Comments on: Princess Seamy! http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Thu, 24 May 2012 20:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rural Juror http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/comment-page-1/#comment-38959 Rural Juror Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:54:07 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/#comment-38959 I have to side with the crowd on this one. I had a skirt that would have matched this, back in the 80's, and it's probably the garment I look back on with the most shame. This jacket looks extremely cheap to me. It would not be worth $0.50 of the American dollars. To me. Sorry. I have to side with the crowd on this one. I had a skirt that would have matched this, back in the 80′s, and it’s probably the garment I look back on with the most shame. This jacket looks extremely cheap to me. It would not be worth $0.50 of the American dollars. To me. Sorry.

]]> By: Kimiks http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/comment-page-1/#comment-38065 Kimiks Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:23:48 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/#comment-38065 I have to simply say Honey, NO I have to simply say Honey, NO

]]> By: La BellaDonna http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/comment-page-1/#comment-37327 La BellaDonna Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:01:37 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/#comment-37327 There's nothing inherently wrong with shoulder pads, ladies. They're not a sin - neither mortal nor even venial. Shoulder pads <i>in moderation</i> have been recommended by dressmaking manuals <b>for decades</b> for helping to balance out a figure, and for making shoulders even, and for making garments hang properly. They're a dressmaking tool - no more, no less. Zippers and buttons aren't sinful, either. And this blouse is a perfectly nice design, in its own right. I don't think the pads chosen are the right ones for this fabric, and the fabric itself doesn't appeal to me, but the additional seams make it easier to fit, and the colour division emphasizes the feminine shape - nothing wrong with that, either. There’s nothing inherently wrong with shoulder pads, ladies. They’re not a sin – neither mortal nor even venial. Shoulder pads in moderation have been recommended by dressmaking manuals for decades for helping to balance out a figure, and for making shoulders even, and for making garments hang properly. They’re a dressmaking tool – no more, no less. Zippers and buttons aren’t sinful, either.

And this blouse is a perfectly nice design, in its own right. I don’t think the pads chosen are the right ones for this fabric, and the fabric itself doesn’t appeal to me, but the additional seams make it easier to fit, and the colour division emphasizes the feminine shape – nothing wrong with that, either.

]]> By: Verelle http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/comment-page-1/#comment-37234 Verelle Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:28:08 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/#comment-37234 yes! i'd be afraid with that shape of seaming that an apple would look like a basketball yes! i’d be afraid with that shape of seaming that an apple would look like a basketball

]]> By: Elizabeth K http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/comment-page-1/#comment-37164 Elizabeth K Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:58:22 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/#comment-37164 Uh no. I used to work with a very apple shaped woman and she had a top that looked very much like this. It was not in the least bit flattering. It made her look like a giant beach ball. Uh no. I used to work with a very apple shaped woman and she had a top that looked very much like this. It was not in the least bit flattering. It made her look like a giant beach ball.

]]> By: Virago http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/comment-page-1/#comment-36978 Virago Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:57:17 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/#comment-36978 Oh, bad call. Horrible fabric, shoulder pads (SHOULDER PADS?) cheap buttons, and princess seams really, really don't work on apples. On hourglasses, hell yeah, but apples? Not so much. Oh, bad call. Horrible fabric, shoulder pads (SHOULDER PADS?) cheap buttons, and princess seams really, really don’t work on apples. On hourglasses, hell yeah, but apples? Not so much.

]]> By: jm http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/comment-page-1/#comment-36974 jm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:51:07 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/#comment-36974 you know, it's not for me, but i can really see it on the right person. I think it could be great on an apple. I think the big problem here is that the model is so not a big girl that it's hard to even imagine it. I guess this really goes back to having models that people can relate to, and models that the companies think will "sell" may not always be ones that sell to us. you know, it’s not for me, but i can really see it on the right person. I think it could be great on an apple. I think the big problem here is that the model is so not a big girl that it’s hard to even imagine it. I guess this really goes back to having models that people can relate to, and models that the companies think will “sell” may not always be ones that sell to us.

]]> By: Jennie http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/comment-page-1/#comment-36943 Jennie Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:48:55 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/#comment-36943 Star Trek! That's why I like it! I always wanted to be an officer aboard the Starship Enterprise. Star Trek! That’s why I like it! I always wanted to be an officer aboard the Starship Enterprise.

]]> By: emmme http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/comment-page-1/#comment-36699 emmme Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:08:32 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/#comment-36699 Francesca, no more late-night Designing Women marathons! But seriously, I love you. And that blouse is terrible. Francesca, no more late-night Designing Women marathons!
But seriously, I love you. And that blouse is terrible.

]]> By: rabrab http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/comment-page-1/#comment-36662 rabrab Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:42:01 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/08/12/princess-seamy/#comment-36662 From a purely practical, how-would-it-fit standpoint, I found it troublesome that it is noted that this is "designed to be very fitted", but there is no way to determine what the waist size on it is. It doesn't look like it would fit an "apple", since that's generally defined as something like: "waist the same size as, or bigger than bust." This is clearly much narrower in the waist than the bust. But How Much Narrower? From a purely practical, how-would-it-fit standpoint, I found it troublesome that it is noted that this is “designed to be very fitted”, but there is no way to determine what the waist size on it is. It doesn’t look like it would fit an “apple”, since that’s generally defined as something like: “waist the same size as, or bigger than bust.” This is clearly much narrower in the waist than the bust. But How Much Narrower?

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