It being August, of course, and 95 degrees all over I look, I’m starting to be obsessed with autumn clothes again. even though I’m making at least two, and possibly three much more dresses before September, if I can swing it (wedding this weekend — not mine — and trip in early September), I am starting to think about wool in dark colors, specifically for this skirt (I choose the view with gathers):
And this one:
(NOT the one with the drape, isn’t that just a tragic subway-car-door accident waiting to happen?)
I believe I asked McCalls for the skirt above and it actually is a vogue pattern (click on either image to go to a pattern-buying page), but I’m not picky about which brand delivers to me the skirt I want. Not *exactly* sure how to go about putting pockets in the vogue skirt above, but I’m sure it’s doable. (It should be, because I really want this skirt to have pockets, and if the political events of the past five or so years have taught me anything, it’s that wishing makes it so.)
Of course, I mostly want narrow skirts because I’m completely enamored of the new heeled oxford I have seen in ALL the September fashion magazines (so far). I love that shoe and have worn it faithfully each time it’s come back because 1981. So faithfully, in fact, that I wear them *out*, and have to purchase new pairs … this time I want oxblood or cordovan (like that will happen). like these, in fact, only not: four inches; patent; over $100.
Anyway, even though I purchased these patterns at the JoAnn sale this past weekend, I’ve resolved not to make any fall clothes until I figure out fall shoes, because I’ve finally realized (after 36 years on the planet) that it is simpler for me to make clothes that match the shoes, rather than vice-versa. Of course, what will probably happen is that I will just keep wearing the perfectly-fine ankle-strap shoes I already have, and wait for the oxfords to come down in both price and heel height, and go ahead and make some skirts anyway … I have this huge fuzzy houndstooth check wool, you see, that would choose any color …
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