tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553172421381359137.post4339705506938639060..comments2024-03-29T04:36:13.530+01:00Comments on petit main sauvage: Size tags are evilLaurianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602295642057814667noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553172421381359137.post-31131201247956334322010-09-08T18:22:08.793+02:002010-09-08T18:22:08.793+02:00Two lovely finds. I hope you find a way to tailor...Two lovely finds. I hope you find a way to tailor the top blouse to make it fit you, those closures are fabulous.<br /><br />The second blouse doesn't look 80s to me either, but not too far off with the 3 thread overlock. The collar on that one is a keeper. Perhaps just making the sleeves smaller and taking in the side seams would work. And of course a dart or two to fit your mid section. A pencil skirt and your all Mad Men'd out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553172421381359137.post-60397826275966916512010-09-07T22:26:28.551+02:002010-09-07T22:26:28.551+02:00I think re-setting the shoulder is a good place to...I think re-setting the shoulder is a good place to start for shirt #1. Something about it makes me think of Katherine Hepburn or Lauren Becall in a dress shirt with a wide-waisted trouser or wide-waisted pencil skirt. Blousey around the top, fitted through the waist, and smooth lines to the hem. Does that make sense?<br /><br />I think shirt #2 might be closer to early 1960's based on the collar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553172421381359137.post-46538054185619265972010-09-07T06:31:20.561+02:002010-09-07T06:31:20.561+02:00There's no rhyme nor reason to RTW sizing, som...There's no rhyme nor reason to RTW sizing, sometimes I think they just pluck a figure out of the air, even though European sizing ie (24, 36 etc) is supposed to be standardised. Here in Australia the standard sizes used to be 6, 8, 10, 12 etc, I used to be a 12, but now I'm nearly always a 10 or even an 8 (and I haven't actually changed in body size!) A lot of the labels here now just say S, M, and L. I think there's no substitute for trying it on...Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156106727490224625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553172421381359137.post-44233370923793446342010-09-06T19:48:56.400+02:002010-09-06T19:48:56.400+02:00Hm, you might be right about the second shirt, tan...Hm, you might be right about the second shirt, tanitisis. The overall shape is similar. <br />As far as recutting goes, it would be a good idea but that pocket will become a problem. I once took the pocket off a huge 80's (also second hand at 1 euro) black silk shirt and found out that no matter what I did, the needle holes would still show and there was some very obvious discolouration. Hence my dilemma with this one.Laurianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16602295642057814667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553172421381359137.post-48939562375592917342010-09-06T18:31:41.751+02:002010-09-06T18:31:41.751+02:00I, too, would totally recut the first shirt---take...I, too, would totally recut the first shirt---take off the collar and try to turn it into a fitted, round-collared, cap-sleeved blouse, probably with front and back darts (though the pocket might get in the way); something that would go a bit better with the "oriental" feel of the closure.<br /><br />I'd probably guess 80s for the second shirt as well (not everything was super-huge)... but I'm North American so my sense of what was in style when is probably a few years' off Europe's at the best of times. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553172421381359137.post-58941495984785439722010-09-06T17:41:10.213+02:002010-09-06T17:41:10.213+02:00For one euro you could take a chance, I would comp...For one euro you could take a chance, I would completely recut it and try something new. North American sizing has gone nuts, something to do with this obsession with being extra thin, I hear some people now wear a size 00 (zero zero) even a size 2 is deemed to large!fabriquefantastiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12455177942688723902noreply@blogger.com