tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46336667964172967232024-03-20T08:38:34.285+11:00silver visions of a purple treeA celebration of the diverse joys afforded by Vintage clothing and Vintage textile prints . . . mostly . . . .silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-36258357679357343462014-03-14T23:59:00.000+11:002014-03-15T00:12:12.379+11:00What's Knot to Love?<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">'Macramé decor' is a slim treasurehouse of highly questionable 1977 creativity. One glance at the cover is all it takes to know that this is something special - alongside the 'Classic Lantern Lamp' and 'Bolster' is 'Desert Dunes', a woven landscape wall hanging betokening the publication's roots in Phoenix, Arizona.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">'Rya Towel Bar', 'Rya Tissue Box'. All items are primarily white, of course - because if you're of a mind to create macramé pieces for the bathroom you're going to want them to show every trace of...oh, never mind.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"What's that, darling, a choo-choo train?" Instantly he is an engine driver, chugging around the living room, so proud of his responsibilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The decoration on the upper right was not part of the original knitting pattern. It's what happened when he wore this down to his local on darts night.</span><br />
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1960s was a lovely place, so very far from the rest of the world that a
major pattern company could describe a suit as<span style="background-color: white;"> "Chanel Style"</span> without
fear of litigation. Looking at these <span class="st">trompe l'<wbr></wbr>oeil
pockets it's safe to assume that the worst Chanel's lawyers might have
done was to spray their
colleagues with </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="st">café au lait as they </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="st"> spluttered with incredulous laughter</span></span>. Not even the models could contain their mirth at the optimistic description.</span></span><br />
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silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-14515997384049292662012-09-28T22:55:00.000+10:002012-09-29T10:43:53.732+10:00Once Apron A Time<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was in Murwillumbah yesterday, which is a treat in itself. Ornate Victorian, Edwardian and unspoiled Art Deco shopfronts stand shoulder to shoulder with later, stranger, examples of architecture like kids in a school photo taken on mufti day. My dear husband came out of the St Vincent de Paul Society op-shop, telling me that there were no cricket bats to be found there that day (and therefore, implicitly, it was barely worthwhile going in). Somehow he had walked right by the front window and managed to avoid being struck motionless with awe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The entire, massive window was garlanded with vintage aprons. It was a sunshiny morning so please excuse the reflections, but you get the idea - winsome florals with complementary or contrasting plain pockets and ties, gingham decorated with embroidery and threadwork, unapologetically psychedelic prints and - the one which held me transfixed - a mid-century apron printed with sailboats.</span><br />
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sad fact with which I had to come to terms, is that the aprons weren't
for sale that day - but they would be available for sale in a couple of
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When I left the beachside village where I grew up, friends sent me gifts of kitchen textiles printed with shells and lighthouses which seemed to bring subtle breaths of sea air to the humid hinterland galley where I hung them. So I wondered about the women who had worn these aprons when they were new - did the hands which worked these butterflies in green thread have the chance to tend a flower garden and watch the butterflies drift through it, or was keeping moths away from the cabbages as close as they came?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />And my soul sister, whoever you were, keeping this beauty immaculately for so many decades - did you wake confused from dreams of the water, only to find yourself interminably becalmed in an inland life? Was this apron the antidote to years of drought and a landscape without where ripples of blue never relieved the endless dusty brown or cloying claustrophobia of green?</span></div>
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silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-46658689044287953352012-09-03T20:52:00.000+10:002013-02-11T13:54:27.045+11:00Justifiable Coulrophobia<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Rarely do I stumble across a vintage textile so hauntingly </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">wrong</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> that it begs to be shared. There are plenty of hideous prints out there - meh, glimpsed for a moment, easily forgotten. But, dear children, I have discovered the tea-towel which haunted your dreams, excused your terror of marching bands and explained your dread of clogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I can take or leave clowns, myself. I've been privileged to see some wonderful, genuinely hilarious clowns. But these . . . I think these are clowns. They have painted mouths, silly hair and oversized red noses. They have slipped into innocuous smocks and journeyed into a country far beyond sociopathia - they are bizarre, horrifying, inhuman, the toothy smiles pasted on to their faces are the smile the bully gives even as he snatches the beloved toy away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Their nostrils are rimmed with the red of rage, their noses too frightening to bear deep contemplation. Their eyes look up to nowhere, listening to the voices. The front figure taps on a levitating marching drum, the straps of which dangle uselessly below it. The second figure is about to pipe others of their ilk out of their hiding places to join in some unthinkable clown junta.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">And this is a </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">tea towel</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">! If I hung this in my kitchen overnight the milk would curdle, houseplants wither, the crystals along the window sill would shatter and my children would thrash and shriek in the grip of night terrors. Any dishes coming into contact with this textile of terror would slowly craze, and food served on them would leave an aftertaste of gall. Cutlery polished by this would curl slowly into supplicatory shapes. Yet someone at the Lehner company, back in the 70s or so, cast about in their repository of mental anguish and came up with this design as being suitable to drape over domestic rails - a dagger through the heart of the home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">And if the clowns themselves weren't quite unsettling enough, the spectral old lady in the background suggests a whole other dimension of sinister creepiness, unusual even for clown-related merchandise.</span>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-31388235145802334132012-08-21T12:45:00.013+10:002012-08-26T14:50:56.045+10:00Captain (Crochet) Hook<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I just came across this crocheted square on <a href="http://pinterest.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pinterest</span></a> and was bedazzled by the pure simple genius and impact of the design:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2012/08/pirate-granny-squares-crochet-patterns.html"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IaVtx9TxtH0PibXBjCFweIN3iASYBHR4pi8rOnwHmFdWi1SnmB5h_mhF5IYxs0WDCjvyNVqFlZZ0oMJZDE-5JQZmqWuUMTtiFQ4hO_EkwovcZ0r6TwHO21gnIH3c7HkCr-z6j9tffc8L/s400/PirateGranny_Skull.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Okay it's not vintage, but crochet being one of the flagship uniforms of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">hippiedom</span> I'm sure vintage lovers can relate. I'm so overwhelmed by the juxtaposition of the ultimate homely, comforting craft with the stark intimidation of the Skull & Crossbones design that I hardly know what to think, except that there's no more avoiding it - I'm going to have to learn to crochet.<br /><br />(<i>You can find more designs in a similar theme over at <a href="http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2012/08/pirate-granny-squares-crochet-patterns.html">Repeat <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Crafter</span> Me</a>, the blog of the creative soul responsible for this brilliant little pirate yarn.</i>)<br /><br /></span>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-89813301787626011242012-08-10T13:12:00.002+10:002012-08-11T13:00:20.825+10:00Lobster dressing, ma'am?<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Lobster" - such a pleasingly absurd word, it's worthy of Rowan Atkinson. At various times throughout the 20th Century the lobster motif has waved its printed claws in boutique windows from main street to <span style="font-style: italic;">salon</span> - its dual evocations of the ocean (as native habitat) and luxury (ending its life as fine cuisine) appealing both to the consumer's inner child clamouring for a trip to the seaside, and her adult princess's </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">innate</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> sense of entitlement to privilege.<br /><br />On the street today you'll see lobster prints surfacing again. The lobster is a graphically munificent creature - generally rendered in head-turning bright orange or red, it lends itself to being represented either straight or gracefully curved, beautiful in intricate detail but immediately recognisable even at its most stylized. ModCloth offers this nice contemporary example:<br /><br /><a href="http://wanelo.com/p/1561804/frock-lobster-dress-mod-retro-vintage-dresses-modcloth-com"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 515px; height: 734px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemsdnzGXUPWSS5Ip6kHOiYm9eq27wJxhFm6tpIPPO4O5ha6nqkzeul7VirCAXNV1cC89Y63DnvvDOaqOHmFMdOfFrDFQ6YiJvAgfaYxjHH63q4EqazSb89WynLTwaVMBl5K2zJeIVn5o/s400/lobster+mod+cloth+dress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774242516822554674" border="0" /></a><br />As a vintage Lobster maven, finding vast oceans to trawl, you may wish to cast your own nets. Or you may prefer to employ the help of a stylist who appears naturally equipped to share your vision:<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwph5a0OqO1qa9b8ro1_500.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 456px; height: 604px;" src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwph5a0OqO1qa9b8ro1_500.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />But don't send all your friends to the same guy. How embarrassing to find, when you head out </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> feeling entirely unique </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">to meet up with the girls at the pier, that everyone else has been given the same style advice. Plus your Dad insists on coming along as chaperon.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/3914699796/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihcpRjdrkGXCN2Auy36vgz4cyCpSNNEG_mFVEGtnESybinovn_AEZ1xkpx4TD2n_SZM4UICosp8hZcMd-Q90jsnRZlkFfyPc7gBTsDz4iH5tgJQ1Ud9MERtc_k9xPJga0JcW_E3HmNyUs/s400/lobster+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5773784744482068114" border="0" /></a><br />When it comes to vintage Lobster dressing, my considered advice is to take it slowly, ease into it. Accessories are a painless place to start - how about beginning with a wonderful Art Deco Lucite lobster brooch or Bakelite belt buckle? </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.shopcurious.com/Products/ShopCurious/Vintage-Lucite-lobster-brooch.aspx"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 420px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2HeeehRj7b9KJVpMlx_jwllUaTw-iQhIY6cpSzsgDQ5YMOaOEKAIaj4SHNywqDsPu0Lg1_y9J8u83zvPYn699YSlAY8z-C54NyXSkk6Pbgrl578Fpo12935oA2Bh_vwXxRD7wWjp5AM/s400/lobster+brooch+1930s+lucite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5773785092241622578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://adriennemary.com/#/buckles-buttons/4551197246"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 485px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZQcrthtJ9kZo3yucdFCXWROkLFiuXGe2svLpjS9F_VP_P98MiCJeV_VMJIFRHU55xxzlUHzsy5T4sJwlUJJ4eMqZe8FojQDBpcyAXEtuHBzHO-0LTfD4VBEc-rvnFqZt7T-5YY4Bg44/s400/lobster+buckle.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774274113750828210" border="0" /></a><br />Alternate these for a week or two - grow comfortable in Lobster. You'll soon be ready to introduce the initial area of textile . . . perhaps an apron?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.acmeaprons.com/vintageaprons.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 475px; height: 475px;" src="http://www.acmeaprons.com/images/terry-lobster.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Following this, the real fun begins. By now your friends, family and co-workers should have run out of breathtakingly witty crustacean allusions, leaving you free to burst forth in dazzling Lobster glory. Take it to the pool party and keep your eyes open . . . if you see a cutie whose Catalina trunks match your 1940s Sweethearts in Swimsuits 2-piece, he might be "the one"!<br /><br /><a href="http://fractionalant.tumblr.com/post/24189332176/catalina"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 465px; height: 697px;" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xqj8Y8YR1rt4iz0o1_500.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Don't forget to take a nifty little appliqued</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;mso-bidi-language:AR-SAfont-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" ></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> cover-up to pop on after your swim . . .<br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/71536667/lobster-caftan-top-tunic-1970s-cotton?ref=sr_gallery_8&ga_search_query=lobster&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_includes[0]=tags&ga_search_type=vintage&ga_facet=vintage%2Fclothinglobster"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 411px; height: 563px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uL4GyBDIhxEaIcpnretENHwkmaDIDx6oIhhXiuv9AROs87-15Rd6uk7nJ04QTDhuLAYPKnumRTuxBYPLhJN10z95mEXzhuPHcUbOUDo2N1QoQg19yc7BgAxzmUd_I0GmUcb30cfsntk/s400/lobster+top.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774447805325951042" border="0" /></a><br />. . . or a plain blouse with this wonderful 1940s Horrockses skirt would work just as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://eternalmagpie.com/blog/2011/08/12/lobster-skirt/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 616px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLKF1D_d1FO_Tuk2o0EBha9h0tbW-wRIZS3lNg2J1KNt3sR1nyXCMUCfBx8UcTLdHsbT7BHK-PpOjKWb4dPnZOIssAXy7w_gcTxDUF7Dv4FkHZgW1wUHD5MtC1ibIBwrZMwizDbSw5Lg/s400/lobster+skirt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774473733583727106" border="0" /></a><br />Now you're ready to conquer the world in head-to-toe arthropod style! Whether your preference be for a single, striking lobster as on this mid-century sun dress by Ann Jeffres of Miami Beach (love love love the colourful ribbons forming both decoration and single shoulder strap) . . .<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/vintage-50s-clams-and-lobster-bake-summer-full-skirt-party-dress"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 488px; height: 488px;" src="http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/b/0/0/e3/1/AAAAC69qHc0AAAAAAOMQaA.jpg?v=1281031765000" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />. . . or a repeating pattern which may have the odd picnicker mistaking you for a tablecloth . . .<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/the-cutest-lobster-dress-ever/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 852px;" src="http://goodmorninggloucester.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/lobster-dress-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />. . . you honestly can't go wrong. Lobster dresses are fabulous. They are of royal lineage. Below is the proto-lobster-dress . . . a 1937 collaboration between the visionary couturier Elsa Schiaparelli and surrealist superman Salvador Dali.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vmagazine.com/2012/02/heroes-elsa-schiaparelli/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 449px; height: 735px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp47yNCB-qvYmgrF9SHAxYdSB561epn1sxkc-kDKs3vzMuTsEwnpUT9mDfiLVpiQOz3QfdhUu9ZzeQi42I7qYSmzRL5SdF7Q7ChwY0b2m9Y5T3lh0tTG1xAur6Oli5aT0LvKhy7Lbvlo8/s400/Lobster+dress+-+Schiaparelli+Dali+1937.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5773777675560755282" border="0" /></a><br />Interestingly, this original fashion plate sketch envisaged more of a sun dress, ideal for sauntering romantically along the tide line and stepping daintily on octopi.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dollhousebettie.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&Itemid=80&lang=en&show=Schiaparellis-Wearable-Art.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493px; height: 669px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbcj6NVQJhw-UGt8huJZMOTlwk60myui2ZjzZGZLC2MATkg5ewADeP-HbGPZPSOVWykMgM_hXKAjLFS8WbN7o9x7CPofydVrlWstvGNCLT6JX9V4ck0o7jUQV4sOPPkt_bsB9vr1lslQ/s400/lobsterdali.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774256355872514482" border="0" /></a><br />A scenario which appealed to Wallis Simpson, pictured wearing the dress in this Cecil Beaton photograph, waiting patiently by a clump of seaweed for the tide to<span style="font-size:100%;"> co</span>me back in as she rather fancies some braised octopus.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dollhousebettie.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&Itemid=80&lang=en&show=Schiaparellis-Wearable-Art.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 487px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiia9Ak6N2uuexU5j_MAM4FlRjTd-5SUPNnhJPwsmvrhDIS82vle-qKYyxfK9bLptlxyK6twvsazDQqSHTFSIeq3em-lty3z8U9Yt6OGjCH-P5hYiN0LtUH-PygQE8TqofcL7EoRvxcips/s400/lobster+simpson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774255957176151826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This post is respectfully dedicated to the beloved littlebig sister of Archimedes, celebrated and occasionally misunderstood down the ages for her proclamation "give me a piece of string long enough and a sausage around which to tie it, and I will move the yabbies* of the world".</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIcb0ZZ0r3rgTS5rNk12hl2yUhFXPjpT4c7b2v-yu-rEep_OktJlfRSAL6MmYEHu2mEXWpta3TBc__HbSyyXeG56qSKn2iJRVqpgyjHFxu0Tde1osUEOIN8ROujA20gzhj53A2bIRQdc/s1600/Lobster+Brighton+Birthday.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 446px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIcb0ZZ0r3rgTS5rNk12hl2yUhFXPjpT4c7b2v-yu-rEep_OktJlfRSAL6MmYEHu2mEXWpta3TBc__HbSyyXeG56qSKn2iJRVqpgyjHFxu0Tde1osUEOIN8ROujA20gzhj53A2bIRQdc/s400/Lobster+Brighton+Birthday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774504557866619026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">*</span>it's a little Australian freshwater lobstery creature :)</span></span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-61889498569333484722012-06-30T10:27:00.001+10:002012-06-29T18:38:28.510+10:00Madame Weigel Presents<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's the first evening of the school holidays, with frogs singing from shadowy places in the waterlogged garden. My small industrious daughters have both chosen to start writing (Miss 6 - a story and Miss 7 - a book) so I shall write a little too.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR93XcboNEFShGks9kHn7A4C5-dfaE9pizDbjvKUwMJuCa5J58kmtScjOmN4yMXkghuRmvFOrUXMX8_dU6ltPzEs8ubcsvyvgbGHrNQ9QAzzIkVqVWxlrkXP1xriNvOhRTuZv7wNL-ezo/s1600/Untitled-TrueColor-01.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 917px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR93XcboNEFShGks9kHn7A4C5-dfaE9pizDbjvKUwMJuCa5J58kmtScjOmN4yMXkghuRmvFOrUXMX8_dU6ltPzEs8ubcsvyvgbGHrNQ9QAzzIkVqVWxlrkXP1xriNvOhRTuZv7wNL-ezo/s400/Untitled-TrueColor-01.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715107612112777074" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ephemera, of course, endears itself simply by the courage of its continued existence - but how seldom do we see a pattern company as a major sponsor of an important theatrical production?</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Madame Weigel's was Australia's foremost producer of paper patterns. I love this poster especially because the first dress I ever attempted to make was from a vintage-even-then Madame Weigel's pattern from the early 1950s. I was about seventeen, with two years proud ownership of a Vactric sewing machine under my belt. I still have (and use) that machine - it is slightly older than I am and only performs one stitch now, a trusted friend which I wouldn't exchange for anything. I also still have that first dressmaking project, patiently waiting for a zipper to be sewn in at the side. There's no point in rushing these things.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The poster I believe dates to the summer pantomime season of 1913/14. The J C Williamson company would open an extravaganza in Melbourne for the Christmas holidays, and bring it up to Sydney for Easter, also undertaking extensive tours of New Zealand.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My parents owned an antique shop when I was young - not one of today's sterile shrines to French polish, but a beloved old building which they transformed from the original lending library/head shop they took over to a fossicker's paradise brimming with unbelievable treasures. When the J C Williamson company finally reached the end of its run in 1976, my parents arrived home from auction one evening bearing cartons spilling over with opulent costumes (thus assuring my primary school of years of extravagantly outfitted school plays).</span><br face="trebuchet ms"><br face="trebuchet ms"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So I love this poster for several reasons. The past is an enchanted land.</span>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-65712224982177505472012-04-18T07:46:00.000+10:002012-07-07T12:34:09.332+10:00A Couple of Kinks in 60's Fashion<span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >For weeks now I've been searching for just the right words to accompany the dreamy improbability of these mid-60s images. But I think after all they can do most of the talking for themselves.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Kinks' drummer Mick Avory, endearingly wooden and the most ham-handed of dandies, models for Carnaby Street's John Stephen:</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fCuleysQXOTivtU7-OO5eZcIN_MBxNX7ixCnCmHQ2IYcrvPtG35ARGB4l7-L1G_IaFHKKGfOyVN-9yTVUpRAyWtiA8__BukR_-yDyTuUvBql2ydrR9ktCdw5JkCOBAB2bH3mAg0HP1Y/s1600/Kink+Think+Mick+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 513px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fCuleysQXOTivtU7-OO5eZcIN_MBxNX7ixCnCmHQ2IYcrvPtG35ARGB4l7-L1G_IaFHKKGfOyVN-9yTVUpRAyWtiA8__BukR_-yDyTuUvBql2ydrR9ktCdw5JkCOBAB2bH3mAg0HP1Y/s400/Kink+Think+Mick+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738605460684508386" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVLrC25JFLoNWmIKNc8YRpB_uit6S-gTvPotGrj5q6q71wxulp1CIlnC2l6Seze25vhbdRqMgf_lOJM3MRmVYflkfTrbssoL8LjYhVEosGRizXzUtvCfxJyKD-7TJUwx5MUBiLM-RSxs/s1600/Kink+Think+4a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 437px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVLrC25JFLoNWmIKNc8YRpB_uit6S-gTvPotGrj5q6q71wxulp1CIlnC2l6Seze25vhbdRqMgf_lOJM3MRmVYflkfTrbssoL8LjYhVEosGRizXzUtvCfxJyKD-7TJUwx5MUBiLM-RSxs/s400/Kink+Think+4a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738675169273993538" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqq0kAMXUdroazBNu4iS-i3DKPVpiVrbH-eWSHdndCAPTmGq8wFdJlsfOJobUrgQn7nZZtrlyhWJY-6aQsDhuU0DRRgc0GeRr7uCZ6lcI3lbwc3PbYuVqFhLnFPQO7RGq2_KDD6JL_d38/s1600/Kink+Think+Mick+4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 430px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqq0kAMXUdroazBNu4iS-i3DKPVpiVrbH-eWSHdndCAPTmGq8wFdJlsfOJobUrgQn7nZZtrlyhWJY-6aQsDhuU0DRRgc0GeRr7uCZ6lcI3lbwc3PbYuVqFhLnFPQO7RGq2_KDD6JL_d38/s400/Kink+Think+Mick+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738605449105629218" border="0" /></a><br face="trebuchet ms"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsE0aF66hedZ6PjVNrjC9qBvSZasHCEv43s_rzzswS1fK-N7hKI_3KClZwC5LwVYdE8-rB-P8Yrmti2z1-3gsi1Y3b7kpZsDolJlh7CrpnaiCvBYg7pouZ5CyK0dC7ZaNXoVxqLGZaoE4/s1600/Kink+Think+Mick+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 439px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsE0aF66hedZ6PjVNrjC9qBvSZasHCEv43s_rzzswS1fK-N7hKI_3KClZwC5LwVYdE8-rB-P8Yrmti2z1-3gsi1Y3b7kpZsDolJlh7CrpnaiCvBYg7pouZ5CyK0dC7ZaNXoVxqLGZaoE4/s400/Kink+Think+Mick+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738605445410445906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />(Seen here with singer Kiki Dee.)</span><br face="trebuchet ms"><br face="trebuchet ms"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRMQkSqn1_a1gC6TxI7xZzKs4x3xtSmtW8-FkbCxsODnAtZkh3Ag4iY8URNmKh8DfS99Thrvc0PzxNEPh2QBcMlrIlJyjDP2_wfvTNkSEtIRhhImYiyshDtLI-hiVrnG0BOoUrs3KKDo/s1600/Kink+Think+Mick+1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 482px; height: 437px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRMQkSqn1_a1gC6TxI7xZzKs4x3xtSmtW8-FkbCxsODnAtZkh3Ag4iY8URNmKh8DfS99Thrvc0PzxNEPh2QBcMlrIlJyjDP2_wfvTNkSEtIRhhImYiyshDtLI-hiVrnG0BOoUrs3KKDo/s400/Kink+Think+Mick+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738605476060583874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />And teenage lead guitarist Dave Davies, adapting to the singular lack of props with leonine grace, notches up this Terylene campaign on his tally of adventures - sartorial and otherwise - in Swinging London. You could just tell that Dave would spend the remainder of the sixties not chatting up dollybirds, but assessing their outfits for Terylene content (doesn't it make you want to rush out and buy something in Terylene?</span>)<br face="trebuchet ms"><br face="trebuchet ms"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTbXR7FKThZJXKTx-1fIJRKmFgE7E95HVjOo_WeQchA2cEHFi0dDO6HM5-qju038rMrUbB-k526O7XDwcajBTFwX_MeyTpebCMH7-I9YNnGNoCw2C9eClDpksEjtmhfM2rLvxEaUheZ0/s1600/Kink+Think.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 490px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTbXR7FKThZJXKTx-1fIJRKmFgE7E95HVjOo_WeQchA2cEHFi0dDO6HM5-qju038rMrUbB-k526O7XDwcajBTFwX_MeyTpebCMH7-I9YNnGNoCw2C9eClDpksEjtmhfM2rLvxEaUheZ0/s400/Kink+Think.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738604753592029794" border="0" /></a><br face="trebuchet ms"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhrKRBUO3LDRgbsGPrtj2ea7AiQrueyQ3PB4SZXY23SMUMeuKYeHw4Sv-h-4KZtLaWz5-4sDKVpr5YZr4OyfQyQ1vvaV24UOKHoYEph88ziYAlKBax2YQie4OiUtEe_p3q3cpm3oBbzI/s1600/Kink+Think+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 440px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhrKRBUO3LDRgbsGPrtj2ea7AiQrueyQ3PB4SZXY23SMUMeuKYeHw4Sv-h-4KZtLaWz5-4sDKVpr5YZr4OyfQyQ1vvaV24UOKHoYEph88ziYAlKBax2YQie4OiUtEe_p3q3cpm3oBbzI/s400/Kink+Think+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738604758273739602" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOlzDyULbHjo8Gw13ieolUFlivQ0ACWh_NR_JTbESmMB00hi_3f6JXd3dIdQsAme0DC2qH2he7x4Q26eP1sXxZoS-B4Nw3t2C-Kkyn7YbvQ4u0Mdnaepn7uQuLIlq7uke3ffz1pNEUv4/s1600/Kink+Think+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 490px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOlzDyULbHjo8Gw13ieolUFlivQ0ACWh_NR_JTbESmMB00hi_3f6JXd3dIdQsAme0DC2qH2he7x4Q26eP1sXxZoS-B4Nw3t2C-Kkyn7YbvQ4u0Mdnaepn7uQuLIlq7uke3ffz1pNEUv4/s400/Kink+Think+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738675173570699970" border="0" /></a><br face="trebuchet ms"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Notice the intriguing ghostliness of his face in the middle image. I'm sad that the last picture had been cropped of text, and have also seen an ad from this series featuring a member of The Hollies. (Do you know of others? I'd adore to see them!)</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-40812564157103396932012-03-17T14:51:00.031+11:002012-07-07T10:47:22.461+10:00Make It Sew<a href="http://www.totallysevere.com/embroidery/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 365px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoX2_N4T2VGaVDtZ1jje_gBmCXDTnffLBIB7KW_Tm8uWoMBmiNC6qCYYjj6WLZrUC6G8OT9mpmL4Abp_Ory1JcP5Mu-L1Llp-GtyOL7Xc06dBEkV_5C17cO2D5-_Hzes8J0E5z0FDDe0/s400/aIMG_8625.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728933199479605698" border="0" /></a><br />I stumbled upon this unquestionably wonderful piece of embroidery recently - it was captioned, quite rightly, "Set Phasers on Stunning" - and fell to romanticising about people clever enough, and passionate enough, to pay homage to Star Trek in textile form. I didn't go down the "why Carmen Miranda headdresses" path though, for who am I to question art?<br /><br />Okay so in villa Silver Visions, Thursday nights are inviolate bastions of Next Generation viewing. If one of us has to be out that night, they expect a scene-by-scene recount the next morning. We'll fondly discuss plot points over the intervening week, but it kind of stops there. I've never considered undertaking a Star Trek craft project, and I think I can say that my true love hasn't either (though maybe he could write a song about them). But I'm so glad that there are people out there who felt compelled to share the joy, and picked up a needle - be it sewing, tapestry or knitting....<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.feelingstitchy.com/2009/07/shatner-portrait-i-love-thee.html"><br /></a></div><a href="http://www.feelingstitchy.com/2009/07/shatner-portrait-i-love-thee.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 479px; height: 444px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kQRCvhyXq27hsQ3Dy0DNfsGMES72Yh6KQoDiCFjHi5eyOTDIbHMUS3oYVWg8Wcp9Ab9uJCid87oZb2XK-Uhj4_3waP0r_kQUt0NgifqIq1WJEqp79A-cuM0Osq7GApQJ7CUxTs8W6gM/s400/3657438322_4e66bfe250.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728934078672175282" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20399485@N02/4466823331/in/pool-781510@N22/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 486px; height: 448px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFrnnNLD4ziba7C-S50E4brmUw7YgJ9mujG_Rs6wsVeI6jE40Z_hTTBW8pdmL8QhCMUmI9TibG6UVdYNfkWU3zoSnrEbYOIvMHIQRKgLkQ94aG5Tu0fIKvRPVeI2rPxomhdZfpUrXxV6I/s400/4466823331_f408d73839.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728927006064294818" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.geekmom.com/tag/knitting/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493px; height: 493px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb64I0Nv4NOb7p5zRJweKqoMlBy0a6Y7FcoZQTwZy7zgn_VJEBTykj1VbmrGQMR8qtd7ouy_s8pxOF30Vzht5fLXLjbBN5Zhgh2CflCfKnm6j-Aa3DKdIGPBKmul9CtliHMhLuF6Ydvj8/s400/Spocks-300x300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728927009270584786" border="0" /></a>A pair of spocks!<br /><br /></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paolacolombo/6915447587/in/pool-781510@N22/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 418px; height: 642px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhMoYJUx9gYQhJb13S2bV2Sqp0MA5mwi1yUn3aaP7GAxzzfxVZHHs-fsaLBCF8WEc-VNHRihvdHSudA3PRgKOwqQdMATzYjLFrqcUG3NFBK2woK4HIAQ4Lq7RwfpoCGNYk6x2_xQJdoI/s400/spockglove.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728928753614811826" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69898584/knit-vulcan-hat-spock-touque"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 465px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqKCCPL5hS-5PaxwPr5JpThZ9sApUMKCr133zx0yOVVwfksmierdyRpJ6igLbNXnQ9bxfHnlL8yJ5N211kPAdlEVl60n-f6FG30SZz7FSAcfMKxU0a7EsdyyMfHHqYYHCCIyIYDyg_tL4/s400/il_570xN.226575555.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728928760227946514" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tofuttibreak/52485725/in/pool-781510@N22/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 504px; height: 593px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPK612BD7h3hSZetycgK2L-p6udPjbF6jQ9N3D6lgOWiLdLU1oT8R4kqsX7fzYdnr5chmNM21U8vkvAuUOu7v63dbziFwxxrLTn4oDOxiuBZdG3oXQ1Xk6mP9ufKF0fsWkp9vktQJ62c/s400/spockbag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728929847276835426" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/76562576/pew-pew-phaser-embroidery-wall-art"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 478px; height: 478px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9V_1HFHCjXXH68AaTygrEZ4Jf8soP781ipfGP-yfc2TJNf5h1F2ljag3XRK5bgCVirwRws9qtpPzYb1RIvbyxVUQ5yRd5E-qKY0KPCHO-G14XjNphRW2Q7u0dCpMpTAfT9Nc94eixHs/s400/il_570xN.253687700.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728968383981359506" border="0" /></a>Phaser embroidery (love the sound effect)<br /><br /></div><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67645444/scotty-star-trek-quilt"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 484px; height: 576px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcnoFoZzb0L15jxiCpQWYyFj2J_VZbyG1BmGXqsB4dpY5iLbi-I_4CgEpRO7SZbwenCHfBGQ-fXH1cpW05E6lTTdfzz6jt-e0BBRbCjmmw-sVnaRY4Vq5ANmbuZcPqSOkLVJSRn1Zp-w/s400/il_570xN.215315414.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728928761833417090" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.dorkly.com/picture/16376/star-trek-spock-quilt"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 476px; height: 639px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7iBuOHBuWf5MkWbIupH2OQtPLTSF9WG9Ogfo8L4y-apWlUQxb_ANSoPesyKP_d8YYnMWrU970dS89jZm9VmbxdjYE1bFI0zIFExruab14W_kSJ90bRcqPAMjO5z2VNUNTnQA19AYaALA/s400/c39066f394847e223ff9ae28406b058c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728929852162509266" border="0" /></a><br />I admit that the quilts scare me a little, mostly because of the hours/days/weeks/months of work which must go into them (which is why all quilts intimidate me) - also because I don't think I'd necessarily sleep that well beneath any Enterprise personnel. But I do love this threadwork giving the effect of transporter beams....<br /><br /><a href="http://globalgeeknews.com/2011/06/15/star-trek-the-original-series-transporter-beam-quilt-pic/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 577px; height: 452px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6R3zjh5DwaGCE8C5JakG4X1asYH2pKWmN8QbxqxrfrNVGGkAijvFOWKO6pbtOuD_0eQic_AWpTPuI6PISEr4d17ziUxI33-0RbOjHQ0v8ggEENrtaPeuEebNJ_z19yhzm8KtRWoLNjA/s400/Star-Trek-Transporter-Beam-Quilt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728930646977395282" border="0" /></a><br />And so, on to the Next Generation:<br /><br /><a href="http://walyou.com/star-trek-amigurumi/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 458px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyuzVi-dXk7pbhwSi90FDFtmbLLlRm9M31ymlWGjX9qhE5an4TCgiR7FftLRt5sb1Uy2ttZRBsC9Ku2Q4KL5fCm1QEiP19B-Mipfm1f7Fc-MZ1H0YBDHAu2WvN9qUeJO69Am6GubYDTE/s400/Amigurumi-Lil-Trekkies-Group-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728930648168338386" border="0" /></a><a href="http://walyou.com/star-trek-amigurumi/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 454px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cJ6jNbtE8Im1a9kHexjQ5lh2A0P8SFpM98p8ChinehEtrkkv7u56cb_lS3Q97lQvbAreSd36tci-m4wJgE8a1WrwurW38_bXFeneyZc0vDydj1ZCodRwXwTe_KiWqedWEF8YAN3qmlU/s400/Amigurumi-Lil-Trekkies-Group-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728930651259028050" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://wendymoondesigns.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/cross-stitch-is-cool.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 454px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbuIBGrf-oaXRGGw27EVOnF1qH76xftqIPuY0lJ5dR5HLB8KAgzO2-5P3mdQIiO6rAdfNyjstC9ASp1jy6YHhr4_3yi7HqsGFB1xYFpXfCYZgQbpRVPof0xoDu8bl16L2f17LTc3kYU4/s400/5477074053_c06e654c4b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729702438880998530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://crossstitch.about.com/u/sty/crossstitchphotos/Photo_Album_Four/Ian-s-Wolf-Pack-and-Star-Trek-Cross-Stitch-Projects.htm"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 438px; height: 580px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HKUy6-D219bD0Mriuk_KDAn7moxRliQwWZGt5e8R_S9e9uYbQKhjuGf2qz5i2pNDikMo0l0d_vtlnu38wlsNozm8dxlbVk3_rYW4wTx5h6C-iJWGbvoPgJ4QWYgJJL8EYeYu4bozaqI/s400/Star-Trek-Picard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728932074782111426" border="0" /></a>cross-stitch<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickriver.com/photos/adaiha/3432067951/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 466px; height: 656px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNypRIxK3r0m989jI7q9DlL4J5OjwAtuDorUZ1EXGiDtVEEofbnihrYTxtMChmWyZY9b4x_jWUyzqLuFI1ZO2yT0AVB6Dr8Odk0_7FHb7h_uq-7tk7kkpeU0b9lvtgVxstV3bXcjazsYw/s400/Untitled-TrueColor-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728932077978523778" border="0" /></a>charming simplicity - brilliant colour choice<br /><br /></div><a href="http://sabronx.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/worf-embroidery/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 470px; height: 617px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDjC68NXOWYCu_MHZos_k2ufHgvTb6fNwHDIcXASSwMII6fChp8W4vtmsS1cax9g7vbx2KJYT7w5O07C8TFEDywxwMgjDFlKQ_ln41BCKdoHNA4ZNPSUe-BNdayWOXJxzHnl3Az-KhUE/s400/aug-31-10-worf-embroidery-014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728932091209217090" border="0" /></a><br />And my personal favourite....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://geekcrafts.com/shut-up-wesley/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 489px; height: 578px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3eNzcu3TFHxTdGtdLDs7kWgF4lSAi7EMEK2GaLbQdd0nCKi1hU6-7GEXE6A71uO3_l9MhZ-HNfDNfZ4sWqi8l93JEpLkn0mzG5xmkX_KFB6LAnwvigQllqwlAdlPxo1eIylq2QvGlBk/s400/5402796819_73b647048c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728932090974273506" border="0" /></a>Perfect!<br /></div>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-31578494017810745102012-03-14T08:49:00.000+11:002012-11-16T16:23:38.108+11:00Bad hair day in Ponyville<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm sure it's occurred to many of you that manufacturing toys with long, flowing hair which looks magnificent in retail packaging, but approaches haystack status after a few days of enthusiastic play, is kind neither to young children nor their families ("Mummy, her hair looks yucky, please fix it"). And it's not a simple matter of brushing. Toys with long hair require particular and focused attention . . . which isn't as bad as it sounds. I found that after you set up and get into the groove of detangling, it's quite therapeutic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Gather together a ruffianly assortment of ponies. I did my daughters' three worst contenders the other day, which is what inspired me to share this - I only wish I'd photographed those three before I started, because they looked SO much worse than the ones next in line for treatment. But these will give you some idea. Matted and rough, with hair going in every direction except straight down. Well loved. But looking as if they've stumbled out of a nightclub at dawn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> You don't need much to fix them up though - </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and a nice soft towel</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a bowl or dish </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a spoon</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a measuring cup (I used a 1/2 cup measure, which is good for quite a few ponies - a tablespoon would do if you only have one or two to treat)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a comb - preferably a nylon comb with slightly flexible teeth, rather than a harsh rigid plastic one </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">fabric conditioner/softener</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Years ago I used to buy a Green Apple fragranced version which blissed me out every time I inhaled. I can't get that where I live now, so a generic lavender scented version sufficed quite pleasantly. Why fabric conditioner and not hair conditioner? Well, hair conditioner is formulated to suit organic human hair, but most toys have synthetic hair strands, to which fabric conditioner is better suited. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Things you may <i>possibly</i> need at the end of the process:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now take your first candidate. Examine the pony's hair and remove any plaits, elastic bands, sticks, burrs . . . whatever you might find in there. Decide whether you prefer to begin at the mane or the tail, and immerse that part gently in your conditioner mixture. Be careful <i>not</i> to dunk the whole head (or rump) - it's best not to give liquid a chance to enter the body of the toy. You can use your fingers to work the conditioner up to the roots of the hair. Hold the pony over the bowl and squeeze the hair gently to remove excess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now take the comb and settle in to a comfortable seat, with the towel folded in your lap. You can lay the pony on the towel or hold it above it in case of drips - either way, your clothes/furnishings are protected.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If the hair is only a little scruffy, you may be able to work the comb through it. Begin at the ends, very gently. If you hit a snag, stop. Don't try to pull the comb through - you could end up removing an entire plug of hair or at least a strand or two. Your children will notice. Trust me on this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If the hair is actually in a revolting clump though (like Glitter Glide's was), the only method to use is to separate the hair a few strands at a time, by hand. Start as close to the source of an edge strand as your fingers can go, and gently work the strand free from the mass. Although this sounds tedious it's actually pretty satisfying, and not too time-consuming - the worst mane took me only ten minutes to detangle using this technique. </span><br />
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the comb as well to remove conditioner, then comb through the mane and
tail so that they flow in the direction you want. I combed the ends up
around one finger, to add a little curl. You could set them on a curler if
you want a ringlet effect. Now the pony can be set aside to dry - it
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Regarding the kettle - this is for hair which needs that touch of extra help. Even after conditioning, detangling and rinsing, little Rainbow Dash here still looked slightly untidy. I'd read that plastic hair can be tamed with boiling water, and decided to risk putting it to the test. You'll only need a very small amount of water, and the aforementioned spatial awareness. Seriously, you don't want to lose concentration here - one hand is going to be close to boiling water. Lay the pony in your kitchen sink - heatproof, moisture proof - and carefully trickle water from the kettle over her hair for a few seconds. If you're holding on to the toy, be careful to keep your hands above the area where the water is aimed. Blot again, comb again - you should find the hair a little more malleable now, while it's still hot. I was able to make her mane curl up around my finger so she looked "finished". (And of course please make sure that no child comes near the boiling kettle or heated water.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Also, Thistle Whistle's tail had been braided for some months and held the kinks even after conditioning and combing. The boiling water treatment relaxed the fibres - I repeated it several times for her, combing the tail straight each time, and eventually barely a ripple remained. Looking good, ponies.</span>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-22342760511383650082012-02-29T20:00:00.011+11:002012-07-07T10:02:10.912+10:00The Real Astro Boy<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I came across a vintage photograph on eBay today which has me captivated. Although its link to vintage textiles is tenuous at best, what we can see of the subject's collar indicates he's wearing a pretty damn groovy shirt so he merits a place here. Besides, I think he's absolutely awesome.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Who knew that Astro Boy was based on a human prototype? And his original name wasn't Tetsuwan Atomu at all - it was Kenneth. </span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family:trebuchet ms;" ></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOVgcL3HxwHdyi-c0zHdWOavYHqpIUNE5OpOZKWYvkzUpTJnaSaFtehnwmFIZECWPhQtr0hyN29IDwg7sa9TQ3Kk8CEogT4puzZI-tmF3PKZuXrmwDt_NO2GuN2mxFMM1Aw7deBTM718/s1600/Astro+Boy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 412px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOVgcL3HxwHdyi-c0zHdWOavYHqpIUNE5OpOZKWYvkzUpTJnaSaFtehnwmFIZECWPhQtr0hyN29IDwg7sa9TQ3Kk8CEogT4puzZI-tmF3PKZuXrmwDt_NO2GuN2mxFMM1Aw7deBTM718/s400/Astro+Boy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714492517223580306" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1950-Photo-Son-Spock-Weird-Hair-Dude-Teenager-Young-Man-/200714084058?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2ebb7ddeda"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 356px; height: 496px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLinrzWrN66sVMb-aj21lPny6JGQuQwqeJ2JbyZodow2OG9rkD-kOTIqWL7SXckISq5xhmTI1aIZRw88FTAX82uf5czSeJryLUpRvW97mqSURglDTptYH3Z871hQtXhHcEUR1jq63Etec/s400/Astro+Boy+Kenneth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714496383648225346" border="0" /></a>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-51690162976497481862012-02-22T13:50:00.046+11:002012-07-07T12:39:42.650+10:00Indignity In Extremis - His'n'Hers Fashion<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If Time would part its swirling mists at just the right place we might witness the admirable thriftiness of a pioneer woman transforming a pair of worn-out curtains or an irresistably priced (if fairly unpleasantly patterned) width of cloth into a serviceable shirt for her husband, and an apron or shirtwaist for herself.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The paucity of professional photographers available in frontier towns, coupled with the pioneering man's innate self-respect, resulted in a sad dearth of early images commemorating this clothing phenomonen (if you have any - please get in touch!) but that frugal long-ago seamstress has a lot to answer for.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">At least that's my theory, although others believe the questionable sartorial custom of couples wearing matching outfits to be of extra-terrestrial origin....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlAfH6r4OxKJA4XxAs6QrGo22kBfrETjPRxXJM131xoUz43ei2PUktl26D8R1ItH3ODjfwbdmiz4w86C_Z3wgI3gbDGLsxa7Pc0SgHL4bEdt4qFPp5MC-TxzvXpuMh0QIMRxM3uUSOK98/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+26.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 530px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlAfH6r4OxKJA4XxAs6QrGo22kBfrETjPRxXJM131xoUz43ei2PUktl26D8R1ItH3ODjfwbdmiz4w86C_Z3wgI3gbDGLsxa7Pc0SgHL4bEdt4qFPp5MC-TxzvXpuMh0QIMRxM3uUSOK98/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712256116750085362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mid-century his'n'hers (or "partner dressing") had an undeniable charm, a soda fountain wholesomeness of innocent teen commitment which was the logical extension of letter sweaters and class rings. Adolescents could get away with (and look adorable) wearing matching pieces of knitwear which brought just the right degree of unity to otherwise completely different outfits</span>....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOyAWLKfAyVk12L6SCiIcfyhRqMmkWIN_kJudc5N5kZZdLZ5IcSifYw8LN6q4-EAYChA4Wp6cEVa1KKrn3NvBujgkbRvQNMzHkvYDYV68HtLVabqQqP9CmWW8BnZA43sT3WYq_-wl1Vk/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 423px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOyAWLKfAyVk12L6SCiIcfyhRqMmkWIN_kJudc5N5kZZdLZ5IcSifYw8LN6q4-EAYChA4Wp6cEVa1KKrn3NvBujgkbRvQNMzHkvYDYV68HtLVabqQqP9CmWW8BnZA43sT3WYq_-wl1Vk/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711799663879970642" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvhYhuxr8lCaWOjCjQflqLJnWA2NbXx66FeH2NrUMV-Pjr5hJPICDTNRD2iF0r4Gn3JsXQy-cxr5whMPpZEd2qJJJld9BLrhjjoE9ql_70QJcGYJ0H21asEajqvSsD7ft-DaV50iwR0Q/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 419px; height: 419px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapIMMgYuwoObEZmW3pBdfJfgG2ew-QAgUkoaLBopEvchau3bke9mZUylhjLJpkLMkqUVYVF6rDU5c81e7zfijiz8hCcESuK-gRgSklbtDiKit-UHFDikTXbvJSZB1wQxrA5kpW_nnc_E/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+8+b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712110059108194050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Cue the 70s - Sexual Revolution - Liberation - nothing shouted "equality" more categorically than a confident woman strutting out in the same outfit as her man. Much of the time both of them looked fabulous....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2K4_rzrNgUIXX8RUzuvpygPZNO8mwBMhA8rsG4YOdld8ix5WBaCmnsVYfm3JDOZE9vNRs-ECL4c40FlPNDLfJCmd6sYJ3tTInJjLmbbexjLvIttqajWP6CJn9M0FneM52EZFzRB8jbSc/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+9.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 417px; height: 544px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2K4_rzrNgUIXX8RUzuvpygPZNO8mwBMhA8rsG4YOdld8ix5WBaCmnsVYfm3JDOZE9vNRs-ECL4c40FlPNDLfJCmd6sYJ3tTInJjLmbbexjLvIttqajWP6CJn9M0FneM52EZFzRB8jbSc/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711808850052525538" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjle80ypOoHjKN3K4WSG1TUnbCRTyNsd0NwjVCNxrnKfVuf569V-YR1LW_lLCRGDxJQOPluIS_bAwI0vKxKuX89P05jED3p0TmunTtsHKCjMlKBWSSNQ4N3hffsR-CkWg0RtliOeR_FgWk/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+10.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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These usually involved jumpsuits....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ1qZp0pyFRDrhqooEGmNvhYrQ3NTJF9AYK9xbaR73Dqm2j9UVPVOeUBuVRSvs0m80e0YI2H3kOIJJXlPbnGkYFPArR-FhcKMzMXQ0MzRdRSAGYZruGIAanMuGiu6DADjIepAnOyqy8k/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+15.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 407px; height: 564px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ1qZp0pyFRDrhqooEGmNvhYrQ3NTJF9AYK9xbaR73Dqm2j9UVPVOeUBuVRSvs0m80e0YI2H3kOIJJXlPbnGkYFPArR-FhcKMzMXQ0MzRdRSAGYZruGIAanMuGiu6DADjIepAnOyqy8k/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711812803741143954" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C3bCJx6ooxSXHCLm9CTiiPJ0ZsXRi7j_WvWSlKsmOJ_9vDKZL8KyWyL4ZZT-3ydz41S6F9125CfMB2jG_8g6sugorFfbgaz3QMXPMgVbvk3liyV-fPcmA1eQ4A5DpdHpWM6epHAawKI/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+16.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 413px; height: 577px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C3bCJx6ooxSXHCLm9CTiiPJ0ZsXRi7j_WvWSlKsmOJ_9vDKZL8KyWyL4ZZT-3ydz41S6F9125CfMB2jG_8g6sugorFfbgaz3QMXPMgVbvk3liyV-fPcmA1eQ4A5DpdHpWM6epHAawKI/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711812824902748386" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qMdZccD68aDW-HexqKqlMQ45hfgR9_yIdnmqtLm3_4KPRIy9eLa9loU0tdDS6GoHwFsD_nfuREmebvAES5WchzaRj6o6zJfU0fBHKnpRqWFazdjtyOIEEqWNwFZm0kIU07tNoXbQqzE/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+18.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 422px; height: 652px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qMdZccD68aDW-HexqKqlMQ45hfgR9_yIdnmqtLm3_4KPRIy9eLa9loU0tdDS6GoHwFsD_nfuREmebvAES5WchzaRj6o6zJfU0fBHKnpRqWFazdjtyOIEEqWNwFZm0kIU07tNoXbQqzE/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711812841797227714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Apparently they ran out of wool before they could draft a "shorts for him" pattern - if only he didn't look so pleased about it....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQHcB1baZKzSkZCn8UtIVHBe8CQLt0Fm27XsTYrsmQfU0fvkN0HbJzSHsC8Hk7v0WtZUz-I-2INCIogXVybDjt08KgufzKtfekXkgIwueSCm4auTxkvz2ADkk7SREd9cdDZzr3J85icI/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 414px; height: 550px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQHcB1baZKzSkZCn8UtIVHBe8CQLt0Fm27XsTYrsmQfU0fvkN0HbJzSHsC8Hk7v0WtZUz-I-2INCIogXVybDjt08KgufzKtfekXkgIwueSCm4auTxkvz2ADkk7SREd9cdDZzr3J85icI/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711809743782160930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When the 80s came around a natural consequence of architectural shoulder pads and power dressing for women was the cruel emasculation of men by means of fashion. The tables abruptly turned, and where the previous decade's his'n'hers style had been about women having empowering fun with adaptations of what their men were wearing, suddenly men found themselves being dressed up in barely altered versions of womens clothes. And although they obediently bobbed along on the tide, they weren't happy about it.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A penny for his thoughts....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzD5YXno6mBCrWL6Q_-m1r9eJcxf1IfIdIjUN3ZogZg26bnQHLwtCnDBN5iXd13t3YpjEFsJB6Efa_eJhKtgpSUdmh_I0wptwRnZfgGKwzSLGzfL7-XAolillfarjAHC5dlRNvipdBqy4/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+19.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 418px; height: 540px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzD5YXno6mBCrWL6Q_-m1r9eJcxf1IfIdIjUN3ZogZg26bnQHLwtCnDBN5iXd13t3YpjEFsJB6Efa_eJhKtgpSUdmh_I0wptwRnZfgGKwzSLGzfL7-XAolillfarjAHC5dlRNvipdBqy4/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711812852041292690" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S2vUCy3qqTUaA0Aj8EOsZmoqjINmV1kUgO3beyA-DKXcLtYAGvIQ0b3pE2SIHccCnes9wcTnjJJ1WHPohiwH4u6viXLSPX7-96XXRLSlSEPFmS60RHzDrcWjBDdna_2oMvhq-qnuK54/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+20.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 409px; height: 492px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9S2vUCy3qqTUaA0Aj8EOsZmoqjINmV1kUgO3beyA-DKXcLtYAGvIQ0b3pE2SIHccCnes9wcTnjJJ1WHPohiwH4u6viXLSPX7-96XXRLSlSEPFmS60RHzDrcWjBDdna_2oMvhq-qnuK54/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711815825148591714" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dDnhWCkurYmhoOl5L6AsIB0FI6ZYpAFMDLQolgAqqxQfp4GZ4FQf1wOmDTTP5c9tAjAzLL6ppYFs2UEFEsVm1Bx0bznaVIOgGYhsLIYPqNijBWsIB8aMwL-dX7U-sqPEfEWTLKEaDFk/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+22.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">No longer did matching outfits state a simple "we're together".</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Now they screamed possessively "he's mine - you can't have him." To which the unspoken response was "if he dresses like that you can keep him - I don't want him."</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is the period in which you'll notice the male partner no longer smiles into the camera - sometimes he manages to force some kind of upward-curving oral grimace but his eyes are invariably either resentful or brimming with panic....</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnjCdLod1hwniXGVYLlD4pZ3QHp-jsZtZgFJiHIiPmsXGbIl0T3LOZxoX8encUJ6QwRLaEvrcJSm_pkm9ti54DEmtJAMmM8_oIN8PF-pbvmt1Fac9eZX8kQgQGvRpBPxvWq4WLxstmjE/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+23.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 404px; height: 615px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnjCdLod1hwniXGVYLlD4pZ3QHp-jsZtZgFJiHIiPmsXGbIl0T3LOZxoX8encUJ6QwRLaEvrcJSm_pkm9ti54DEmtJAMmM8_oIN8PF-pbvmt1Fac9eZX8kQgQGvRpBPxvWq4WLxstmjE/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711817742613906658" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dDnhWCkurYmhoOl5L6AsIB0FI6ZYpAFMDLQolgAqqxQfp4GZ4FQf1wOmDTTP5c9tAjAzLL6ppYFs2UEFEsVm1Bx0bznaVIOgGYhsLIYPqNijBWsIB8aMwL-dX7U-sqPEfEWTLKEaDFk/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+22.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 430px; height: 559px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dDnhWCkurYmhoOl5L6AsIB0FI6ZYpAFMDLQolgAqqxQfp4GZ4FQf1wOmDTTP5c9tAjAzLL6ppYFs2UEFEsVm1Bx0bznaVIOgGYhsLIYPqNijBWsIB8aMwL-dX7U-sqPEfEWTLKEaDFk/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711815841685105682" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaeit_lIllCd4Tj3oo53vnz2KDv79c6MJwKwB9tVok6trFFVvYyORztWrIwQ14PNPadTB0-Y0T7354aLskQ8dO3DdUt07HFh_l6ZAu1Rudv_ub_YB_Gbc9rHJAGp3HnOs4twnyo6jXo-g/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+24.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 434px; height: 562px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaeit_lIllCd4Tj3oo53vnz2KDv79c6MJwKwB9tVok6trFFVvYyORztWrIwQ14PNPadTB0-Y0T7354aLskQ8dO3DdUt07HFh_l6ZAu1Rudv_ub_YB_Gbc9rHJAGp3HnOs4twnyo6jXo-g/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711817748873850882" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7Ql69Top9HIUtTuMEYCYicehjjoASpYBxQwka-hsChyphenhyphenBIxzV-YkSAPrxf4w82YkbOtmWIOdNewjZp4q4UiVxtn_6THqozn4WI3WCc5FBJRG7-Cker7BahN5kauPKN3xSz-qdVTuK8Nw/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+25.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 443px; height: 440px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7Ql69Top9HIUtTuMEYCYicehjjoASpYBxQwka-hsChyphenhyphenBIxzV-YkSAPrxf4w82YkbOtmWIOdNewjZp4q4UiVxtn_6THqozn4WI3WCc5FBJRG7-Cker7BahN5kauPKN3xSz-qdVTuK8Nw/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711817754084034258" border="0" /></a><br face="trebuchet ms"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The passion for his'n'hers dressing is almost extinct in the Western world these days, (or executed so subtly that no-one notices . . . a couple strolling along wearing white t-shirts and jeans doesn't draw a second glance) with the notable exception of one high profile pair who obviously derive such joy from dressing alike that it might just come back into vogue one day soon....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFCk2SERK4Ajizz7CUsH_rTMYspn-kq1QGwVB7JaDLX-IQKrrHIueQHEn2hevA0uEyGUlrMIe0mDIiqGYz7aD9DYqQMs9r7h5OXJFENrb1BICDLuIoH1mK_g5Dn4jtd9n76tHtz0-2to/s1600/38984352994344639_2Z9ZhPJg_f.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 418px; height: 513px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFCk2SERK4Ajizz7CUsH_rTMYspn-kq1QGwVB7JaDLX-IQKrrHIueQHEn2hevA0uEyGUlrMIe0mDIiqGYz7aD9DYqQMs9r7h5OXJFENrb1BICDLuIoH1mK_g5Dn4jtd9n76tHtz0-2to/s400/38984352994344639_2Z9ZhPJg_f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712117218151909650" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirY5BsqDaEQA9T13WVdPY9pHu8WGdcHBMPUHkzK0pHxcYaaMiWzfP-d4HYn1RuOmvc_j1qfW34Kev_kTRaI7UnxJF6q5VdejudEANpQJSzpJdf7xTkom3rYKRlRH7Zbr88RKxI7fqgDKo/s1600/his-hers-415x171.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 434px; height: 590px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirY5BsqDaEQA9T13WVdPY9pHu8WGdcHBMPUHkzK0pHxcYaaMiWzfP-d4HYn1RuOmvc_j1qfW34Kev_kTRaI7UnxJF6q5VdejudEANpQJSzpJdf7xTkom3rYKRlRH7Zbr88RKxI7fqgDKo/s400/his-hers-415x171.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712117228959685906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In fact in the not-too-distant future every man and his dog may again proudly sport his'n'hers outfits....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUA529TircbodRmcAA3Q99VEX2Irfhuayd2lB4fxeU1Qx7tsTkxQGLOVERUqNK-PN8We9-ePedQELr4cGO8-BrU7zVpCdKvh9-0EAyjUvcjRKTY9NaTHD8bFSTW1hmkWe4uri7MYAt15U/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+26.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-IYBeUNYqgbVLIiKxZWQGVES4fhwxqHxtr3CzELMiypq8a28VqEiNRbud9IP3lGW8yg_S7rVCbTfpo1cZjLsbykamUo6IZNM7BF0u8LAUcE3WbzxRfFvFjY0mWyN7K0Wb1irjrAnO04/s1600/His%2527n%2527Hers+27.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 443px; height: 578px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-IYBeUNYqgbVLIiKxZWQGVES4fhwxqHxtr3CzELMiypq8a28VqEiNRbud9IP3lGW8yg_S7rVCbTfpo1cZjLsbykamUo6IZNM7BF0u8LAUcE3WbzxRfFvFjY0mWyN7K0Wb1irjrAnO04/s400/His%2527n%2527Hers+27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711817770137061554" border="0" /></a>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-74332401741512557672011-07-19T21:43:00.002+10:002012-07-07T10:03:58.716+10:00Public Library Number 1.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGF6LPdXgy4FOnNuax8GnmwfoudShv77toi-aYmgsOhZpksUeaoESHd5Y2lujws21sCgKJbYRG_p5-rcUt1rFtRW9WEk4idZVjbzRY-C0V40ApsRsYenbBuDp44Qtef8wO8JzQL-bOUc/s1600/librarysecrets+framed.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 503px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGF6LPdXgy4FOnNuax8GnmwfoudShv77toi-aYmgsOhZpksUeaoESHd5Y2lujws21sCgKJbYRG_p5-rcUt1rFtRW9WEk4idZVjbzRY-C0V40ApsRsYenbBuDp44Qtef8wO8JzQL-bOUc/s400/librarysecrets+framed.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631042079374904450" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">If Lucien's unseemly delight in drawing her attention to the detailed biological diagrams required to support his "research" wasn't enough, his eerie duplication of her daily choice of knitwear should have set alarm bells ringing.</span><br /></span>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-1612481047359343722011-05-23T18:27:00.001+10:002011-07-19T23:16:24.773+10:00Things Go Better With Love<div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfztFx9-Taf01a6_xAjFtQyLk5jE3F6eFV0rjUjqpESpUA_UAM0wdvM-CiVWB9fZf8ISxjc4Xx0NQSx0SNYZM596vjPiMG6Q8ibvUj2LQs1EW7poYVHz_qtA_HVI_hNZfn8v7WuChyphenhyphen-U/s1600/Things+go+better+with+LOVE.png"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 517px; display: block; height: 446px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609827804762852450" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfztFx9-Taf01a6_xAjFtQyLk5jE3F6eFV0rjUjqpESpUA_UAM0wdvM-CiVWB9fZf8ISxjc4Xx0NQSx0SNYZM596vjPiMG6Q8ibvUj2LQs1EW7poYVHz_qtA_HVI_hNZfn8v7WuChyphenhyphen-U/s400/Things+go+better+with+LOVE.png" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >They just do.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Authentic psychedelic era textile wall-hanging and one of my favourite things.<br /><br />It also reminds me of a joke from my childhood (and it was an old joke even then):<br />Q: What do monsters eat?<br />A: Things.<br />Q: And what do monsters drink?<br />A: Coke. Because Things go better with Coke. </span></div></div>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-42908787153782932702011-04-26T20:48:00.000+10:002011-05-29T13:35:52.069+10:00Tea-Towels I Have Loved (Part 1)<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A tea-towel is the most utilitarian of textiles. Drab tea-towels are the faceless public servants of the kitchen, drying the washing-up and swabbing the counter tops with a mind numbing lack of grace or charm. But ah, there are vintage tea-towels at large in the world, small brightly printed rectangles of joie de vivre.<br /><br />A series of these delights will be blogged here, but for the position of honour at head of the parade I gladly hand over to my wonderful sister Du, who combines a sweet appreciation of any day's little felicities with a way with words which leaves me awestruck. Her topic is a jauntily sophisticated vintage tea-towel gleaned from a nicely laundered and neatly folded stack of its lesser fellows at a garage sale in Blackheath (NSW Blue Mountains) last year:</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBx-5i8oXsJV_bFvws26xmoMQ-8JN65_0zJ2bXJe1aMwIWeXlDS3hyphenhyphentqwAskTusNxWSE98zAowaxaOcxlrw9ZTc7bPSXOCOnO_J4BBwYJjyQGCrBkB83A0j-i36fDSmGAlw2Ogm-11fs/s1600/P1130770.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBx-5i8oXsJV_bFvws26xmoMQ-8JN65_0zJ2bXJe1aMwIWeXlDS3hyphenhyphentqwAskTusNxWSE98zAowaxaOcxlrw9ZTc7bPSXOCOnO_J4BBwYJjyQGCrBkB83A0j-i36fDSmGAlw2Ogm-11fs/s400/P1130770.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599858643433313282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >"This one is of such generous proportions that it might even be some sort of supper cloth: something you’d whisk out of the drawer and onto the traymobile as you hear the crunch of approaching drinkers on the gravel outside the sitting room window. The sun is dropping. Time to tinkle the swizzle sticks, Delores.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXMKAUzHnf1VOVUUDhWJzTrprRB3XrW641W2xpyOd7mtDfqESwCtBgt3OZAlN0BM6xoRf5k1KNvCQuFA2-62ZcZMf8fsHuOerPenHnXzdqL3Q68p67DiIGIQMOxIeytuRiT9AlGJafSA/s1600/P1130774.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXMKAUzHnf1VOVUUDhWJzTrprRB3XrW641W2xpyOd7mtDfqESwCtBgt3OZAlN0BM6xoRf5k1KNvCQuFA2-62ZcZMf8fsHuOerPenHnXzdqL3Q68p67DiIGIQMOxIeytuRiT9AlGJafSA/s400/P1130774.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599866584933236066" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDutZj2MARtJ11yVbkjJp5anZ1ghEpy4zq6Vl17TqhFshHVFnjFBTY2c0PfWH7rbGwTv_SIDxmqJWfMEwL5QjynEwjMCdvPzCIFlrOoKG_6QTAiI_q10oySgvqLD90fZT5VKdVhIhXMw/s1600/P1130775.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDutZj2MARtJ11yVbkjJp5anZ1ghEpy4zq6Vl17TqhFshHVFnjFBTY2c0PfWH7rbGwTv_SIDxmqJWfMEwL5QjynEwjMCdvPzCIFlrOoKG_6QTAiI_q10oySgvqLD90fZT5VKdVhIhXMw/s400/P1130775.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599867499108324274" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >With a strict palette of red, green and black and the minimum of confidently rendered detail, the artist has somehow evoked a whole party in two dimensions.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br />The jolliness of the simple red and green border device just adds a little something, without intruding on the main graphic content.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEAim6JHvDM6PcqOMcdGn08AsqOTHlWB3vg5oluW152mDCva_yudtmTFo2GJBX4vyYF5g6B1ny3vHGWsS8N573aMHsTQDMQLP_9JUMURsnRZs7u5Xgr1mtgILLL9M1JI8g_XiCH1ChNo/s1600/P1130771.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEAim6JHvDM6PcqOMcdGn08AsqOTHlWB3vg5oluW152mDCva_yudtmTFo2GJBX4vyYF5g6B1ny3vHGWsS8N573aMHsTQDMQLP_9JUMURsnRZs7u5Xgr1mtgILLL9M1JI8g_XiCH1ChNo/s400/P1130771.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599864427124210178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">There are no repeats in this cocktail cavalcade. </span><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffdXx5mcHXkK02oXkuU7Ng0pXvf5FxqBu0iD3Wq_cQGcGUoyLfpK3CSBOuxhJ4qj-_65TIun7uf4bg_vNwrLTZeQg6bYQq84SJXfKW6iwFODeN33vEXzAYBMZxgcQYtmAohNT0j5vnNM/s1600/P1130772.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffdXx5mcHXkK02oXkuU7Ng0pXvf5FxqBu0iD3Wq_cQGcGUoyLfpK3CSBOuxhJ4qj-_65TIun7uf4bg_vNwrLTZeQg6bYQq84SJXfKW6iwFODeN33vEXzAYBMZxgcQYtmAohNT0j5vnNM/s400/P1130772.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599865465688383250" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >You dream them up, drink them and instantly forget how you made them. Some are sweetly fizzy, others still and deadly with a pearly onion punch at the final draught. Sup up kid and let’s have another.</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"</span>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-85047032729722110032011-03-24T09:42:00.000+11:002011-03-24T16:42:09.723+11:00There's a Fish in my coffee!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3IpdztB5H7wP7gkfpbJmzU98-rQHwsY2sRQotDgUfvGFOmMnUCI2h74FzP3zkP-T5DndgL_UEDCmECvkybbYMkDwK8-ooFKfnefXWdwreTyD-NJPWN-oBhekMfBQx5dDkTNDSCRssfs/s1600/Fishcoffee+March+17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3IpdztB5H7wP7gkfpbJmzU98-rQHwsY2sRQotDgUfvGFOmMnUCI2h74FzP3zkP-T5DndgL_UEDCmECvkybbYMkDwK8-ooFKfnefXWdwreTyD-NJPWN-oBhekMfBQx5dDkTNDSCRssfs/s400/Fishcoffee+March+17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587409974025073426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In the enchanted poinciana-shaded glades of the Hotel Brunswick garden</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> little trippy things are welcome to happen. It took several minutes of delighted appreciation and a couple more of agonising before I could bring myself to dissolve this masterpiece of piscatorial </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ephemera</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> (thankfully my husband had his phone with him and took a photo, or I might be there still).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My mother, visiting from cooler climes, was similarly impressed with </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(although less compunct in getting down to the business of drinking) </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">her frangipani-topped cup. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9g_CxwePMRqqnmcSm6-M1MwtM4t1jgOy9W7s7Cj-dcOiFqZnbn-9eV8k26h7Hq-EZyTG4iWetvxapDL1x9HM4arSNC_1UcvAbK7lPI9qkAIbKDoV4LwK3VUQUeM1BXwEcOCQ-6DlwKc/s1600/Frangipanni+coffee+March+17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9g_CxwePMRqqnmcSm6-M1MwtM4t1jgOy9W7s7Cj-dcOiFqZnbn-9eV8k26h7Hq-EZyTG4iWetvxapDL1x9HM4arSNC_1UcvAbK7lPI9qkAIbKDoV4LwK3VUQUeM1BXwEcOCQ-6DlwKc/s400/Frangipanni+coffee+March+17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587480176053920162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Not in any way related to vintage fabrics of course, but thanks to Nadia for not being afraid to express her happy spirit and for weaving a sparkling thread into the fabric of our day :)</span>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-26862811122474957652010-09-27T14:38:00.000+10:002024-01-29T21:39:39.431+11:00Bernard Bowd Jnr. and the 'Scamps'<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdr3YzbiwIFWSegI43hGm-mQ8gGlseVD4sKs3Y15xX5kfjY5Q5YoJv9oFuNoLCL-H-mvcqcIJc6Fc_heLNJrP0r3Jh_qoPBAq89BLa_pU-VLUcw40MFC2invBLHQvu_oGVe0Bbhc-GHLR_OMy7J7SysVG2MJZGC0vgmr5E5hMlPRi1hQM1nmJiMm-fkSI/s1005/Scamps%20label.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1005" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdr3YzbiwIFWSegI43hGm-mQ8gGlseVD4sKs3Y15xX5kfjY5Q5YoJv9oFuNoLCL-H-mvcqcIJc6Fc_heLNJrP0r3Jh_qoPBAq89BLa_pU-VLUcw40MFC2invBLHQvu_oGVe0Bbhc-GHLR_OMy7J7SysVG2MJZGC0vgmr5E5hMlPRi1hQM1nmJiMm-fkSI/w469-h305/Scamps%20label.PNG" width="469" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Today I have the delight of sharing one of my absolute <span style="font-style: italic;">favourite</span> labels. The most tantalising fragment from a groovy time. Even the font is fab.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">But who were Bernard Bowd Jnr. and the 'Scamps'? I can't find out a thing about them but the name has always conjured a mental image closer to a musical act than a design team - the 'Scamps' of course would be up for an interlude of interpretive dance during Bernard's guitar solo. </span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/?action=view&current=Scamps2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/Scamps2.jpg" style="height: 536px; width: 416px;" /></a><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Not just an enchanting label</span> but </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">a superb psychedelic Peter Max style print. The garment itself is an incongruously druidic hooded piece suspiciously close to loungewear, which spends much of its time lamenting that it wasn't incarnated as the mini dress to which its spirit rightfully aspires</span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/?action=view&current=Scamps3.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/Scamps3.jpg" style="height: 538px; width: 275px;" /></a></div>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633666796417296723.post-86095482681847899972010-09-25T23:05:00.000+10:002010-09-28T09:25:24.890+10:00Knowing The Ropes<a href="http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/IMG_7455.png"></a> <p align="center"><a href="http://s892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/?action=view&current=IMG_7455.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 440px; height: 424px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/IMG_7455.png" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/?action=view&current=IMG_7459.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/IMG_7459.png" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br />From this otherwise unassuming mid 60's button-through cotton shift dress by Roth's of Sydney springs a printed stream of pure design joy. What beautiful mutiny allowed the ropes to rise up from their coils on the decks and cavort in attitudes of abandon with rum, pipes and semaphore flags?</span><br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/?action=view&current=IMG_7458.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 474px; height: 282px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/IMG_7458.png" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/?action=view&current=IMG_7456.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 474px; height: 454px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/IMG_7456.png" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A strikingly perfect detail is the placement of this button - the pattern only allowed it to happen once but imagine the satisfaction! </span></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/?action=view&current=IMG_7454.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 447px; height: 331px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/IMG_7454.png" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/?action=view&current=IMG_7453.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 451px; height: 183px;" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/IMG_7453.png" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><a href="http://s892.photobucket.com/albums/ac129/silvervisions/2010%20Spring/?action=view&current=IMG_7459.png" target="_blank"></a></p>silvervisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101420981995369799noreply@blogger.com2