just fyi ...

I think I have mentioned here that I'm running this conference, but I don't know if I mentioned that I'm also blogging about it on my OTHER blog, Dictionary Evangelist.

So if I don't manage to post here tomorrow, that's because I'm busily posting over there. Don't worry, I'll come back .... but in the meantime, feel free to check out Something Completely Different!

Oh, and enjoy this eye candy, courtesy Nora Needles ... click on the image to visit the eBay auction.

Comments

[Ms. Laaw-yuhr]

Gosh, two blogs! You are just too talented.

[DazzLynn!]

YAAAAY! Finally something that will fit my curvy figure. I LOVE this dress!!!!!

[G.L.H.]

Love the dress, but couldn't get away with drawing that much attention to my nether regions...Thanks for sharing the dress-love.

[sondra]

I gasped aloud with admiration when I saw this dress. I was relieved of the passion to own it only because it isn't my size, nor near enough to alter. I would love to see it made, whoever buys it!

[Anonymous]

good luck with the conference, you delightful dictionary addict. get those neologists to come up with some words thesaurus-style to describe dresses like this one. i'd call it the DoubleTakebut i think that word's taken already

[Anonymous]

ooh, that dress is AWESOME. ;) *heads over to other blog, as is also a dictionary-lover* I love this blog. ~shelle

[Theresa]

That is the most flattering dress. I love the details. I would love to see it in stripes.

[Heather Outside Boston]

Ooh, how about 2 colorways of the same print?

[Anonymous]

This dress is jaw-droppping, drop dead gorgeous. I only wish I still had a waistline. This makes me want to cry.

[xstpenguin]

I LOVE this dress, the panel lines are so unusual. I think you could even set a pocket into the upper edge of the skirt panel. And the stripes, oh the stripes, genius!Would it look as nice with a more, ahem, lumpen waist? I had a friend of mine take a look, she is always very ho-hum about the dresses, but THIS one she loved!Hope the conference is going well.

[theresa]

xstpenguin,I think it would widdle the lumpen waist.

[Anonymous]

I thought I'd try to brazenly plagerize this dress using my sloper, as the bidding price on the pattern was getting too steep and it wasn't my size anyway. The main drawing looks a bit twisted, but surely that was the original illustration, right? Well, after going through my sketchs of the steps needed to rotate the darts and add fullness to the skirt etc., I ended up with a face-on view... that looks slightly twisted. As if the shoulders are turning one way and the hips the other.So, xstpenguin, this would create "the illusion of a waist", as they say on W.N.T.W, but you'd just look as though you were always turning around to look at something just over your right shoulder.

[xstpenguin]

I asked the ebay seller, this pattern is a Marian Martin. This is not a brand I know anything about. I googled it, but just came up with items for sale.Anyone got a source to find out more about the designers of these lovely old dresses?

[Anonymous]

Love it but come on, what human has those proportions? I mean that looks like a 14" waist if the bust is a 34. Those wasp-waisted 50's and 60's!!!

[ambika]

I love how this looks especially with the stripes going in two directions. So cute!

[fashionhause]

Yes,It's so cute!!I love it!!

[Kaylea]

Cute indeed! I wonder if you could avoid the "emphasis" of the seam by shifting it up a bit. The current position does remind me a bit of the current "words across your behind" style of shorts and jeans that people are wearing. (And, welcome to my neck of the woods -- I hope UC folks are treating you right.)

[Nanette]

The bodice could be fun to wear, but don't think it would flatter most women below the waist, what with that horizontal seam line right across the caboose.

[Anonymous]

This IS a darling dress, but am I missing something? If the stripes are to be believed, then one of the sleeve fronts is cut on the bias and the other is cut on the grain. Which means they couldn't both hang the same way, could they? Could they really be identical? I suppose the back, cut on the straight of grain, could act as a stabilizing force. I love the skirt (and I've got a big caboose). For some reason, I get the strong feeling that it's flattering.