http://www.somelikeithaute.com/2006/04/19/the-new-math-of-one-stop-dressing/ A blog about fashion, shoes and shopping Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:36:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.somelikeithaute.com/2006/04/19/the-new-math-of-one-stop-dressing/#comment-567 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:44:49 +0000 http://www.somelikeithaute.com/2006/04/19/the-new-math-of-one-stop-dressing/#comment-567 omg, what a great site! Thanks for the link. And yes, I think you have me pegged: Obsessive collector. Pack rat. Scary person. That's me! omg, what a great site! Thanks for the link. And yes, I think you have me pegged: Obsessive collector. Pack rat. Scary person. That’s me!

]]> http://www.somelikeithaute.com/2006/04/19/the-new-math-of-one-stop-dressing/#comment-556 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:41:08 +0000 http://www.somelikeithaute.com/2006/04/19/the-new-math-of-one-stop-dressing/#comment-556 I note that you haven't even factored jackets into any of the equations, whether they are PxT or SxT, or just D. J is a consideration, not just C. I am, believe me, all about DxJ, since I look embarrasingly awful in most cardigans. Until the advent of the cropped sweater/shrug, I was cardiganless, because most cardigans merely obliterated my waistline, turning me from an X into a bloated H shape. If you don't already (and you appear not to), go visit Erin at http://www.dressaday.com/dressaday.html! She waxes both philosophical and poetic about dresses. She also waxes darned useful, too. And there are some wonderful patterns available, both vintage and current, that would be well worth your stashing against the Hard Times Ahead. A good bias dress is a wonderful thing to have, and there will be years when no pattern's available. This is important if you like bias dresses and don't give a damn if designers currently are showing them. It's also empowering when you visit the dressmaker, and I bet you're going back, Alex, you've been hooked. The cost of going to the dressmaker is, IMO, reasonable when set off against getting sucked into doing it yourself. This is a friendly warning; I know from what you've written that you are a Yarn Collector and a Bead Collector, because you are a maker-of-things. You <i>do not</i> want to become a Fabric Collector; not in New York, you don't. Where are <i>you</i> going to put 30 Rubbermaid trashcans full of fabric? Better to go to the dressmaker with one treasure in hand. (I suggest that you store your patterns numerically, having extracted them from their paper envelopes and put them in Ziploc bags. You then put the pattern envelopes into sheets in ringbinders, divided into appropriate sections: Dresses, Suits, Skirts, Trousers, etc.; then when you find the design you want to use, you just pluck it from its neat numerical spot in your pattern stash.) I note that you haven’t even factored jackets into any of the equations, whether they are PxT or SxT, or just D. J is a consideration, not just C. I am, believe me, all about DxJ, since I look embarrasingly awful in most cardigans. Until the advent of the cropped sweater/shrug, I was cardiganless, because most cardigans merely obliterated my waistline, turning me from an X into a bloated H shape. If you don’t already (and you appear not to), go visit Erin at http://www.dressaday.com/dressaday.html! She waxes both philosophical and poetic about dresses. She also waxes darned useful, too. And there are some wonderful patterns available, both vintage and current, that would be well worth your stashing against the Hard Times Ahead. A good bias dress is a wonderful thing to have, and there will be years when no pattern’s available. This is important if you like bias dresses and don’t give a damn if designers currently are showing them. It’s also empowering when you visit the dressmaker, and I bet you’re going back, Alex, you’ve been hooked. The cost of going to the dressmaker is, IMO, reasonable when set off against getting sucked into doing it yourself. This is a friendly warning; I know from what you’ve written that you are a Yarn Collector and a Bead Collector, because you are a maker-of-things. You do not want to become a Fabric Collector; not in New York, you don’t. Where are you going to put 30 Rubbermaid trashcans full of fabric? Better to go to the dressmaker with one treasure in hand. (I suggest that you store your patterns numerically, having extracted them from their paper envelopes and put them in Ziploc bags. You then put the pattern envelopes into sheets in ringbinders, divided into appropriate sections: Dresses, Suits, Skirts, Trousers, etc.; then when you find the design you want to use, you just pluck it from its neat numerical spot in your pattern stash.)

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