This is my general issue with adult ed stuff -- I see these one-shot classes in things that I am definitely interested in, but I'm sure I already know the 2 hours' worth of information. Or at least most of it. I think there's a real gap between beginner and Serious classes for people. For the stuff I'm interested in, it seems like there's super-basic and then serious study. Where's the casual enthusiast level?
How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Sep 12, 2011 5:17:55 pm PDT #25687 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
JenP - Sep 12, 2011 5:19:45 pm PDT #25688 of 30001
I want to take an auto maintenance/repair class. I just want basic knowledge and an idea of how and what you can (safely and reliably) do yourself. Like, my friend changed my brake pads and one of the rotors for me a few months ago -- it cost me the pads and the rotor, so it was ridic cheap compared to what it would have been at an auto shop.
JenP - Sep 12, 2011 5:26:48 pm PDT #25689 of 30001
Dude, who can afford that?
Celebrities!
But I think that one good option for people who are not celebrities is to have a smaller, but really well tailored wardrobe. I would love to have that. If everything I owned fit well, I would probably be much happier with much less. (ETA: and maybe, ultimately, spend less or an equivalent amount on small, tailored wardrobe.)
Maybe I should make that a goal. Hey, instead of buying new clothes as I lose weight, I'll just have stuff tailored every so often and see how that works. Hmmm.
I did do that a couple of times - pants taken in, for example, really wasn't that pricey, as I recall.
le nubian - Sep 12, 2011 5:30:12 pm PDT #25690 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Suela,
you nearly changed my life with that post. Wow.
brenda m - Sep 12, 2011 5:36:43 pm PDT #25691 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
But I think that one good option for people who are not celebrities is to have a smaller, but really well tailored wardrobe. I would love to have that. If everything I owned fit well, I would probably be much happier with much less. (ETA: and maybe, ultimately, spend less or an equivalent amount on small, tailored wardrobe.)
That's great if your weight never fluctuates. I'm not one of those people.
Atropa - Sep 12, 2011 6:02:21 pm PDT #25692 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Everything celebrities wear (everything, including camisoles & t-shirts) and everything they show on WNTW, is tailored specially. Every item of clothing, not just the jackets and slacks.
Some of us have learned basic tailoring for just this reason. I don't tailor t-shirts, tho'.
(Wait. Yes, I do. I change necklines and take in seams on some t-shirts.)
Anyway, yes. Tailoring is the way to make clothing look good.
Strix - Sep 12, 2011 6:03:51 pm PDT #25693 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I have had one thing tailored in my life and that was my wedding dress.
And most thing I wear cost less than $50, and usually more like $20, because I am a broke ass bitch, and spending more money to tailor something than it cost seems like insane troll logic.
But the gist of the post is right-on, and it's a realization I made a few years ago, and it feels a lot better to stand in a dressing room and to say "It's not made for MY body" rather than "I'm too fat for this."
Because I'm a 14/16 now, and I just don't buy shit that doesn't look good on me anymore. And it's not me; it's the clothes.
(I take it back; I had a prairie skirt made to fit by a friend of my mom's when they were popular in the 80's. THAT did nothing to contribute to my fashion sense...And I've altered straps on swimsuit tops, and, um, embroidered on some panties.)
JenP - Sep 12, 2011 6:06:09 pm PDT #25694 of 30001
That's great if your weight never fluctuates. I'm not one of those people.
Well, sure. Not many things I know of work for everyone.
I don't know though, I have a wardrobe that accommodates a couple of sizes right now. I mean, if I gain twenty pounds, I can't wear the blouse that fits now whether it's tailored or not. But if the blouse I wear at twenty pounds heavier is tailored well, maybe I like it better.
If I know my weight fluctuates, I can still have a tailored wardrobe that accommodates that. It wouldn't be as small as if I maintained a steady weight, but at least I'd look my best up and down the scale.
Just speculating, really. Not advocating. I'll leave that to Stacey and Clinton.
DavidS - Sep 12, 2011 6:07:18 pm PDT #25695 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In fairness to Stacey and Clinton they do talk about tailoring and fit a lot.
Atropa - Sep 12, 2011 6:15:09 pm PDT #25696 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
But if the blouse I wear at twenty pounds heavier is tailored well, maybe I like it better.
You will. I swear. Because no one, and I mean NO ONE, has the same body shapes as the fit models used by clothing companies. If you are lucky enough to stumble onto a company who's clothes fit you as if you were the fit model the pattern was drafted on, write down the name/size combo and scour thrift stores, consignment shops, and eBay for things from them. (I apparently am the same as the fit model for Lip Service XL and size 12 Ralph Lauren blazers.)
But tailoring is part of the reason I say everyone should learn to sew.