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Thank you for the adress , it was interesting to see several cloth Moebious , 2 with sleeves !!! Many of the details are nice , not sooooo prcatical mirjam

Oh I don't know, what about the dress with the spine up the front? Could come in handy with an extra spine now and then ;-)

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I thought most of those outfits did not fit very well and If I saw someone walking down the street in that backward jacket I probably would laugh till I hurt.

Elaine

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singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.comhttp://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/> > I thought most of those outfits did not fit very well and If I saw> someone walking down the street in that backward jacket> I probably would laugh till I hurt.>

Makes me wonder what's left for Halloween.

When I look at the fashion pages in colour supplements of newspapers the models in those photo shoots also look supremely bored whatever the clothing is like. Why do editors think that sort of presentation makes the garments attractive?

Lizzy

Dear Friends,

I taught fashion design for 25 years, and one of the reasons I was glad to retire was that the students were no longer interested in quality and good workmanship. Make it fast, wear it one season, chuck it. I was really frustrated by the time my last graduation came around. And the sad thing is, the only kids who actually "made it" in the industry were the ones who did quality work. Now they're so lazy they want to use commercial patterns and just tweak them a bit instead to learning good, solid design. I declined to judge after I left because I would have been muttering to myself before I was finished.

Teri

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OTOH, many of those things made the stick girls look pregnant. i can't imagine anyone going for that look on purpose. if they make those girls look fat, can you imagine what they'd look like on normal bodies? lee

Sad, when designers have to make the models look like freaks to detract attention from their horrible designs. I cannot imagine an YSL or Dior show looking like that.

Beverly

Blase. They're all just so hip and sophisticated, you know.

I remember my late mother and her friends moaning the same when the BALOON puffed up hair does came into being !!! i think it was the early 1960s....I remember a girl who put so much Spary into her hair , that she didn`t want to remake it .` wore` it for several days , and an insect got caught in her Hair ,,,,,,brrrrr mirjam

Or maybe downright miserable?

If they're wearing some of those getups, they certainly are!

That's interesting. It also shows up my lack of real-life experinces, haven't seen a newspper supplement since the 70s! The models in the damn and unsolicited 'fashion' catalogues I'm sent are always grinning.

And thin - even in 'larger sizes' ranges.

No idea.

And I've no idea why fashion gurus talk about size 16 as 'for the more endowed woman'. I'm happy to have got down to size 18, 16 is my next goal and I'll consider myself slim then!

Mary

Well, it IS a boring job, I wouldn't get out of bed to do it :-)

Mary

Thanks for that insight, Teri,

Mary

Not even for $10,000 a day ? :-)

Lizzy

No. I don't need it and wouldn't feel I'd earned it - it's immoral!

I'm the same about tv, having spent some time on sets I don't think I'd ever do it again - at any price. Life's too short to waste hours under lights for half a minute of transmission. Or, once, twenty fours hours for five minutes even on National Japanese television.