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Monday, June 29, 2015

Monday Morning Inspiration

I had the most interesting evening last night. My husband and I were attending the theater. Just as the production broke for intermission, the theater manager came on stage and said that the tornado sirens were sounding and we needed to evacuate to the basement. I was especially impressed by how well the situation was handled, but sitting in the theater basement was a very surreal experience. We were there for 45 minutes. The tornadoes rolled past without ever touching down, so all is well that ends well. The room where we were was where they built the stage sets. It was a lot of fun to see the miniature sets lining the walls. Always a silver lining ;)
Now on to a little inspiration to start off the week.
It's no secret that I love an interesting sleeve, and to be honest, the quirkier the sleeve, the more I like it. Not that I would necessarily wear it, but I love to look! The sleeves that I've found aren't all that quirky, a little, but still quite interesting.
I love how the back detail of this jacket flows into the shoulders and forms a sleeve. Great design!
The sleeve on this jacket, and actually, the entire collection is very reminiscent of armor. If you would like to take a look at the collection, you can see it HERE. There's a hood that's an especially interesting design. I don't care for the name of the company, but the designs are interesting.
I love the drape over the sleeve. We'll visit this again.
Now this is a lot of bows! What I found interesting is how it was done. Each is a separate strip tied into a bow.They are then held together with the cord that runs through the knots.
I saw this sleeve and I had to see more.
Here it is with the jacket. That's a lot of sleeve! A toned down version, very toned down, might be fun though.
This is such a beautiful sleeve, graceful and fluid. Take note that the drape is actually brought around and then hand stitched to the main body of the sleeve.
This sleeve is really quite simple, but I like how the hem is edged so that it blends with the pocket detail. I also like the simple detail of the elastic which gives the sleeve a bell shape.
The blouse is a raglan sleeve design, but the back forms a cape that is then brought around and buttoned to the front raglan seam.
I thought that this sleeve was very interesting, not very practical, but interesting nonetheless.
Now, this is practical and interesting. I love how the collar flows into the sleeve. Beautiful.
Fortuny, the master of the pleated design. Just simple little pleats on the underneath section of the sleeve and held together with buttons and loops.
Here's the gown, simple yet so beautiful.
From the book, Pattern Magic. This sleeve is similar to the sleeve I did HERE for Sleeves On Saturdays.
I found this rather interesting. I think I would tweak the design just a bit, but I do like how the side panel is pulled into the elastic gathers around the arm.
That concludes our little trip down Quirky street!
Have a lovely week!!
Rhonda

17 comments:

  1. Thanks Rhonda for starting out my week with wonderful inspiration !!!! All your time to research is very appreciated .

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  2. Hi Rhonda, glad that everyone was okay. Tornados must be quite alarming occurrences, and we moan about the weather here in the UK! I love the sleeve and the hood. Agree about the company name but their work is fabulous. The Fortuny dress is my favourite. The colours look like they walked straight out of a pre-Raphaelite painting. Xx

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    1. Everything about the Fortuny gown is just so exquisite, such a timeless piece.
      The hood from the other designer is absolutely wonderful. Hopefully they'll wake up and change the name. Love their work, but I wouldn't want their label in my garment!

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  3. Thanks for the Monday morning inspiration. I, too, love interesting sleeves and I, too, had a theatrical performance interrupted last night. :) The Muny theater in St Louis is the nation's largest outdoor theater. Unfortunately, the thunderstorms, lightning, hail and tornado put a damper on the performance, which was cancelled.

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    1. Hi Cynthia, I too was in St. Louis! We were attending the St. Louis Opera Theater Opera Festival. Ended up missing the last act of the opera as my dogs were in the hotel and I was worried about them. The hotel lost electricity for a bit and they were quite upset, but relieved to see me. So happy that you were out in the open when the storms rolled through.

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  4. That one site name is definitely not one for the ages, but interesting details just the same.

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    1. I have no idea what would posses them to give their line such a name. Hopefully someone will get a hold of them and shake a little sense into their brain.

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  5. i agree with you 100%. I just don't understand why the company felt the need for such a name.... but the designs are quite interesting. Thank you so much for sharing the pictures - innovative and inspiring.

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    1. They're young and probably like the shock factor. They are quite talented, so hopefully they'll gain a little sense and change the name or I'm afraid that talent or not, they won't be around for very long.

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  6. I still love your sleeve from March 2012. Did you ever give that sleeve a name? I am dying to make something with that sleeve but it's too hot to even think about such things.

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  7. I love the drape on the white top where the fabric seems to flow from the collar to the sleeve. So gorgeous.The Fortuny gown is stunning too. The fabric is breathtaking. I'm so glad the tornado didn't touch down and that everyone was safe. I live in Portland Oregon, so tornados are rare occurrences. But our weather has been so muggy and strange lately, who knows?

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  8. Yuu always find the best inspirations!

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  9. Lots of inspiring ideas, thanks for posting them. I always look forward to your posts.

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  10. I love them all. Thanks for putting this together.

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  11. I love these posts. Thanks for the much needed boost of inspiration. :)

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