MMM Highlights
When I saw Zo’s MMM challenge I assumed it would be a piece of cake because I don’t own very many shop bought things. I was right. The only challenge as such, lay in documenting the entire process – because I lack both the time and the inclination to document outfits daily, and have no wish to subject my already traumatised readers to the inanity of a dress up routine, here’s a bestof - ‘scientific abstract’ style.
Every frickin’ day..
I was really excited when I saw Zo’s first post mentioning MMM. I thought, cool, since I’ve sewn pretty much everything in my wardrobe this’ll be a cool way to meet new people that do the same, discover new blogs and socialize online with like minded people, coolcoolcool. Then I saw, “It is really annoying when these challenges receive the odd comment saying ’Oh, I already do this so I may as well sign up’, which is clearly missing the point of challenging yourself.” and thought, ok I can challenge myself to wear two handmade things each day (too easy, I have tops, skirts, shorts and wraps/ jumpers/ cardis and can combine them), three things? (nah, still doable because I have things like slips, half slips and satin shorts to wear inside dresses and skirts). All right how about I cycle through everything I have in one day? That’ll be a challenge! XD So that’s what I did on the last day of May (in addition to actually wearing things I’ve sewn myself everyday throughout the month). The highlights are above.
The trousers are handmade by someone other than myself. The jeans are Guess (from 2008!) footless tights are made by me, footed tights/ leggings are Trasparenze/ Fiore 3-D microfibre. The hand embroidered shawl was a gift from mum. I also (me) made (!) an animated gif for the flickr photopool but haven’t actually gotten around to figuring out the vagaries of Flickr pools yet. One thing at a time.
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Cool outfits! Sounds like you really challenged yourself!
Love the collage!
Colors and colors! I admire the way you take colors in the outfits. Your sense of colors is really something I can learn. Your MMM projects are all very well done!!
Wahooo! How beautiful all this! I love your work and your outfits! I feel a ridiculous next to you! You create great things! Really!
wow you have sewn a lot! Congrats! I looked at the challenge and thought I would have to sew a ton before I could enter because my closet is a little light on me made things that fit post baby. Keep up the good work and inspire the rest of us to get it in gear!
That was a real challenge for you and it’s really great to see you’ve done this in a way that shows your style:-)
Ok, who looks this put together every day? Tell me that you at least don’t iron and have holes in your underpants. Or a safety pin holding something together- just give me that. I’m dripping envy on my keyboard.
Hahaha thanks. Most of the clothes go unseen most of the time (either hidden under my protective biking gear or under a labcoat XD).
Adorable! Love it!
Hmmm, very interesting to see you use florals and block colours. Do you prefer florals to other prints? All suit you very well of course and I love seeing what people make and wear. Its kinda fascinating compared with RTW for all the obvious reasons.
Cool way to present the outfits too. Phew!
You really did a great job matching all those outfits. The dress with the turtle neck is my favourite as I would have never thought of something like that. And your cardis are great. You looked pretty every day. And I love your hair.
I love your roundup pictures! Its so fun to see them all lined up like that. And good for you for really focusing on what would be an interesting and challenging mmmay for yourself.
Wow you have an amazing wardrobe! And then to think you’ve made everything yourself!
This collage is super fun! You certainly have a strong sense of style.
Hey! You’re display of the MMM2012 is the prettiest, most artistic and believable I have seen! Just found your lovely blog and followed accordingly. Thanks for your comments so far on my blog, lovely to meet you!
Caffy x
Inspirational
I can’t believe how much you’ve sewn for your self! It’s awesome. I’ve worn only three items per wk since I no longer have time to sew myself after starting my shop. Which is a bit ironical bc I started first selling my clothes because I made more clothes than I could possibly wear myself!
Yea, this is something Carl pointed out to me as well, that if I sew as job I won’t have the time (or inclination) to sew for myself.. I made most of those garments during my PhD, I’d take breaks from experiments and writing to sew, so the sewing sort of punctuated work (and kept me sane) XD.