...it might just be a forgetful person.
And I really wouldn't have minded if someone had gently stopped me the first 3 times I wore this skirt, "Miss? [or ma'am, which I seem to get more and more - it's disturbing] Your back vent is still sewn shut."
Really. Stop the next person you see with sewn together pleats or vents - it's the genteel (and kind) thing to do.
I'd put it on by the time I noticed, and didn't feel like taking it off, so asked H to snip the threads.
Now I'm perfectly presentable.
Badass doesn't have an expiration date. But bad fashion and Go-Gurts do.
Showing posts with label nice people helping out. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nice people helping out. Show all posts
23 January 2008
17 January 2008
To Pleat or Not to Pleat
Apparently there's a run on women not cutting their basting.
Basting, of course, being the type of stitch used to tack together pleats or vents on new clothes so they don't get folded a wrong way before their new owner wears them - you know those wierd "X"es on your winter coats?
artlush commented on yesterday's post: "i want to help them..maybe throw some scissors in my pocketbook and attack when i see them..which i may add is a few a day"
You're clearly not the only one, artlush. There was a thread in wapo.com's Talking Fashion chat about the exact same thing. "Have you noticed how many women forget (or simply don't know) to pick the basting stitches out of suit jackets, skirts, and so on after purchasing them? For example, I saw a lady in a very cute pleated skirt, but with all the pleats sewn up! Hey, fellow office drones, those stitches are just to protect the clothes in transit -- you can take them out now!" writes Washington, D.C.
I'm with you both. It's amusing, annoying, and a fashion faux pas.
And, I'll add, as The Bean's Mommy With Little Sleep, it's entirely possible that the poor woman on the street just plain ol' forgot. Be kind. I know I've meant to clip them, and just forgot (ok, not on a whole pleated skirt, but definitely on a coat). It took until I got to work to fix - and I did.
I know I certainly wouldn't mind a nice person coming up to me and saying, "Hey, did you know your pleat/vent's still tacked?" Even better, if said nice person (ahem, artlush, ahem) were carrying a pocketknife or pair of scissors.
Just don't wield either in the Metro. Could get you in a leeetle bit of trouble nowadays.
Basting, of course, being the type of stitch used to tack together pleats or vents on new clothes so they don't get folded a wrong way before their new owner wears them - you know those wierd "X"es on your winter coats?
artlush commented on yesterday's post: "i want to help them..maybe throw some scissors in my pocketbook and attack when i see them..which i may add is a few a day"
You're clearly not the only one, artlush. There was a thread in wapo.com's Talking Fashion chat about the exact same thing. "Have you noticed how many women forget (or simply don't know) to pick the basting stitches out of suit jackets, skirts, and so on after purchasing them? For example, I saw a lady in a very cute pleated skirt, but with all the pleats sewn up! Hey, fellow office drones, those stitches are just to protect the clothes in transit -- you can take them out now!" writes Washington, D.C.
I'm with you both. It's amusing, annoying, and a fashion faux pas.
And, I'll add, as The Bean's Mommy With Little Sleep, it's entirely possible that the poor woman on the street just plain ol' forgot. Be kind. I know I've meant to clip them, and just forgot (ok, not on a whole pleated skirt, but definitely on a coat). It took until I got to work to fix - and I did.
I know I certainly wouldn't mind a nice person coming up to me and saying, "Hey, did you know your pleat/vent's still tacked?" Even better, if said nice person (ahem, artlush, ahem) were carrying a pocketknife or pair of scissors.
Just don't wield either in the Metro. Could get you in a leeetle bit of trouble nowadays.
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