Jun 24, 2010 | DIY
from formpspring.me:
I have an old military jacket from my father. Its a little too big and i was wondering if you had any ideas to change it. -Mishelle
Hmmm. What kind of military jacket? Could you provide a photo of the type of jacket? Or a link to something similar on the internet? How much you can do to it (and whether the finished product will look cute or not!) depends heavily on its construction – i.e., what type of lining, whether the sleeves are set-in or raglan, if it has a back-yoke or not, material, material weight, pockets, patches etc. If you don’t have a photo can you describe it?
Thanks so much!
xoxox
Carly
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Jun 22, 2010 | From You
from formspring.me:
hi carly! it’s me judith chen 🙂 I have a plan to remake my bf’s Giordano plain tee with some patchwork.I have some black velvet leftofers I’d like to work with.do you have any ideas, and um..some kind of cat/wolf related design ideas, if possible. thanks
Hi Judith! Well…I have a FABULOUS idea that’s been sitting on my DIY’s To Do pile…how about a t-shirt with leopard “spots” that are cut out of black velvet? You could make each spot slightly abstract-shaped, and sew them onto the tee wherever you like (my choice would be on the shoulders or down one side).
It’s not *literally* a cat design…but somewhat “inspired by” if you will. If you want to go more literal, how about a silhouette of a wolf howling at the moon, done in black velvet a la Twilight?
 Anyone else have some ideas for Judith?
xoxox
Carly
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Jun 20, 2010 | From You
from formspring.me:
hi carly!love your blog 🙂 could you post how to make a casual lace dress? thanks 🙂
Sure – did you have a particular style or type in mind? Do you have an inspiration photo! Let me know~
Thanks-
Carly
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Jun 18, 2010 | From You
 Did it ever! I moved there when I was eleven, and just starting to get interested in clothes. It was very jarring, moving to a foreign country where all the nationals looked pretty much the same to my naive Western eyes, and the “trendy” kids also dressed very similarly. The Japanese kids as a whole looked much more “put-together” than their Western counterparts; outfits seemed to be coordinated down to their toes. The young women (even 20 to 30-year-olds) would coordinate their hair accessories and nails to match their outfits. Everyone looked so *clean* and *groomed* I pretty much felt like the sloppy, messy foreigner regardless of what I was wearing (even though I did try to emulate what the cool kids wore). It was most certainly that attention to detail and accessorizing that really influenced me, and continues to even today.
Thanks for your question!
xoxox
Carly
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Jun 5, 2010 | Blogging, From You
from my formspring.me inbox:
hi carly! what´s your opinion about this: http://www.leblogdebetty.com/2010/05/22/zara-we-have-a-problem/?? o this http://www.mediavida.com/foro/6/rocio-canero-vs-zara-324429 (sotty this one is in spanish)??
Ah yes. That’s ker-azy that Zara is using a blogger’s image without her permission. It’s legally actionable since she’s not a political figure, and her image is being appropriated in order to make money from it without her consent. Being “inspired by” and copying a photography exactly (even into a drawing) are 2 different things, especially when the copying is so exact that the original photo is instantly called to mind upon looking at the drawing. Zara knows better than using Kate Moss’ image without her consent on their t-shirts…the designer obviously felt okay using leblogdebetty’s image since she wasn’t as “big” a celebrity and therefore unlikely to retaliate – plus it was a photo out there on the internet, and the design team likely felt it was “fair game” (which it’s not!!).
xoxo
Carly
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