Do wet want some new challenges in August?
How about wearing one non-black neutral per week (whatever is a neutral for you)
How about wearing one non-black neutral per week (whatever is a neutral for you)
2025 Resolution: Shopping my own Bag and SLG Collection
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What you shared is a perfect example of how our talking with each other broadens our perspective. While I really hate having “stuff” around, I’m always inspired by how you up cycle, play with and find romance in your items. Your upcycling is a direct influence on me redesigning my Bvlgari bag - which I can’t WAIT to get back.
I also have been heavily influenced by your transforming items and am now going to get a bag “tattooed”. I found a craftsman who uses tattoo techniques to create stunningly detailed art on shoes and bags. I’m hunting ebay, etc for a preloved bag with a great structure but plain body that I can send to him to make a custom piece.
There is no way either of these projects / future beloved bags would have been mine without you sharing your creativity.
I hope you feel better soon!
This is extremely interesting!
My Mum used to throw everything away. There was no keeping of things for sentimental reasons or their beauty.
I guess I need a collection of high heeled cowgirl boots, because one day the white pair I had at 18 ( they were a present from a friend and my mum hated them) simply disappeared from the house....
Thank you!What you shared is a perfect example of how our talking with each other broadens our perspective. While I really hate having “stuff” around, I’m always inspired by how you up cycle, play with and find romance in your items. Your upcycling is a direct influence on me redesigning my Bvlgari bag - which I can’t WAIT to get back.
I also have been heavily influenced by your transforming items and am now going to get a bag “tattooed”. I found a craftsman who uses tattoo techniques to create stunningly detailed art on shoes and bags. I’m hunting ebay, etc for a preloved bag with a great structure but plain body that I can send to him to make a custom piece.
There is no way either of these projects / future beloved bags would have been mine without you sharing your creativity.
I hope you feel better soon!
I love the idea of a tattoed bag. Your hunting for the perfect " canvas" feels so familiar. That's exactly what I do when I have an idea for painting on a bag. I hope you find the right one, soon!
Stunning! And, I like the comfort of vintage ( though of course a structured bag like this isn’t as cuddly as your evie
@cowgirlsboots , hope you and DS feel better soon. Cannot wait to see your embroidered scribbles on the new to you dress too
Please meet Marla, my new dress.
Quoting the Fight Club book:
" Marla gets up from the kitchen table and she is wearing a sleeveless blue- colored dress made of some shiny material.
" I wanted to show you my new dress," Marla says.
"It's a bridesmaid dress and it's all hand sewn. The Goodwill thrift sold it for one dollar
Somebody did all these tiny stitches just to make this ugly, ugly dress," Marla says.
" Can you believe it?"
The skirt is longer on one side than in the other... ".
This is the first block of text in the skirt. The second block tells about me getting this hand made blue former theater costume, later bridesmaid dress and kids' fancy dress gifted at the fleemarket and making it mine. The inspiration for the floral design is the Miss Dior dress from 1949.
Stunning! I love it. The flowers with stems remind me of some current embroidered lady Dior bags
Thank you!
The flowers with the stems were necessary to cover up a million tramlines in the organza/ cheap taffeta... I didn't have any extra fabric and had to let the seams out.
There's a recent version of the Miss Dior dress using flowers with stems, too. It's featured in the TV ads for the perfume. Only I refuse to admit taking inspo from Maria Grazia.... and am very happy that all the writing in the skirt very much gives the vibe of the original....
The rumor is that MGC iS retiring this year
Remember how I was frustrated with how my YSL Cabas Satchel sagged?
Funny thing: I purchased a bag organizer for my LV Blossom tote. When it came it, it fit well enough but did seem a teeny bit small. I decided to try it in my YSL just to see how I’d need to change the measurements and the features.
Happily, it fit! Some of the features are ones I don’t need (like the water bottle holder) but other than that it works! I’ll just use this for both bags. Win!
Funny thing: I purchased a bag organizer for my LV Blossom tote. When it came it, it fit well enough but did seem a teeny bit small. I decided to try it in my YSL just to see how I’d need to change the measurements and the features.
Happily, it fit! Some of the features are ones I don’t need (like the water bottle holder) but other than that it works! I’ll just use this for both bags. Win!
Well done! Fortunate that the seam allowances were generous enough to allow for alteration. Even better that with so much seaming, a little bit here and little bit there, gets you where you need to be. The flowers really make it! I love this.
signed - a lifelong seamstress
@cowgirlsboots The dress looks beautiful on you!
Talking of sewing, I’m so looking forward to Paris Haute Couture week, which starts this week (Jan 27th).
A lifetime away, in my 20’s I used to receive tickets to the Chanel client’s show and fly to Paris and go to rue Cambon in the 1990’s with my hand signed ticked, it was so exciting.
I would only buy one piece, but I would tick off all of the pieces I liked -the rich clients would tick off Everything they wanted to order!
Mme Rivière was as charming to me as everybody else..
Afterwards I tried on the catwalk models, which were too big.
This week, in another life, I’ll just be watching on my iPad, downloading all of the shows, ordering nothing!
Then on 6th February New York Fashion week for Fall Winter 2025/26 begins..
My resolution is going to get triskier than it has been in January,especially when fresh summer clothes come in..11 weeks is a long time..
Talking of sewing, I’m so looking forward to Paris Haute Couture week, which starts this week (Jan 27th).
A lifetime away, in my 20’s I used to receive tickets to the Chanel client’s show and fly to Paris and go to rue Cambon in the 1990’s with my hand signed ticked, it was so exciting.
I would only buy one piece, but I would tick off all of the pieces I liked -the rich clients would tick off Everything they wanted to order!
Mme Rivière was as charming to me as everybody else..
Afterwards I tried on the catwalk models, which were too big.
This week, in another life, I’ll just be watching on my iPad, downloading all of the shows, ordering nothing!
Then on 6th February New York Fashion week for Fall Winter 2025/26 begins..
My resolution is going to get triskier than it has been in January,especially when fresh summer clothes come in..11 weeks is a long time..
I hope you are both feeling better. My Dad is like your Mom , he just throws everything out or gives it away. It used to drive me crazy.
My sister is like that. Absolutely no sense of sentimentality. After my parents died, she donated or threw away nearly everything before I had a chance to ask for anything.
IMO - either extreme is a sign of mental health problems. Someone who can’t feel sentimentality to the point of throwing out what others love is just as in need of “help” as someone who is a true hoarder.
I think the big issue is when someone else’s approach to material items infringes upon another’s happiness. My mother is not only hoarder but also keeps things filthy. My dad tried to clean but he was building a business while working full time. When I turned about 7 or 8, I took over washing all of our clothes and keeping the kitchen as clean as I could. But my mother always did her best to pile and dirty things up.
Many years later when she retired (my father had died long before), I brought her into our home and gave her a freshly constructed suite with a bedroom, full bath, sitting room and kitchenette. Despite us having weekly housekeeping and me going in every few days to try to keep things on track, her rooms were always crowded, disheveled and filled with odor. On a scale of 1-10, I’m an 8.5 or 9 on the neat / clean scale so it drove me bananas. Now I realize she is simply a narcissist who is also a hoarder. It gave her some bizarre glee to keep my father and then me unhappy with living spaces. Ultimately, after 7 miserable years of her causing chaos in a myriad of ways, I had to move her out.
Bottom line - my point is that people have a range emotional relationships with things. For me, my things have to serve or bring joy to my family and me otherwise they frustrate me. For some, their control of things (hoarding or eliminating) can be used as a weapon. You wouldn’t think that “stuff” could hold so much power - but it can.