Monthly Archives: March 2024

…………………..There were some truly beautiful gowns at the Oscar show last night, but IMHO Hailee Steinfeld was the best…….It wasn’t just the dress, which was magnificent in it’s AQUAMARINE color with GOLD, but the whole presentation from top to bottom. Her hair and makeup were perfection. The minimal jewelry was spot on……She has developed from a young girl to a beautiful women who has impeccable taste, and always looks perfect……..You are either born with it or not. For Hailee it seems to come naturally.

…………………For the Spring/Summer collections I used a variety of cottons from twill and duck to polished and brushed cottons…poplin and cotton lawn…..Sometimes different blends of cotton and rayon or cotton and polyester. I was always looking at the new developments from the mills in Europe. The sketches indicate fabrics that I was thinking of, but that could easily have changed….Starting from the left, the cropped DB jacket indicates a silk/linen blend for the jacket and side button pant, but it could easily be switched to a cotton twill for the structure….Under the jacket a bold striped knit tank…….Next a ribbed sweater tank over a knit skirt with side racing stripes…….Above a sweater knit Kimono sleeve V-neck tunic with contrast borders, and a short knit skirt…..The 4 button belted jacket say silk linen , but a stretch cotton would have been more tailored. A striped sweater is underneath worn with a ribbed knit skirt…….The A line DB jacket with the half raglan sleeve has cotton duck indicated, and that would have been perfect for this casual jacket….A bold stripe knit TN is under it, worn with a hot pink skirt……..Cotton came in many price ranges depending on the cotton yarn.

……………………..It’s OSCAR NIGHT once again, and I for one will be watching…..I don’t think I have ever missed an Oscar show , and that’s saying a lot! Even when I was in Italy I would stay up into the wee hours of the morning to watch the live presentation on TV……..I have my favorites, but it seems every year there is always a surprise winner, and likewise a surprise loser……but they are all winners…….right?…………My picks are:….For best picture, Oppenheimer……best director, Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer….best actor, Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer, though Paul Giamatti and Bradley Cooper were very good, but for me it will be Cillian………Best actress will be interesting…..It will be between Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone…….I think Emma should win it, but the historic win will probably go to Ms. Gladstone……..Best supporting actor, Robert Downey Junior for Oppenheimer…..Best supporting actress, DaVine Randolph will win thought Jodie Forster was very good. America Ferrera is always mentioned, but she’s a no for me…..Best song, Billie Eilish’s, “What was I made for”, the Barbie movie….Best costumes is a toss up between Oppenheimer, Strange Things, and Napolean……I’m hoping Strange Things, but it could go to any of the three. however Napolean got such bad reviews they may not reward it for anything…..Best animated feature…..I haven’t seen any of them, but I’m going with “The Boy and the Heron”. That’s the one that’s been talked about the most……..Best cinematography I’m giving to Oppenheimer though “Poor Things” could steal it…….The spoiler for any category could be “Anatomy of a Fall”…..I hope not, but every Oscar has a spoiler! I have no opinion about the other categories. I always guess and loose. Jac always won or tied the contests we were in at parties!……………….REMEMBER!!!!!!! It’s on an hour earlier at 7:00pm EST. I guess that’s because we turned the clocks ahead one hour?????

…………….The dress at the upper left had a stretch matte jersey top with a stretch sheer back….which was actually a BODYSUIT. I chose to make the top a bodysuit because it kept it very taut and never rode up from the attached georgette bias skirt…It came with a separate leather belt….The next dress at the upper left says stretch matte jersey, but I think I finally decided on Silk Cady. It had sheer inserts of triangular shapes in different sizes. The back was solid with a back zipper……..The long dress to the right was in stretch matte jersey. The sheer section of the dress curved around the torso of the body in an interesting shape…..ending in a low back……..What I loved was that there was NO ARMHOLE in the short sleeve, so it was very clean without any seams. The dress had a super high slit!……….Head bands in the matte jersey, and mirrored sunglasses were the accessories drawn.

…………………I watch a lot of……YouTube…….It entertains me……I love to listen to these incredibly talented singers from around the world…….Once in a while one of these talented people reaches me to the core like no other has…….Timothy James Bowen………is one of those people……He was on “THE VOICE AUSTRALIA”, and I wish I could hear him sing again……His rendition of…..”I Can’t Make You Love Me”…..will melt you away…….I haven’t heard anyone sing it as well as him…..since Bonnie Rait!…………His story is inspirational!…….He is a 30 year old, stage 4 cancer survivor who had a rare blood cancer…..He tells of how his wife Christina, pictured at the right, was by his side and pulled him through….”THUNDER & FLAME”…..He got a FOUR CHAIR TURN almost immediately, and had the judges under his spell……….When he finished singing everyone wanted more, and request he sing another song…..Timothy, a singer songwriter, sang for them an original song that he wrote for his wife as a wedding present……..It’s called…..”The Greatest Thing”………I’m telling you if you’re in the mood to have your heart strings pulled go to YouTube and listen to Timothy sing…..you’ll listen to him, as I have, over and over again……………..and just look at that SMILE!