Style.com didn’t give this collection alot of love- I see a lot of shapes that look like vintage womens sportswear mixed with fabrics that don’t give. 
Maybe I’m just dismissive because dropwaist and I are not good friends. I like the unfussiness-
This one looks like a school dress from a Deanna Durbin movie. You know, the Facetasm collection has me thinking every 5th model is a man in drag- there are some strong chins here….
Does this scream job interview as the Jokers personal assistant? Or just Deniro at Studio 54….
This double skirted business intrigues me- but….these fabrics seem not quite right.
Are the yellow pythons the ones that give you malaria? Psst- I did that to my bangs once. Mother was quite angry.
Oh, I came thru the 80’s once, I will never wear a jacket like that again, not even if he is the head of the chess club and I am freezing at the pep ralley.
Your thoughts?
photo credits: style.com
I weep with hilarity at ever one of these posts! 🙂 Doesn’t this give you hope as a home dressmaker when even the “professionals” get it so wrong?!?!?!?!
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I had high hopes when I saw the interesting hip girdly business, but nothing else showed the same promise for me…the hems are well done, right?
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I think so…but hard to tell with the fabric drape…or lack thereof! So near and yet….
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I would call this… when Shirtdresses Go Bad…
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You are shying away from commenting on the suit- you are wearing it right now arent you? Oh dear, I hope you arent offended!
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Alas – busted. My secret is out!! The hoodie was a mere ploy to confuse you!
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Dont try too hard, I arrive pre-confused! In another color and fabric- ok, Im trying to say you’d look fab in a suit, but not the Marvel comics clerical collection!
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I haven’t worn a trouser suit in years! Though it would be fun I don’t think I could bear the pain of actually sewing it!
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You know my 2012 resolution to make pants ended when I considered my lifestyle- no suit making for me either!
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It’s funny I always wore trousers and a fitted shirt to work pre kids. Now I only wear dresses… I think it’s more about being time poor and not having to bother with coordination or ironing though!!!
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Arrgh, ironing is for garment construction only, I like the dryer to whip it to a wearable state for me after that!
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*whisper* back when I bought clothes… I used to scrunch test them in the shop. If they failed… no sale…
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I taught the husband that trick- he does it with much relish now!
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We married wild men
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We probably should register them….
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A microchip at the very least.
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I’ll check with the vet- we may be due for a discount….
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Well, nothing much to long for this week. Do like the pale yellow “color” but not the bathrobe itself. Sad to say, DeNiro after a Tribeca showing is my favorite if I had to choose. Happy Wednesday!!
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I totally had you pegged for malarial python! Isnt that what the Belton hipsters are sporting?
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My mistake…wrong caption, wrong take. Actually I like the double breasted, I was just thinking DeNiro in drag. No way would I wear the shiny blue pants suit. and yes actually, the early AM Hardees crowd does seem to favor python prints!!
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Python just goes anywhere, doesnt it?
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Was this acceptable in the 80’s?The 80’s were that bad ha?
Photo 1.Everything here is so wrong, the ill fitting shoulders,the shoes? is it a shirtdress? a shirt? a dress?
As Michael Kors would say- SHE LOOKS LIKE A STRIPPER IN DUBAI!
Touché
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Oh, you must bring Mr Kors with you to any party I host, you two will keep it lively and well documented!
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Just ugly and uninteresting. All that was needed was a few bad perms thrown in. I’m with Style, not a lot of love here at all. I’m going to go into a corner, grab a dog and quietly flashback by myself thank you….
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I went to a very uptight school in the 80’s and these dresses are giving me awful flashbacks to the shapeless dropwaist horrors they felt promoted the right level of modesty- I may need to wrap up in sheer animal prints today to excorsize the baggy demons!
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Ha! I knew those shirtdresses had been in my wardrobe before. Schoolwear, bought to grow into, waistline drooping three inches and hems to match. Truly, a timeless style.
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Timelessly unflattering on me!
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yes, first model is defo a guy thought initially that’s what the post was about. But no the biggest howler is that hose down fabric. I tried having a look at the background to try and get some info as to where this was going but looks like a crack den. Its all over the place, very odd – thanks for sharing – I think?!
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The background to me looks like one of those services that clean up after a particularly grisly slaying has arrived to start their day- lots of chemicals back there, maybe some drop clothes. Good times!
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There a couple of design ideas here actually. I love the belt idea on the first dress and I also like the snakeskin jacket. Would have loved to have seen your attempt at hair styling. I can actually show pictures that would make you bust a gut!!! Oh, the good ol days!
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The belt drew me in, then they just started slapping it on alot of the pieces and I got over it- the first one with some serious fitting could be doable- if I were able to erase the picture of lots of girls running around a gymnasium as Sister Mary Mergatroyd encouraged,’ Breathe and run, girls, fill your lungs with the spirit!’
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I definitely like the double-skirted blue one, but that’s the only one. I really, truly thought that the model in the first picture was a man. I had to scroll back up to double-check.
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She looks like one of the Ramones!
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You are messing with me. It is not fair. It is morning. It is Tuesday not Wednesday. Bad sewist, very very bad sewist. Go to your room and think about what you have done.
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Good Lord! I would like to say for the record that I blame SDD- seasonal defective disorder……
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Actually… (Should I be embarrassed to say this?) these are not really bad. Well, the first one is a mess and the second one needs a cami or shell or something underneath. I like the style of the brown one but the colors seem a bit wrong. I’m not a man-suit type of gal but the purple suit is okay on someone else. The double skirted purple… not sure. The yellow python outfit… I love it except that I would prefer long pants or a skirt.
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It just feels like we need to work too hard to like these!
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I laugh out loud every time you post these things! What were they thinking?? 😀 I mean the only one I think is ok is the brown/tan/orange one, but not in those horrideous colours! :s
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But it does scream Nancy Drew sportswear, doesnt it?
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omg, yes!! 😀
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I like the deep blues, but the fabric is too stiff.
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It’s like al of it was made out of old Members only jackets….eek!
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The only one that could have any chance of being worn by me would by that leather bodiced dress, but even that looks uncomfortable and stiff. Seriously, people! We like being comfortable! I don’t understand those designers that think you need to suffer for fashion. No thanks – I’ll stay with my jersey dresses and sweatpants.
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How can it be so baggy and yet so uncomfortable looking??
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goodnight. if tall, thin models don’t look good in these clothes, no one will!
i do dig the belted shirtdress/coat item, though you’re right – the fabrics are all wrong.
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Those man/models are swimming in creepy fabric!
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I just cannot get over the poor fit on all of this. The scale and proportion are just so wrong. How sad. and what do we call this silhouette?
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Is it….school marm grunge? I think you could pull that 1st one right up and off the model if you grasped the shoulder pads…
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i’m just hoping those are fake bangs and that they didn’t really do that to the models’ hair.
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and i wish it was wednesday already!
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Psst- I think tomorrow may be ‘Groundhogs day’ for me- I demand a wednesday do over!
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The clothes look so stiff and uncomfortable. I’m definitely not putting these on my sewing list.
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Just scratchy looking!
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OMG! I had a purple 80s suit JUST LIKE THAT ONE at the end of high school! It was trendy and perfect for work and I loved the colour. *jaw dropped in shock* I can’t believe it’s walking around …. again! I can’t believe I actually wore something like that!!!!
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You trendsetter!!!
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Usually I’m very opinionated, but I simply have no words for this collection. But there are definitely a couple of men in this show–no female model would be able to get way with that chin!
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God wouldnt give a gal that chin- too cruel!
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These clothes are awful. Shapeless, unflattering and dreadful colours.
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Blech all around.
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The one in yellow must be. Still can’t distract from the designs though.
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I know my Mother made me wear that dress back in the 80’s!!
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Is that first model Marc Bouwer?????
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Oh, gees, it could be!!!
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Yeah, what the hell is going on here?? None of it is really good design; the colors seem way off; and the fabrics and prints are head scratchers. I haven’t seen anything this disastrous since the sewing unit in 7th grade home ec class where 98% of the class was forced to sew and this is the kind of things that were turned out.
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It made me nostalgic for my home ec teacher too….
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