Check out this dress on eBay -- it's a Suzy Perette with a pattern of squirrels and acorns. Yep, squirrels and acorns -- how perfect for fall, right? But I can't say it any better than the seller does:
Do not tell yourself that you are uninterested in a dress with a squirrel and acorn print because you are clearly not being honest with yourself.
Sing it, sister!
The dress is B38/W26, and it's about $22 right now (that last is subject to change; this is eBay we're talking about). Just admit that you want it. Be honest.
Thanks to Lisa for the link!
I want it! I want it!I also want a 26-inch waist!Meanwhile, off topic--have you seen the LED-lit sleeveless top in Craft: 01? It's totally pretty, unlike the pong dress. I think it would look great (albeit on a Lady of Minimal Rack) with a full skirt attached. (The article is available as a PDF.)craftzin
Posted by: Anonymous | 10/12/2006 at 07:42 AM
I want it! I want it!I also want a 26-inch waist!Meanwhile, off topic--have you seen the LED-lit sleeveless top in Craft: 01? It's totally pretty, unlike the pong dress. I think it would look great (albeit on a Lady of Minimal Rack) with a full skirt attached. (The article is available as a PDF
Posted by: Anonymous | 10/12/2006 at 07:45 AM
Squirrels and acorns-tres cute!!! Great dress- but I can't figure out what it is hanging on? Headless floating body??????
Posted by: Katie | 10/12/2006 at 09:18 AM
Oh. My. Goodness. I have that exact dress (sans label, and net underskirt) sitting in inventory, (waiting for it to be closer to Thanksgiving) in ecru white, instead of gray. It really is the sweetest thing on the planet. She's right- anyone who doesn't covet a dress full of acorns and squirrels, is a few nuts short of a full load. ;)
Posted by: Monica | 10/12/2006 at 09:52 AM
"A Lady of Minimal Rack" - that's a good one. And the seller of that dress is a hoot, too - I read the descriptions of all of her items; she sounds like a staunch character. I think I would like her just from her stuff.But that squirrel dress really tops it (too bad I'm not a Lady of Minimal Waistage). And I love that it's gray and not brown (though I also love brown), even though it's squirrels and acorns (I'm with you, Erin, on the yellow hearts and blue roses and purple lemurs issue.) (And I know, there ARE grey squirrels, but I've never seen a fully gray acorn.) I don't know what happened to me, whether it's because I don't live in the Big City anymore or whether it's because I'm older, or what, but grey and brown are my new black. I'm so happy it's cool enough to start wearing my grey wool items again!
Posted by: Nora | 10/12/2006 at 09:59 AM
It's silvery gray. It has a print that's both subtle and eccentric. It starts at a sensible bid. (take note other vintie sellers) Yes, Erin, you said it...perfect!
Posted by: Anonymous | 10/12/2006 at 10:11 AM
Katie said... Squirrels and acorns-tres cute!!! Great dress- but I can't figure out what it is hanging on? Headless floating body?????? Really, Katie, it's all about the dress. Some sellers think a manni or model, backdrop or photoshop makes the listing, but it doesn't. It merely makes the seller bump up the asking price. But hey look, THIS one is on dressaday ;)
Posted by: Anonymous | 10/12/2006 at 10:21 AM
Now that's marketing!I would have loved the dress anyway.
Posted by: S. | 10/12/2006 at 10:43 AM
Now there's an eccentric pattern I like! Yesterday's entry was slapstick humor compared to today's subtle insider joke. It's my size. It's mine!
Posted by: Anonymous | 10/12/2006 at 11:19 AM
I just want the fabric so I can make something that would fit me. I'll bet somewhere out there in this wide world there is a bolt of squirrel fabric waiting to be rediscovered.
Posted by: Robinson | 10/12/2006 at 11:34 AM
Yikes! I could have worn that dress in 1963!
Posted by: Ladygrande (Texas Marie) | 10/12/2006 at 12:02 PM
It's always fun to do ebay searches with odd words....squirrel being a word likely to turn up an odd assortment of funky stuff. My favourite skirt in the 70's was a corderoy wrap skirt printed with monkeys cavorting in the trees. I made the skirt of course. Most cheery on a grey day!
Posted by: Pamela | 10/12/2006 at 12:46 PM
38" bust, 26" waist -- yipes! Time to haul out the steel-boned corset!Great dress, otherwise.
Posted by: Gidget Bananas | 10/12/2006 at 02:31 PM
Love this fabric! I'll bet the dress is really great on a body. The fabric is a bit of a surprise for the Suzy Perette company...the cut is pure Perette, though. Brocade or damask squirrel--now there's a word combo I'd have never put together for an eBay search.
Posted by: lucitebox | 10/12/2006 at 03:33 PM
I can honestly say I am not as much interested in the squirrel & acorn pattern as I am in the color. That gray is one of my favorite shades, and would perfectly match my cat (who could shed on it to her heart's content).
Posted by: Minya, Warrior Seamstress | 10/12/2006 at 05:29 PM
I love the color of this dress. Gray is one of my favorite colors. Same color as my blue dutch bunny. My waist is to big tho. I want a 26 inch waist.
Posted by: Floridaprincess | 10/12/2006 at 11:45 PM
Erin, this is the most beautiful dress I have ever seen. Unfotunately it might have fitted me when I was ten. (My mother, thin as a reed when I was a child, had had to diet to get into her 26-in-waist wedding dress - which, needless to say, no one has ever worn since. Some bargain!)
Posted by: Ms Baroque | 10/13/2006 at 01:44 AM
MinaW, I went over to your blog and posted comments twice - they seem to have gone Poof! into the ether. First, I LOVE your floral sprigs and scrolls - medieval and Renaissance patterns are my favorites!Second, I'm not entirely sure which shoulder seam adjustments you refer to; I've posted so much on Erin's blog, it's hard to keep track! (MsAgnostic, go back to the Mizrahi post for followup information on reaching PayPal.) Is it the short bustpoint alterations that are made in kimono-sleeved dresses and jackets? Because those would be Erin's. I am Long Bust Point woman (and not as Native American as that sounds). But if you have alteration questions, and I can help, I will, very gladly.
Posted by: La BellaDonna | 10/13/2006 at 02:39 PM
Sigh. I would need to be tightly corseted to get a 26" waist, unfortunately. But I love the dress, and in my own size I'd buy it in a minute. Gray! Which I've discovered I look good in! And squirrels! I am honest. I want squirrels and acorns on a party dress.
Posted by: Rose | 10/14/2006 at 11:21 AM
I'm not sure even a corset would bring me down to a 26" waist, but that is quite a classy looking dress, but still fun!
Posted by: SDMC | 10/14/2006 at 11:36 AM
Come to think of it, I didn't have squirrels (too bad, as I love squirrels), but at least I did have acorns on a party dress. I had made a purple velvet Cavalier dress as a practice dress for my wedding dress, and I embroidered the bodice with a scrolling pattern of oak leaves and acorns in gold thread. So I would definitely be in line for the squirrel and acorn brocade. *Whimper* I had a 23" waist when I wore my wedding dress. But that was more than two decades ago, and it's not 23" these days.
Posted by: La BellaDonna | 10/16/2006 at 09:05 AM