Wednesday 16 May 2012

In Dangerously Tassled Territory

I'm having a pretty intense love affair with fringing at the moment... It could quite possibly be getting out of control.  Especially when we're talking about fluorescent orange fringing and stretch denim... It wreaks of tacky cowgirl.  But it feels amazing!!


Yet another of my beloved pencil skirts (see previous variations here, here & here), this one was made from some scraps of dark stretch denim (found on eBay for a pittance), upon which I stitched rows of the 6" deep fringing.

The denim is a major first for me, not only have I never sewed with denim before but I think I may have actually once upon a time vowed never to wear/own/look at a denim skirt.  Nothing against denim skirts, I've just never liked the cut-off jeans miniskirt look, or the ~dare I say it~ slightly frumpy look of a boxy denim knee-length skirt.  But this... This is more like it!  The sculpted form of the wiggle skirt is so perfectly accentuated by the heavy stretch denim, to the point that it actually feels like wearing some kind of figure-control contraption!  And the fringe... Oh, how I love the fringe.  So bright and happy, so silly yet supremely sexy... it patters as I walk.  I can't even stand still when I wear it - it just wants me to dance!


In other news, Me-Made-May is coming along but proving a nightmare to photograph.  If I were wearing outfits like this every day, I would probably be more inclined to do daily photoshoots, but sadly most days it's just jeans + swing tops + minoru + various snoods.  So instead of boring you with mundane shots of my everyday dressing, I will do a Best Of MMM roundup at the end of the month. 

9 comments:

  1. Hehe love this, I could never pull it off but hey..
    Although I have found fringing a bit of a pain to sew...

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  2. My god lass you certainly have the bod to carry these off. I think the word we're look for here is... fabulous!

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  3. You are just killing me with your goods lately. I love how high-fashion and adventurous you've been! This is so dope I don't even know where to begin - I wish I had something this statement-y to bring to NYC this weekend.... so creative, one of a kind and amazing. Have you worn your sheer magic number in public yet? Wondering how that went...

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    1. It's not too late to whip up a little something crazy!! That's why I love skirts - they just come together so fast and you can be so creative with them. Haven't worn the see-through baby yet... I'm thinking this weekend... I will, of course, post evidence here immediately!! Have a wonderful time in NY you lucky girl!

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    2. I just packed. I think I gotta couple of crazy outfits planned. It's design week - if you're not wearing a coral maxi dress or sequin mini skirt or something you might as well stay home.

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  4. Hello old sausage,
    My name is Alan Bamber (Bamber Sewing Machines). I wonder if you are interested in fabric paints? Colourcraft paints, in particular.
    Thing is I'm trying to find someone who is so I can send them some to try out and make the odd blog post detailing their adventures.
    I wouldn't charge you anything and wouldn't even think of saying what you should do and when you should do it.
    Have a think and let me know. I'd have used your email address if I could find it.
    My email address is alan@bambersew.com
    Regards
    Alan Bamber

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  5. Wowza! you look fannnntastic in that skirt ! I love the high waist and those shoes are the bomb! I might throw on an old denim jacket and some cowboy boots too! But I like it better dressy like you wear it.

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    1. Thank you! I can't lie - I'm tempted by the jacket too!!

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