What can I say? Sometimes you gotta.... Because, apparently, there's nothing that can't be improved by adding a hoodie to it! Leather jacket, fur coat, camel hair coat.... Hood-i-fy it man! Enter Quik Sew 2292, made up in an athleisure fabric from Gorgeous Fabrics. Streetwear for the senior set! All joking aside, I wouldn't [...]
Category: athleisure
The Athleisure Reveal
So the question is..... I had so much fun delving into the world of athleisure. Who knew sweats could actually be, dare I say, stylish. These clothes make me feel like I'm strutting down the runway at Armani! Of course I'm really just in my backyard in Maine, and it's something like 18 degrees F. I [...]
The Athleisure Jacket
I've really got the Athleisure bug, so I immediately launched into a jacket to go with my new sweatpants. I'm using the black and gray "birchbark" looking knit. I'm hoping the combination will be Armani-esque. One can always dream! This is the pattern I used for my "Phony Missoni" jackets of last year. This [...]
Athleisure Progress
As I mentioned in the previous post, I'll be using the fleecy backed knit for my first foray into athleisure. It looks like it would be the most forgiving. (The loopy backed fabric has me completely freaked out!) I'll also be using the Jedediah pattern from Thread Theory. It's a moderately slim pant, and I've [...]
I’ve become a "swatcher" !
I used to be OK with buying fabric online, based on the sometimes very poor picture(s) posted. But in retrospect it's been a 50/50 proposition, and I have the bin of "unfortunate purchases" to prove it. There's just no substitute for being able to see and touch the real thing. But if you live in [...]
"Athleisure" — it’s a thing, kids.
I'll admit it, I stumbled onto this fashion trend totally by accident. It all started when a young MD that I work with, showed up wearing a great looking pair of gray knit pants. They looked amazing (anything would look good on him). I felt uncomfortable asking him about them. Maybe I'm alone in this, [...]
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