Bootsie Collins, come in Bootsie……
This is the House of Holland paper plate design contest- all designs must be made out of party tableware and printed with potato block stencils…..Go!
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This shape is good, but the collection just seems so plastic.
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when Amish children go Rumspringa- this is what they wear to blend in!
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Pretty Grievances 
Not a bad collection, love the Amish combo. What a clever silver spiky purse on the last photo! The shoes are darling!
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Oh, that’s a purse? I was wondering what that was!
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Its a superhero purse- for your kryptonite
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It just feels odd and unwieldy to me….
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It kind of looks like they took some designers quilting coordinates prints and sewed them up using a random collection of vogue easy option patterns from the past 10 or so years….and then gave them several coats of lacquer. Not a really inspiring collection.
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Yes!!! So stiff too.
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I actually quite like it, in a mad sorta way…
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Its mad, but wearable?
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I’m trying to get past the fact that there are only a couple of shapes there that would be flattering on me or Ms Average – and those are the bog standards of design, zippered sheath dress and A line dress with short sleeves. I like the colour/print effects, not a fan of big droopy shoulderlines.
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Maybe the blazer, but…..
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I love the fabrics! I’m really not convinced on the designs though – yuk! Maybe I just really like bright colours…!
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Me too- the shapes arent so special
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This looks like paper doll clothing- though I love some of the prints…
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I can almost see the tabs!
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I really like that first blazer/jacket… (ducks) … the whole collection reminds me of the outfits that I made for my Bionic Woman doll.
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Im totally getting a visual of me and a pile of Mothers quilt scraps!
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It does grow on you, I think. I do like some of the shapes. And I like some of the colours. But all together – not so much.
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Its a lot to take in.
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I never thought I would hear you say that!! 😉
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I feel like a failure to my art!
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Umm…Maybe the fashion fabrics weren’t delivered in time and they had to make do from the clearance table at Joann’s?
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A good possibility!
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Or they decided to go paint balling on the way to the runway?
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I got it now! The House of Holland is actually a seasonal fun house Where is the dunk tank?
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Behind that model dressed in the bouncy castle!
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While I find this collection um, weird, strange, plasticy, juvenile, and probably a dozen other adjectives that I am too sleepy still to come up with, I applaud the designer for using a model of colour. A nice from the racially pure (aka white) models that are normally used.
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These models are probably the best part- they arent even too sullen!
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Interesting juxtaposition of pieces that are very fitted and not fitted at all with a bit of a 70’s vibe. I think there’s just too much going on here for me – or maybe it’s just too early in the morning to handle all the bright colors/patterns!
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It may never be late enough in the day for me!
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I might actually wear these! I really like almost all of these outfits! Although, is it just me, or do the clothes look like they’ve been photoshopped on? They don’t look real!
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Maybe thats the plastic vibe I feel-
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There are some nice shapes here, just unfortunate fabric choices. I will shape them up with my excellent taste. *wink wink*
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Oh me too!
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Skip no’s 2, 4 & 5, but otherwise I can see daughter no2 in all of those! Just up her quirky street, without looking too wierd! Love the jacket in the first photo, in a different colour, I’d totally wear that!
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Maybe its just too youthful for this aging debutante!!!
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Not so sure about that last t-shirt statement…
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Me neither!!
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I almost like these but there’s something just a little off about them. The stiff, plastic thing others have mentioned. I think they could be modified to fit a real woman though.
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OK, if I had her figure, I would totally rock out that zipper front dress in the 3rd pic. I also kind of like the crop top (it needs fluffier sleeves, preferably in a coordinating chiffon), though I’d pass on the crazy quilt skirt. I am happy to see designers embrace quilting cottons though, because dammit, the prints are just too cute not to wear sometimes!
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I actually like the crazy quilt skirt, except for it being too skinny. It’s more like a gift wrap than a garment. I like to be able to walk.
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That t-shirt at the end should really say “more money than taste”…which is oddly similar to my dad’s favorite phrase of “more money than brains”. 😉
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They go hand in hand sometimes!
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OMG…actually my favorite, if forced to name one, is the t-shirt. without the printing on it.
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I do like that fabric!
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Well, gosh…I was kind of excited at your title: House of Holland? Surely that would be really exciting. Some of the designs come SO close…but then they’ve sprayed like an entire case of fabric stiffener on one dress and kind of ruined it.. Maybe they were trying to save on model costs by having the clothes walk down the runway on their own? No idea.
Anyway, the buttons are intriguing, the sleeves are just home ec god-awful and yes…potato print seems to about cover it. I will confess to liking the orange and blue combos…but, then I’m a FLORIDA GATOR! 🙂
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I actually really like some of these pieces! If you’ll excuse me, I’m just gonna pin some to my sewing inspiration board now…
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Do it! Get ready for rumspringa!
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Well, I actually like most of what’s here. Some fun ideas to work with 🙂
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I just cant sign off on this- so conflicted!!
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Oh my gosh I want it all! That orange starry jacket and blue starry trousers! That beautifully colourful squarey angley bottom frilly skirty-wirty with the frill that looks like the Little House on the Prairie had an explosion in a paint factory (though the explosions were very linear and not messy at all)……the beauty of this collection is over-powering my ability to make any sense….
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We have a winner!!!
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Hey!! Only Bootsie can be Bootsie. Blasphemy to compare vacuous models to him. I saw George Clinton and P-Funk in concert many, many years ago! A completely religious experience. I cannot describe. Oh, now I have to go listen to some now.
Love all the colours in this collection. Very 70s.
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http://youtu.be/BbkcWo5I_A8 Ahhhhhhhh. 🙂 (Can you imagine Doobie in your funk??????)
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Im so jealous!
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I know!! I’m actually jealous of the younger me, having seen the concert, if that’s even possible.
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Younger me had no idea how much fun I was having!!
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I know!!! I certainly completely thankful for younger me, but now older me is a tad boring in comparison. Sigh.
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