Today we will play “yes,Vogue’ ‘NOVOGUE!’ and try to hint to our pattern company which of these we’d prefer they hacked for us. Ok?
NO, VOGUE!!
Yes, Vogue
Yes, Vogue- come on, it’s interesting and gives you a gut grin!
No, Vogue- wait- does Vogue do window valances?
No Vogue- but you won’t listen to us, will you?
Yes, Vogue- come on, I want a new 80’s rock star duster!
It’s too late, isn’t it? This is already on the next catalog cover, isn’t it?
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Pretty Grievances 
It does seem to me that the pattern companies are beginning to listen. This will be interesting!!!
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I was just strolling thru Fashion week and thought, hmm….
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Nooo – I want the second dress, but I just know they’ll offer all the others… unless…. 😉
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Oh they will definitely want #1- the floral Ghandi romper!
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No need to wait for the pattern. Take an ugly bed sheet and fold in half. Cut a neck hole in the fold. Put over your head and gather the folds into a belt at your waist. Grasp the fabric in front of your crotch and pull it between your legs. Secure with safety pins if desired.
You’re welcome.
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Dont forget to use the Aldo acessory wall very thoughtfully, Ala Tim Gunn!
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‘Gut grin’ I’m still laughing.
And I’m voting with you – go the rock star dust coat. Love it.
Playsuits with elastic leg hems? Hmmmm NOOOOOOOO vogue!
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Oh we would be quite the glimmer twins in our dusters!!!!
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That would be totally cool – accessorised by our little hounds. Are they called dusters because when you swoop & twirl around the house all the dust disappears? If that’s the case, I DEFINITELY need one…
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Ah, stunningly practical are we!
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No more #selflesssewing I say let’s rock #sensiblesewing
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Yes, but with style!
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HAA HAA HAAA! I hear by request that “Yes Vogue, No Vogue,” become a regular thing.
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It was fun!
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The model in the 3rd pic looks a bit like Emily Deschanel. I sort of like that dress. I’d prefer a hint of waistline though.
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I only have a hint of waistline, so thats perfect!
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Horrible stuff. Wonder if they know that vintage patterns have become a healthy industry? Maybe because those clothes are wearable.
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Wearable and so womenly!
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Interesting post! Just to clarify, we don’t actually “hack” any of the Vogue Patterns designer patterns—the designers do not allow us to make modifications to their designs. See this blog post I wrote for further clarification: http://bit.ly/1pAI9fw.
Another point to note is that the designers have a say in which patterns they allow us to license. Not all looks in their collections may be available for reproduction as patterns; it’s up to the individual designers which ones are.
That being said, please do continue to give us feedback on which runway looks you like or don’t like. It’s helpful to our merchandising team. Thanks!
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I used hack incorrectly, tho no derision toward your company implied. I just thought it would be fun to guess and kibbitz over which designs we think we’ll see soon. Thanks for the comments. I guess Im not getting a free pattern now…..?
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Some of us love using and making muslins from nightmare patterns both from the Big 4 and Indies. On my blog it really draws the readers in and comments flow. Seeing real women try to fit into such unflattering baggy, layered parachute and balloon shade fashions can be a hoot until you realize we are being manipulated at a high cost. Too bad we cannot return to the era when patterns flattered women of all sizes and ages…what happened to the teen and Jr miss patterns appropriate for young women and not hoochie mamas? What happened to half size patterns designed for short-waisted older women who lost their waists along the way? Every new season the companies seem to want to shock us with fabric volume and strange poses of anorexic models. Women are sewing better with better machines and taking online classes to improve their skills but it is the pattern companies who let us down with unrealistic styles. I stress to my clients and customers, “It’s not your sewing skills, it is the crap pattern to start with.”
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Oh absolutely!! Hear-Hear!!!
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So… we should start begging Rachel Comey directly for the duster pattern??? 😉
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A grass roots duster campaign!!
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Love it! Although for me they’d all be NOVOGUE! 🙂 I’m interested in seeing you & SewBusyLizzy rocking the sparkly 80’s rockstar duster coats 🙂
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Want to be a crime fighting duster trio??
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Quartet! Quartet!!!
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Welcome to the League of Extraordinary Dusters!!!
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YES
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I smell a gaudy blog tour!
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And who better than us to spearhead that movement?!
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I have a spring duster in the brain pan simmering away. But it will be more Florence and the Machine and less Fat Axl.
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I have Fat Axl pencilled in for myself. I totally serpentine!
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Wait, if I join this crime fighting duster disaster, how many gingers will that make?
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P.S. I really do think this sounds awesome.
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A worthy plan!
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Can’t argue with that!
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Hey, I actually think that last image would make a great dress, with a little neckline alteration. I wonder what we will get from Rachel next time…
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Definitely some interesting things to play with shapes-
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I’m super impressed that McCalls patterns left you a comment. I like the duster best of all – bonus points to the model who doesn’t look quite as bored/embarrassed/pissed off as the others. Perhaps she actually feels comfortable in the outfit they put on her?
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That duster is indeed splendid!
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I’m a little slow to the Wednesday party today, but WHY does the last girl have to hike up her dress to put her hand in her pocket? And here I’m always the one worried how I look posing in my “makes”!
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That last dress really annoys me. From a distance it looks to be a nice silhouette, but on closer inspection it turns out to be a duvet cover with a belt cinched round it. I suppose it could be the ultimate in day to night wear. And why not put pockets on the dress or the duvet cover.
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So you can store crackers to eat in your duvet?
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That seems very inconvenient at the bus stop!!
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