Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Subway Spotting: Tie Skirts
Posted by Sharon on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Subway Spotting is a reoccurring feature I just made up, in which I will talk about the people and things I stare at on the subway when I'm too tired to read my book.
It must be turning into fall, because the girls are starting to bring their craft projects onto the subway. I'm used to seeing stuff like knitting, or maybe the occasional crocheted scarf. But on the F train this morning, I watched a woman embroider a tie skirt in her seat. I just spent 20 minutes looking for a picture of a Blossom-era Mayim Biyalik to properly illustrate this post with 90s magic, but I can't find one, so you'll have to imagine it and instead appreciate her flowered hat and man-shorts. Which, I must say, am now totally respecting as a pretty decent homage to Annie Hall. Did Blossom like Woody Allen? I can't remember, although I do recall she was fairly neurotic about, um, everything.
Anyway, tie skirts: making a come-back?
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Blossom!!! Didn't her brother have like a noise he made? Joey? Something like Ergh or Ooy?
Posted by
Jen
on 08/27/2008 at 11:02 AM
@ Joey: It is a skirt, usually a mini, made out of men's ties. Click on the link embedded into the phrase "embroider a tie skirt" for visual representation.
@ Jen: WHOA!
Posted by
Sharon
on 08/27/2008 at 11:03 AM
Well since '80s inspired/copy styles have been in lately the 90's are the only logical/easy progression from then on. And after all that has been exhausted designers will either have to finaly come up with a 2000's style or else go back to the year 1900 for style inspirations!
Posted by
lild
on 08/27/2008 at 11:05 AM
