WSJ September issue via Keep It Chic
According to Keep it Chic gray felt and knits are the way to go this fall. Considering that I have three pieces of gray wool flannel and worsted, a gorgeous gray and black double sided cashmere knit, a couple of beautiful gray rayon knits and two gray bottom weight cottons in my stash I am off to a good start.
I've been wearing a lot of gray since I let my hair go natural. I like how it sets off my silver hair.
I also have a gray and black herringbone coating in my stash that I am planning on sewing up this fall. My color palette has narrowed over the last few years, but I like gray, black and white and it certainly makes it easy to get dressed. Occasionally I buy fabric in a different color and it sits there in my stash never sewn.
On a different note, take a good look at the welt breast pocket in the top photo. I would assume that this is a very expensive coat where you'd expect all the details to be perfectly sewn. The left side of this pocket is sewn properly; on the right side the welts overlap. A definite no no.
I do have a new outfit to photograph and post. Hopefully I'll get it up this weekend.
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It's fairly difficult to see in the photo, but when I look closely at the pocket welt, it looks like a design feature to me. The upper welt covers the lower welt at the armscye end and the lower welt covers the upper welt at the centre front end. I could be making this up totally but now I want to try it and see if it actually looks good or looks like a mistake and 40 miles of bad sewing.
ReplyDeleteI popped in from my RSS feed to say the same thing. I think the lower welt covers the top on the left side. Interesting design that I'd never have the nerve to try.
ReplyDeleteWell good, because I LOVE all things gray, especially heathered. :-)
ReplyDeleteGrey is schmutz proof!
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