, more than "definitions" of fabric types. So, what i end up doing, if pointing them at stores they might like to look. And I try to give a few choices in different price ranges, so they can determine for themselves which is best for their needs. The stores all have different personalities. Some stores are really tough to shop if you cannot name what you are looking for.
So today, I offer food for thought. If you are like me, clothing is a way to express yourself, to communicate, to enhance your appearance and personal expression, to dance to beat of your own drummer! Old or young, spry, feeble, or graceful, you can create what agrees with what you (or the intended user) want to wear/carry/have. After all, isn't that the beauty of being able to create?
Oh, and what a thrill it must be to have your own husband design for you (see video below)! For a beautiful fabric like the kind her dress is made of, I would look at Elliott Berman, Rosen & Chadick, NY Elegant, or Metro Textiles.
Lately, I've been getting requests from people who are looking for all different kinds of things. They want fabric to dance in, to decorate something, for certain kinds of parties... I think people are looking for feelings, more than "definitions" of fabric types. So, what i end up doing, if pointing them at stores they might like to look. And I try to give a few choices in different price ranges, so they can determine for themselves which is best for their needs. The stores all have different personalities. Some stores are really tough to shop if you cannot name what you are looking for.
So today, I offer food for thought. If you are like me, clothing is a way to express yourself, to communicate, to enhance your appearance and personal expression, to dance to beat of your own drummer! Old or young, spry, feeble, or graceful, you can create what agrees with what you (or the intended user) want to wear/carry/have. After all, isn't that the beauty of being able to create?
Oh, and what a thrill it must be to have your own husband design for you (see video below)! For a beautiful fabric like the kind her dress is made of, I would look at Elliott Berman, Rosen & Chadick, NY Elegant, or Metro Textiles.
Now for a completely different take on a unique way of dressing...
Note: The following video takes you to some touchy subjects, depending on your point of view, so be forewarned if you aren't comfortable with issues surrounding an honest account of a human being's discoveries and introspective questioning surrounding her own sexuality and appearance.
Having said that, will you take a moment to appreciate the wild patchwork of fabric that makes up her ensemble? To mimic this in any way at all, I would go to Spandex House for the pants fabric, NY Elegant for the shirt fabric, someplace like Chic Fabrics for the main jacket fabric, and someplace like Paron or TruMart for the scarf fabric.
And then, although this is the outfit of my dreams (below), I'd need the attitude, legs and courage to wear it... but then I'd have nowhere to go in it.
Sigh...
The chainmail, if you're thinking about it for yourself, can be found at B&J Fabrics, though, and then, of course, used in countless other ways...
Any of the stores mentioned above can be found on the where to shop list here.
great article as always, thank you Mimi
ReplyDeleteThank you, Toy!
DeleteOh, yeah. I want to be fierce like Grace Jones, too.
ReplyDelete@Bad/Good - We are twins. Above is Tina Turner (which I assume are not questioning, right?), but I have quite a thing for Grace Jones, too! My Pinterest music pins prove it!
ReplyDeleteYes, my bad. I knew that was not Jones, but was fixed on her b/c I've been viewing images of her lately. Fearless.
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