#if that’s the fashion of the future…no thanks

[pinkpinkmermayyy]

ok but the turtleneck that miguel wore in the alternate universe with gabriella is absolutely horrendous and plain ugly

[kathaynesart]

The real reason.

I’ve seen a lot of comments saying that canon future Donnie looks more like he’s wearing waders rather than overalls and if that’s the case then he’s smarter and more prepared than any of us are giving him credit for. King is keepin’ it clean.

[courviknight]

happy holidays and a happy new year, @ko-rka!! i am your secret santa for @fmasecretsanta ^^

i drew for you emo punk ed fashion, cats, and stars... and let me tell you, it's been SUCH a pleasure drawing as i've listened to your mcr playlist!! i ended up liking a lot of songs on spotify back-to-back, but some of my favorites were "to the end" and "sleep"

i hope you like it, and i'm wishing you the best for the new year! :]

[ubercharge]

full colour mia ref! \o/ silver eyes as a nod to people liking the silver hair look on her, though i kept the blonde hair! i draw her tail as a pretty inconsistent size but really as long as it looks big and squishy and huggable i consider that a win

[strawberrum]

thinking about how I had a few folks at my last market suggest to me (kindly and with good intentions) that I make and sell some versions of the hand knit cardigan I was wearing because people would "totally pay $300 for that!"

I appreciated the sentiment, but people don't understand what goes into handmade clothes! I don't use a knitting machine. Every stitch in that garment is created by hand on needles, and the sleeves were brioche. Even using inexpensive acrylic yarn for the whole project, and accounting for the HUGE sleeve stitches (saving me time making the sleeves)—the material cost was $55 and the labor was well beyond that.

Let's conservatively estimate the cardigan took me 30 hours to create. Currently, when pressed to put a dollar amount to my time, I use the living wage as a baseline and then go up from there $1/hour for every year I have been actively practicing that particular skill. In the case of knitting that would be 11 years, and the current living wage in my area is approximately $23/hour. Setting aside the fact that this is calculated based on a 40 hour work week and I don't believe that is ethical or sustainable, we'll just leave it at $34/hour. That would make labor alone $1,020.

This brings the "production cost" to $1,075.

Items are not sold at production cost because that would leave your profit margin at 0%. This is not sustainable because it costs money to run a business (think things like paying for computer repairs, buying tools, the tablecloth you use at markets, paying for a website, etc.). Realistically to cover business costs and still come out with a 7% "net" profit margin, which is just a number pulled from averages in the clothing retail business...

... I'd have to sell that cardigan for $1,350.

So yeah! Something to think about when you see the price of clothes that are handmade. :o)

[p1x1x]

[jessamine-rose]

*lovingly tackles Aine*

Read my Yandere! Pierro longfics first ♪( ´▽｀)

Last week, my beloved mutual @ainescribe surprised me with Savior! Darling fan art and AHAI9232@2-!/! CRYING SCREAMING I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS ART AND WORSHIP YOUR VERSION OF SAVIOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BLESSING ME WITH YOUR ART—

*clears throat* Anyway, now that I finally have the time to properly sit down and comment on the fan art, I’ll do just that. Feedback will be in the tags and it will be unhinged. Once again, thank you so much to Aine for drawing this <3

[righthandarm-man]

🎶I want to have straight sex...at the gay pride parade🎶

[flamingspitballs]

I love fashion dreamer because you'll have characters like Heavy-Metal Hector who's only personality trait is that he likes heavy metal (and then give us fuck all for alt clothing)

and then we have characters whose only personality trait is that they time traveled from a dying, underwater world in a distopian future

[accioepiphany]

01. Impossible Germany by Wilco || 02. Port of Call by Beirut || 03. Short and Sweet by Brittany Howard || 04. Into The Red by James Blake ||05. Love Language by SZA || 06. Where's My Love by SYML || 07. Like A Star by Corinne Bailey Rae || 08. Tell Me You Love Me by Sufjan Stevens || 09. Coming Back by James Blake ft. SZA || 10. Couldn't Love You More by John Martyn || 11. Love and Happiness by Al Green || 12. Come Back by Pearl Jam

[hecatesbroom]

For the ask game! Numbers 3, 25 (especially from a fashion POV!), and 30/31 as a double feature :)

Hii!! Thank you! You made me very happy with the opportunity to ramble about question number 25 haha.

What was the last song you listened to?

Technically, the intro song to The Golden Girls because I watched an episode yesterday before bed haha.

Other than that, I genuinely can't remember -- it's been a while since I listened to music! We recently got a piano and I've been listening to a a lot less music as a result, because I've been making it myself instead :) (very very simple tunes, but hey, it's still fun!)

What’s your favorite decade? (from a fashion POV)

OH this is hard!! I think if I were to pick just one, it'd be the 1970s -- but that's because it allows me to cheat & sort of include two of my other favourite decades (the 1900s and 1940s) in the process, because a lot of 70s fashion was inspired by those :) (and I have a weakness for pointy collars, what can I say?)

Idk, what I love about the 70s is how many contradictions there are? On one hand you have sleek a-line skirts and fitted blouses. On the other you have frills and ruffles, (slight) bishop sleeves and flowy maxi dresses, and those opposites (and the combination of them) are just really fun to me! (I also grew up on a lot of 70s media so honestly, I think it's also partly nostalgia haha)

But I think my favourite fashion decade is actually the 1940s. I love the silhouette, which is still somewhat reminiscent of the elegance of the 1930s, but a little harder in a way. Slightly more practical in its skirt lengths (for obvious reasons), a little more masculine in its shape (which is a fascinating trend you see more often in fashion history, during big wars. Fashion during the 1910s actually turned a little more masculine in shape as well, at the time of WWI!).

I'll stop here because I could go on forever, but yeah!! The 1970s because it's a cheat move to include 2 of my other favourite decades (and it's a lot easier to find 70s clothes to wear myself!) and the 1940s because... well, I just like 40s fashion haha

What are you looking forward to in the near future? & What are you looking forward to in the distant future?

In the very near future, I'm looking forward to visit my grandma for her birthday today :)

Honestly I don't tend to look more than a year or so into the future (and even that's a stretch at the moment haha) but I'm really looking forward to finishing school in 2,5 months!! It was only a year, but oh boy, was it a year. I'm mostly really excited to have more energy to be myself again, if that makes sense? I'll be able to do some more research for my writing projects (I've got a small stack of books waiting for me already), go thrift shopping, and see my friends again!! And my brain will also (hopefully) start function normally again lol. I'm really looking forward to being able to think at my natural speed again haha.

[mxddyhero]

I know very limited information about Batfam and that world but I see you're a Jason Todd fan so maybe you can do the blorbo chart thing for him?

SPARK- [GRABS YOU]

TRULY A SCRUNKLE EVER,, BUT IT'S SO HARD TO PINPOINT SPECIFIC THINGS ON HERE SINCE ALL THE COMICS ARE SO ALL OVER THE PLACE IN TERMS OF WRITING AND CHARACTER CONSISTENCY... hence why aggression and hate r on there. like, I find beyond the white Knight jason super interesting, since he was the first Robin and never died... I think it's an interesting take, and while he still resents the joker, there's still that bitterness and resentment for the rest of his family, being replaced by dick after he ran away, etc... without a DOUBT my fave jason is wfa jason bc at least there they ATTEMPT to tackle his ptsd, which I think is a vital part of his character, but it's super complicated because he is ultimately better off away from them in mainline canon... I'm rambling. and it cleared absolutely none of ur questions up erm. he's dope 👍 big fan of that guy, he should get worse

[expatesque]

Hi S,

I really like your style and you always seem to know good resources, so I was wondering if you could help me. I'm looking for a specific item (off white / champagne sleeveless top, with either lace, pearls, sequins or something like that, something special and maybe even over the top). I've found nothing that I like in shops, and everything I've liked online is from american sites that don't ship to europe. I was wondering if you have any go-to sites or shopping platforms that might be good places for the kind of item I'm searching.

Thank you, and no worries if you can't think of anything, of course.

Yes! So my first recommendation is to check our Wolf and Badger - loads of independent brands, always unique stuff. In particular, I have this top from there - I know the main top is black but the flower is a removable pin and you can put it on any top (would be beautiful on a simple champagne silk top from Theory or similar). It's really beautiful, I wore it to my work Christmas part last year and got loads of compliments.

My next recommendation would be going to Etsy and looking for pearl tops. They have loads of body chains / necklaces that you could layer over a simple silk top for a more extravagant look, from something more simple like this to more crazy, like this.

Then I've done a quick net a porter trawl and these two (big flower moment, more subtle peplum) stood out. On the more affordable end of the spectrum, this from Zara and this from & Other Stories might fit the bill! My last recommendation would be that you can never go wrong with a beautiful silk tank and then add the drama through big earrings, a bold necklace, or a special headpiece.

[ashmp3]

I found ricano genuine leather pants for 3000rsd in my size ummmm… this is the temptation people be talking about me thinks… Also fur coat with title SELLING URGENTLY bc she is moving and it’s cheap and beautiful but i think too big for me idk it’s tricky with them… I need to ask my mommy…..

[seaprincess-selkie]

thoughts on shopping on wunderwelt? ♥️

I haven't actually shopped on Wunderwelt before. It seems pretty reliable for 2nd hand stuff, kind of like another Closet Child. I've looked on there a few times and, since they keep their sold out stuff up, seen all the deals go by 😭It seems like one of those places you need to check up on regularly. I like that they also have a grading system for the condition of the piece and a lot of detail shots.

[immobiliter]

       reading in the official synopsis for s4 that aimee picks up an art a level in the next season definitely affirms my belief that a creative occupation or pursuit would suit her best after school. the thing with aimee is that even though she is the classic brainless beauty archetype, she’s not completely stupid. her fixation on mind maps in s1 is a good example because that’s a very visual and lateral method of learning and it clearly works for her! and when she says to maeve “it engages all sides of your brain” and maeve corrects her on “both sides,” her response is “yeah, all of ‘em.” she clearly thinks differently and outside of the box compared to other more traditional learners around her ( namely maeve and steve, who are your classic gifted and talented students with straight a’s ). if that creativity is channelled into something she is passionate about ( look how her baking skills improve dramatically between s2 and s3 ), then i think she would be unstoppable in whatever field she chose