Golly, that first dress may be the best of the lot. The problem with the winter jacket is the pleating on the pockets is going to accentuate the heck out of any extra width of person at the hip line. Not so good. That skirt, though, is mind-boggling in its desperate awfulness. Ye gods.
While I agree with you that retreads of the '70s are a bad idea, rendered worse by most re-designs, I have to say I rather wish Jessica McClintock would re-visit her Gunne Sax designs, and bring some out for plus sizes. I've recently discovered that there are all sorts of Gunne Sax clothes on eBay, and they've held their value remarkably well (the damn' dresses are *still* $150-200), but of course, they're even more woefully too small for me than they were in 1979.
But I am starting to think that I can borrow the design elements and make contemporary knockoffs of my own, that fit me. Then I can finally have that Senior Prom dress I never could have back then.
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Date: 2009-01-09 12:39 am (UTC)While I agree with you that retreads of the '70s are a bad idea, rendered worse by most re-designs, I have to say I rather wish Jessica McClintock would re-visit her Gunne Sax designs, and bring some out for plus sizes. I've recently discovered that there are all sorts of Gunne Sax clothes on eBay, and they've held their value remarkably well (the damn' dresses are *still* $150-200), but of course, they're even more woefully too small for me than they were in 1979.
But I am starting to think that I can borrow the design elements and make contemporary knockoffs of my own, that fit me. Then I can finally have that Senior Prom dress I never could have back then.