tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post819555998230257305..comments2024-03-25T13:25:19.911-05:00Comments on My Pretty Baby Cried She Was a Bird: Maxi-Dress Season Has Begun! (Where Do You Stand on Wild Prints?)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-12066384413995107982013-06-07T11:48:50.177-05:002013-06-07T11:48:50.177-05:00Haha, me too! Aren't they great?Haha, me too! Aren't they great?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-91581980750325291012013-06-07T11:48:37.231-05:002013-06-07T11:48:37.231-05:00Yeeeeeeah! I love your creations for Mary and agre...Yeeeeeeah! I love your creations for Mary and agree; you can do wild print/simple shape or wild shape/simple fabric, but both together can veer into Phyllis Diller territory (no shade intended)!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-49264161243909375302013-06-07T11:45:45.718-05:002013-06-07T11:45:45.718-05:00Thanks, gal! I'm not super long waisted, eithe...Thanks, gal! I'm not super long waisted, either, so this kind of silhouette works well on me. I'm going to have to get all my wild prints out for the summer!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-14014131391458623572013-06-07T11:39:37.197-05:002013-06-07T11:39:37.197-05:00I've gotten the "does that dress come wit...I've gotten the "does that dress come with a seizure warning" comment before, too. You're right though...you should dress for you! I'm going to remind myself of that next time I have those no good in-front-of-the-closet misgivings. :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-51878966875339819782013-06-07T11:38:17.035-05:002013-06-07T11:38:17.035-05:00You do it girl! Wear that Shaheen out! Do it!You do it girl! Wear that Shaheen out! Do it!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-75884861456391419722013-06-06T18:08:59.617-05:002013-06-06T18:08:59.617-05:00I would wear every single one of those dresses if ...I would wear every single one of those dresses if I could. So cute!Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022547723334642746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-24725069743722717132013-06-05T20:04:27.192-05:002013-06-05T20:04:27.192-05:00I stand on the wild side!!! Except when I sew; I ...I stand on the wild side!!! Except when I sew; I usually choose things that are rather demure - simple fabrics/wild silhouettes.Mr. Tinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646297018044505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-64908659566444434912013-06-05T17:41:56.668-05:002013-06-05T17:41:56.668-05:00i looooove big prints and bright colors - but only...i looooove big prints and bright colors - but only on silk, linen, wool or cotton :-)<br />and i like the swish of maxi dresses but since i´m a bit top heavy and broad shouldered it is better to show some leg.<br />you with your slim upper look very cute in this kind of gown!<br />bahnwärterinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02032478343344432338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-37815930887979404802013-06-05T11:57:23.896-05:002013-06-05T11:57:23.896-05:00I love bold colours and prints on clothing - life&...I love bold colours and prints on clothing - life's too short to always wear plain black!<br /><br />Some of the guys in the office may think I'm a bit bonkers rocking up an acid floral print shirt, but after the inevitable 'where are my sunshades?' jokes I reckon they actually like it.<br /><br />Whether they do or don't, I dress for me! ;) *girl power*<br /><br />www.mancunianvintage.comHelen Le Caplainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00750674471553741119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-62928538678311682112013-06-05T11:20:30.429-05:002013-06-05T11:20:30.429-05:00Ha! We are really on the same thought train latel...Ha! We are really on the same thought train lately! Just yesterday, I did some 'going through' a pile of 'go through these' clothes in my sewing room and decided to for sure keep a maxi that I'd been back and forth about for a long time. It's a Lilli Diamond. Black with a gauze bodice and sleeves and a high neck. It also features a crazy wackadoodle bright pink and green hibiscus print all over the bodice and down the sleeves.<br />I love yours! Great print! I also have the feeling that people of that era were lucky to live in a time when colour and personality were embraced. I also agree that there comes a certain age...these days anyway...when the 'is this too much?' thoughts creep in. It think it happens around 30ish. I'm recently beginning to find myself thinking I should tone down some. But on the plus side, I think by the time one reaches their late 40's or early 50's, eccentric is easily embraced once again! I can't wait to be that glam modern version of Endora from Bewitched! Caftans, titian coloured hair, crazy eye makeup, and piled on jewels! Whoooosh!! <br />Speaking of 'too much', the one maxi I have that perplexes me to no end....especially in East Tennessee...is the Alfred Shaheen (that I bought for 3 pounds, btw...3 pounds!!) that I've had since my senior year in uni. It's a cotton candy pink linen maxi-ish shirtwaist. And it's covered in a gorgeous (hand screened!) abstract/stylized Hawaiian floral. It's honestly beautiful, but every time I put it on, I end up taking it off because I worry that, well, you know, I might stick out a little here in the land of khaki shorts and t-shirts.<br />But you've inspired me yet again, chica! I'm by gosh, by golly wearing that bad boy to work this weekend! I'm doing it! :D Dolly the Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474700945219253368noreply@blogger.com