POLL: Butterick? Simplicity?

[Bluebear]

Poll question: POLL: Butterick? Simplicity?

[Acryliccalico]

1. Butterick 1956

[Bluebear]

2. Exactly!!!

[FuzzySlippers]

3. I don't know where the pattern came from

but the fabric came from the curtains at Tara.

[Bluebear]

4. "I saw it hanging in the window and couldn't resist it"

[MuseRider]

5. GAK!

60's?

[Acryliccalico]

6. I think my mother still has that one somewhere

she never throws anything away. Has to be the 50's, look at the collar! Three quarter length selves??? Puke green color??? What is that?

[China_cat]

8. Those funky patterns advertised in women's magazines

The ones that had no company behind them, no markings, never fit right and were always out of style even when they were new.

[blondeatlast]

9. I like to sew, and I was thinking the same thing.

Even Simplicity .99 cents patterns have that beat.

I never thought I'd find myself longing for the fashion sense of (gack, bllp, ack)...

Nancy Reagan?!

[Sanity Claws]

7. Let's not forget the hair

The hair, both style and color, looks like something Nancy Reagan wore 20 years ago.

[RadicalMom]

17. Someone on another thread was trying to think of the name of the mom on

"Father Knows Best." I just remebered - Jane Wyatt.

[AlCzervik]

10. Christ almighty, how many fashion violations can she get away with?

i think that material is covering my patio furniture. She dresses worse than her mother in law.

[Bluebear]

13. I like that....Laura Bush: America's Mother-in-law!

[SheilaT]

11. The real problem is

that Laura is a little hippy, and the cut of the jacket, as well as its length, only accentuate her hips. She should wear a shorter jacket, and possibly one that's not quite so fitted (not real sure about that last). She should also wear the jacket open, with a nice shell underneath. She's a little busty, so the closed jacket all the way up to the neckline only makes it worse. Seeing a little cleavage would not only make her look younger, but would be more flattering all around.

As for the hair, it's too much of a helmet. She needs highlights, and a very different cut. The swept-back look is not only dated, it doesn't flatter her face. She needs wispy bangs, and hair that curves forward on her cheeks.

[barackmyworld]

12. definitely

she looks like a massive pear. Don't wear clothes that end at your problem areas!

[Bluebear]

14. "She looks like a massive pear"

LMAO!

[spinbaby]

15. Surely she can afford clothes that fit

This jacket doesn't even come close to fitting--it looks like it was made for a much shorter person.

[KG]

16. hmm, i was thinking 'Goodwill or Salvation Army'?

:eyes:

[RadicalMom]

18. Definitely NOT Vogue. No.