Such Great Heights
Anthropologie actually calls this the Great Heights Shift, so they are to blame for the instant earworm I just gave you, not me. Honest. (Anyone earwormed with the Iron & Wine version? Raise your hand in the comments.)
Eirlys sent me the link to this dress (I'm pretty sure -- Eirlys, was that you?) and I've been a-thinkin' about it something fierce. Not that I will buy this dress, because (given the reviews) it probably wouldn't fit me very well, but because I love this fabric. Love. It. So I keep thinking of ways to get me some. Like, "calling Anthropologie headquarters, tracking down
Completely unrelated: I found an awesome new (old) word for "someone who sews": sewster. You're welcome.
Labels: Anthropologie, prints
posted by Erin @ 6:00 AM
38 Comments:
At Feb 4, 2010 7:03:00 AM,
beangirl said…
OK first off, this suggestion necessitates several prerequirements that may or may not seem completely whackadoodle to you but:
could you reproduce this fabric (or close to this) yourself and have it printed ala Spoonflowering it?
Obviously this would require an ability (and willingness) to draw. It's possible stalking- er- begging the manufacturer would be more feasable.
At Feb 4, 2010 7:47:00 AM,
Joni said…
Sorry but my earworm is of the Postal Service variety - for me it's Ben Gibbard or nothing, but YMMV.
This dress reminds me of that book that was, like, a cross-country drive and you read it and it's a day landscape and then you turn it upside down and it's the night landscape. The drawings were all black-and-white like this and it was a very popular book when I was in elementary school in the 80s. Anyone remember what that book was called?
At Feb 4, 2010 7:54:00 AM,
bridget said…
While it's certainly not exactly the same, I have a fat quarter of a print called "City Limits" seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539359@N03/2219623774
from a shop in Toronto called The Workroom. It's all black background and is a little more whimsical than the Anthropologie one, but at least it's fabric available for sale to the general public!
And yes, Iron and Wine, in my head all day now... :)
At Feb 4, 2010 8:25:00 AM,
Sal said…
IMMEDIATELY with the Iron & Wine.
At Feb 4, 2010 8:26:00 AM,
sarah said…
I love sewster!! Much better than sewist. And anything is better than sewer.
As for the fabric -- I wonder if there's any way to find out where their remnants go? Otherwise, yeah spoonflower...
At Feb 4, 2010 8:44:00 AM,
Nathalie said…
I absolutely love skyscraper/ city fabrics and must admit to owning quite a few. eQuilter have a slightly abstract one which I really like (although for some reason, haven't succumbed to yet), sadly it doesn't have the great border - http://equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=111693&sid=93LKiA2Sa2aP0MF-28110380368.37 -
At Feb 4, 2010 8:54:00 AM,
Lisa Simeone said…
Erin, isn't this similar to that fab CityQuilter.com fabric you showed us a few months ago, in their "Olde New York" and "NYC" series? Here's the link (sorry it's so long -- I still stink at that HTML thing):
http://secure.netsolhost.com/191487.194242/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CQO&Category_Code=FQNY
At Feb 4, 2010 9:11:00 AM,
AEBL said…
I love the fabric up close!
However, from afar, it's kinda creepy. Does anyone else feel like they are looking at a giant snaggle toothed mouth when viewing the dress from afar?
Then again, maybe that's due to the dinosaur related homework I was helping my DD with last night.
At Feb 4, 2010 9:47:00 AM,
Jen said…
Sewster?
Do they were fedoras, black pinstriped suits and two-tone wing tips when they sew?
At Feb 4, 2010 9:47:00 AM,
becky f. said…
I loved this dress, too, when I saw it on anthro's site -- good luck with the great fabric search!
And I wanted to say thanks for the non-earworm, since I don't think I'd heard the song before (but it's -- well, *they're* -- great, so I'm glad I have now)!
At Feb 4, 2010 9:59:00 AM,
lise said…
Postal Service for me, though I have the Iron & Wine version on my iPod too.
At Feb 4, 2010 10:32:00 AM,
Sarah said…
Oh wow! This dress makes me wish I knew how to screen print. Actually, a lot of clothing I see make me wish I could create prints.
@Lisa Simeone:
Holy cow I LOVE the NYC subway fabrics! They're fabulous. I don't even live in NYC and I'd love to make something from them. Too cool.
At Feb 4, 2010 10:42:00 AM,
BreeAsInTheTown said…
I love this dress! Makes me wanna spoonflower the fabric!
As for the Iron & Wine version of Such Great Heights, I walked down the aisle at my wedding to that version as played by my nephew.
At Feb 4, 2010 10:53:00 AM,
Kiki von Tiki said…
If you're in the LA area, you can go to the garment disctrict and probably find a bolt of that fabric. I've found stuff there that was the previous season's retail remnants.
At Feb 4, 2010 1:30:00 PM,
AngelaBeth said…
Dress is gorgeous! And..
*raises hand* Such Great Heights Iron & Wine cover since 2006. :) LOVE IT.
At Feb 4, 2010 3:52:00 PM,
Stephanie in Kansas said…
At thefind.com, on elkabee fabric paradise, there's some fabric that's awful darn close. Sometimes close isn't good enuf, but it was fun to look for it anyway. We don't have buildings that high in Kansas.:o)
At Feb 4, 2010 4:47:00 PM,
Serendipity Handmade said…
Awesome word...I think I like "sewster" better than "sewist" too! I hope you put it in Wordnik!
At Feb 4, 2010 7:00:00 PM,
lucitebox said…
I was browsing the comments on the Anthropologie site. I couldn't understand why someone would buy this dress (with a cityscape print!) and write this:
CONS: "design looks like a city lanscape
"While I like the fit of this dress, I can't move beyond feeling like I'm wearing a black/white picture of buildings. Felt like I was advertising the San Francisco skyline or something. Aesthically I'm going to pass on this one."
It sounds like the fit and the quality is not so great. I'm on the fence with this print and believe me, I love novelty prints.
At Feb 4, 2010 7:00:00 PM,
lucitebox said…
I was browsing the comments on the Anthropologie site. I couldn't understand why someone would buy this dress (with a cityscape print!) and write this:
CONS: "design looks like a city lanscape
"While I like the fit of this dress, I can't move beyond feeling like I'm wearing a black/white picture of buildings. Felt like I was advertising the San Francisco skyline or something. Aesthically I'm going to pass on this one."
It sounds like the fit and the quality is not so great. I'm on the fence with this print and believe me, I love novelty prints.
At Feb 4, 2010 9:04:00 PM,
Kristen said…
strange, I would think one would buy the dress BECAUSE of the city scape feel...
love love.
Sewster! Awesome!
At Feb 4, 2010 9:17:00 PM,
Alyssa said…
You can always make your own here:
http://www.visionbedding.com/Fabric/Cityscape.php
At Feb 4, 2010 9:59:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
I thought the same thing Joni! I have that book in my classroom (I think) but I don't remember the title either. darn!
JenL
At Feb 5, 2010 12:03:00 PM,
Lizzie said…
This dress is part of Anthropologie's Vera Neumann collection. Maybe the Vera Company would have the info about the fabric. I think we ought to bug them about producing Vera fabrics anyway!
http://www.theveracompany.com/index.php
At Feb 5, 2010 2:44:00 PM,
itsheknits said…
You could stalk the Anthropologie sale page and try to get it in a ginormous size, then you could size it to fit your dimensions. I've done that with Thrift Store dresses... when you just know you'll never come across that fabric again and can't live without it even though there is no way that 22W muu-mu is going to work.
At Feb 5, 2010 10:38:00 PM,
Theresa said…
umm there is a store in Harrisonburg Va, Ragtime Fabrics that buys remnants of fabric from the NY Fashion district. You can google them.
At Feb 5, 2010 11:25:00 PM,
Marcia said…
Iron and Wine.
Though it didn't come up until you said "earworm" and I had to go back and figure out what you were referring to
At Feb 6, 2010 3:21:00 PM,
indigotangerine said…
such an awesome print! I'm sure you already know about this, but I found your blog through the book Breakfast at Bloomingdales, where it was mentioned. Just figured I'd pass that on in case you somehow hadn't heard about it.
-indigo
At Feb 7, 2010 6:18:00 AM,
Bec said…
I didn't even realize there was anything other than the Postal Service version of Such Great Heights.
OMG, love the City Limits print. I must have it! Hee.
AEBL, you are not the only one, I see giant creepy teeth, too. In my case, I see Venom from Spiderman and not dinosaur teeth.
At Feb 7, 2010 1:30:00 PM,
Pinup Dresses said…
Reminds me of a New York City skyline circle skirt I passed up at the Miami Vintage Show. Boo :( What was I thinking??
At Feb 7, 2010 9:14:00 PM,
Kayjayoh said…
Iron & Wine is the version I know.
At Feb 9, 2010 4:02:00 AM,
Louise said…
Very, very cool.
At Feb 9, 2010 10:27:00 AM,
j.b. said…
Definitely Iron and Wine. I LOVE that version. They're a great band. Love, love, love. :)
At Feb 10, 2010 12:12:00 AM,
Anonymous said…
In CBS's magazine (is it called Watch?), a few months ago, they had a blond starlet -- maybe Kaley Cuoco -- in a black and white dress with a cityscape on it, and she had a matching cape in basically the reverse of the pattern. I liked the picture enough to clip it out, but I can't find the picture online.
At Feb 10, 2010 8:57:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
Okay the book is called "Round Trip" by Ann Jonas and I did have it in my classroom library :)
JenL
At Feb 10, 2010 11:06:00 PM,
Rainy Daisy said…
hand=raised. eye=caught. wallet=empty? There must be fabric similar to this out there....
At Feb 10, 2010 11:54:00 PM,
Sarah said…
the iron & wine version of ANYTHING is complete love.
At Feb 21, 2010 10:30:00 AM,
Eirlys said…
Ah, yes, it was me, Erin. Sorry to be so slow replying - I've been snoozing at the back of the auditorium.
Love the fabric and hope you've located a secret stash of it at a bargain price. Agree with the commenter who said this pattern really makes you want to learn screen-printing.
Yes, "sewster" is a great epithet. At the risk of being a sewster-boaster, I've been using it for a year or so (proof: hhtp://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=5793&post=62420&uid=30565087588#post62420). Particularly adorable that it rhymes with "toaster". Word freaks and limerick fans may also like to know that there's a homonym location in Northamptonshire, UK: "Towcester". Any sewsters from Towcester want to step forward?
At Mar 3, 2010 4:13:00 AM,
Liz said…
Just saw someone wearing this dress at OUP, Oxford and it is indeed fabulous (and I made sure to tell her that)!
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