tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post5395081076027474974..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Visibly Blue. . . Stocking?materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-76287292415361491392012-10-31T17:28:30.551-07:002012-10-31T17:28:30.551-07:00You never, ever look staid to me. Delightful outfi...You never, ever look staid to me. Delightful outfit shot. I love the sweater, and of course, your hair!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711792521348799922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-67288724712828669772012-10-31T06:35:01.515-07:002012-10-31T06:35:01.515-07:00You'd be happily inspired with that particular...You'd be happily inspired with that particular sweater, I think. I'm pretty happy to recommend it as the design is so pleasing to execute -- a great melding of process and product. Your wardrobe sounds like a marvelous mini-expo of style through decades of our lives, Brit-style. My old self mostly got shuffled in moves, sadly.<br />I'd love to be in that writing class -- I know your students will have an absorbing time working to character through clothing.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-46572700687478265882012-10-31T06:32:44.193-07:002012-10-31T06:32:44.193-07:00Oh Terri -- never do, please! You entertain and in...Oh Terri -- never do, please! You entertain and inspire us all with your styling of various selves.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-72122188631066346372012-10-31T06:31:55.807-07:002012-10-31T06:31:55.807-07:00Thanks Duchesse -- and yes, I'm very fortunate...Thanks Duchesse -- and yes, I'm very fortunate in my hairdresser, and I'm going to pass all the compliments along when I see her on Friday.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-68882254267939424922012-10-31T06:31:09.301-07:002012-10-31T06:31:09.301-07:00Sharp eyes! Yes, the photo was taken before the cu...Sharp eyes! Yes, the photo was taken before the curtains got switched.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-14337808643789976942012-10-31T06:30:44.568-07:002012-10-31T06:30:44.568-07:00Interesting iteration of bluestocking indeed! Goth...Interesting iteration of bluestocking indeed! Goth -- I love it! I could imagine you getting away with small-animal urban vet in that garb but the large animal perhaps not so much. Or would it be the other way around? materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-11361351034353272112012-10-31T00:26:54.308-07:002012-10-31T00:26:54.308-07:00Love the hair and the sweater, especially that col...Love the hair and the sweater, especially that colour. Think you might just have inspired a winter project here in the UK. My earlier selves can be easily tracked through my wardrobe, which still contains vintage Biba and Bus Stop from the 1960s, a long velvet skirt from the '70s, not much from the '80s (all those shoulder pads - yuk!), and any number of loose flowing Ghost pieces from the '90s. But from then on, it has become predominantly more practical, clothes designed for long hard rural winters and twice daily dog-walking. I really should get out more.<br /><br />Funnily enough, I've just put together a session entitled 'Appearances' for my writing students, in which I ask them to consider what clothes can reveal about a character. And I do try to make an effort, appearance-wise that is, when I'm in teaching mode!60GoingOn16https://www.blogger.com/profile/14216400213406672396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-22701025202676674952012-10-30T22:09:21.968-07:002012-10-30T22:09:21.968-07:00I love the decision about the hair made with your ...I love the decision about the hair made with your stylist. And I like the homespun quality of the sweater. I think, yes, I definitely DO bring earlier selves into my styling...or, er, I'm still reluctant to grow up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-50385648772677340232012-10-30T17:46:56.140-07:002012-10-30T17:46:56.140-07:00Well, I think it fits really well in the shoulders...Well, I think it fits really well in the shoulders - and with those horizontal cables. I suppose, if you wanted to make it a bit more fitted, it would be pretty easy to do by making some decreases in the waist area?<br /><br />Tweed is compelling. I'm going to have to start exploring the more "natural" yarns because the microfibre ones I tend towards have some detractors that are really starting to get on my nerves. The thing I'll say about my chuck sweater (done in Cascade 220): It has kept its shape!K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-88737789737379535372012-10-30T13:25:38.859-07:002012-10-30T13:25:38.859-07:00Oh, Iove your hair like that, it's romantic bu...Oh, Iove your hair like that, it's romantic but not frowzy at all. You have a wonderful hairdresser. And the blues are so oceany-beautiful, especially that sweater. Yes, wear it a lot!<br />Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-70231472229594418412012-10-30T11:53:20.731-07:002012-10-30T11:53:20.731-07:00Your hair really suits you like ths and loving you...Your hair really suits you like ths and loving your gap dress. Confused by drapes/window dressing. Didn't you change ityesterday?????Irisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-37984904552189700072012-10-30T08:51:12.601-07:002012-10-30T08:51:12.601-07:00Alas - my younger bluestocking edition was resolut...Alas - my younger bluestocking edition was resolutely Goth until her clinical years. I did revisit her briefly, in the privacy of my own home, but usually she only offers general accessories advice these days or instructs me to 'up the quirk' when I get too frumpy.<br /><br />PS - love the blue :-) pomomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338550638937829078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-64277844855136903772012-10-30T07:32:58.267-07:002012-10-30T07:32:58.267-07:00Ah, I know that envy, but I aim it in the other di...Ah, I know that envy, but I aim it in the other direction some days. . . <br />I'm curious about those various incarnations -- perhaps a blogpost?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-72430064887265965512012-10-30T07:32:11.825-07:002012-10-30T07:32:11.825-07:00Interesting! I'd love to see you discuss this ...Interesting! I'd love to see you discuss this a bit on your blog -- how does that manifest, dressing like your latest book heroine?materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-53522280752101767112012-10-30T07:31:37.404-07:002012-10-30T07:31:37.404-07:00That's exactly what I worry about. I do think ...That's exactly what I worry about. I do think there's a part of me that is tempted to sink into, if not frumpdom, at least a more thoughtless kind of dressing, one that involves the same garments day after day. . . So far, my other selves have been winning out. . . <br />glad you liked the Paris windows. Me too!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-79393384775266198392012-10-30T07:30:08.309-07:002012-10-30T07:30:08.309-07:00Thanks -- all this positive feedback is making me ...Thanks -- all this positive feedback is making me think the sweater should get more outings.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-24086604640828099822012-10-30T07:29:43.176-07:002012-10-30T07:29:43.176-07:00What more could I ask? Thank you!What more could I ask? Thank you!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-88886880396934528432012-10-30T07:29:26.379-07:002012-10-30T07:29:26.379-07:00;-)
Thanks for the thumbs-up!;-)<br />Thanks for the thumbs-up!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-19807261971005463322012-10-30T07:29:10.238-07:002012-10-30T07:29:10.238-07:00I think of Bluestocking and Virginia Woolf togethe...I think of Bluestocking and Virginia Woolf together (although the term dates back much earlier than the Bloomsbury crowd), so not really staid in my vision, but intellectual, sometimes iconoclastic,definitely more bookish than worldly (okay, that's not really VW, is it?)<br />Glad I don't come across as staid - not possible in Fluevogs, right?<br /> materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-77615200039673121662012-10-30T07:26:35.238-07:002012-10-30T07:26:35.238-07:00Ah! Pippi Longstocking! Now that's a whole oth...Ah! Pippi Longstocking! Now that's a whole other great story -- where are my striped stockings?!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-55354986677434127332012-10-30T07:26:05.051-07:002012-10-30T07:26:05.051-07:00Thanks Patti -- we both know from curls!Thanks Patti -- we both know from curls!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-38180073831314006622012-10-30T07:25:38.992-07:002012-10-30T07:25:38.992-07:00This is an example of the sport/DK weight/texture ...This is an example of the sport/DK weight/texture I really like the fabric of. The sweater shape itself, I think, doesn't suit me particularly well, being too short/boxy for my short-waisted self. But I'm drawn to the classic elements of it, and I loved the cleverness of Eunny's design, the cables worked horizontally to twist around that yoke. The seamless construction was pretty likeable also!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-68537902023549170332012-10-29T23:15:00.591-07:002012-10-29T23:15:00.591-07:00Blue is your colour, definitely! Your hair - well...Blue is your colour, definitely! Your hair - well, it's just gorgeous...I have the straight-haired girl's envy of curly locks.<br />There are several incarnations of Pondside in my closet. Some pieces should never see the light of day, but I am too sentimental to get rid of them.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-34122799460903595132012-10-29T21:30:24.036-07:002012-10-29T21:30:24.036-07:00You look fantastic. Blue really looks great on you...You look fantastic. Blue really looks great on you. I've never thought of my younger self having a part in how I dress now. Although, even as I type, I acknowledge dressing according to my latest book heroine, even now. Funny how imagination plays a part in the closet as well.Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-34247119893710782622012-10-29T21:22:45.768-07:002012-10-29T21:22:45.768-07:00I hope our inner bookworms always find expression....I hope our inner bookworms always find expression. I'm impressed that your bluestocking soul does not seem to be in any danger of growing up to be a frump--always a danger for me, as it seems the path of least resistance. Thank heaven for mirrors, especially the ones that give an unexpected view. <br /><br />Loved your Paris windows, btw--so gentle and evocative, speaking to the child within. ElleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com