tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920157160853414405.post1032858883789948133..comments2023-07-21T05:58:27.425+01:00Comments on A Bountiful Thing : The Great British Sewing BeeA Simple Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088166547504521544noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920157160853414405.post-69560559939012680712014-03-17T01:22:51.072+00:002014-03-17T01:22:51.072+00:00The Youtube link doesn't work in the U.S., but...The Youtube link doesn't work in the U.S., but I did a search and there appears to be some YT links of the show that do work here. Can't wait to check it out soon. Have a great week!Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14071016583187622819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920157160853414405.post-73585862281673931152014-03-16T12:39:32.895+00:002014-03-16T12:39:32.895+00:00Oh, even in spite of the dress drama, everything s...Oh, even in spite of the dress drama, everything sounds so beautiful. I would love to, one day, go to a city where I can see lots of the wax prints at one time. I can only imagine a sea of beautiful colors. Here, if I see those fabrics there are only a few prints at a time and it's usually in the store that also sells everything else - from black soap to wigs to dvds. :-) I'd love to go to an open market.<br /><br />I will definitely go to the youtube link and check it out. Thanks so much for thinking of me and replying back in such detail. Love, love!Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14071016583187622819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920157160853414405.post-65259756918028656632014-03-16T08:41:06.971+00:002014-03-16T08:41:06.971+00:00Libby, I genuinely was thinking of you when I was ...Libby, I genuinely was thinking of you when I was watching the show and it's half the reason I wrote the post! I think this lady has some but she's in France so I don't know if you can see it in the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a5Xdd94Zx8<br />I think it's ridiculous that having clothes that actually fit is not the norm in the West - for us here in the UK, the British High Street revolutionised clothing in the 60s (I think) because it became so easy and affordable to have clothes that tailor went out of business. But now I feel we lack an appreciation for clothes and fit here. I hope I don't - but most things in the shop don't fit me very well, so I'm more aware of it. When I was in South East Asia a few years ago, I got a jacket specially made for me, $30 dollars. I still have it now - the piping has worn to heck, but structurally it's completely intact. Whereas a coat on the high street here would cost me about £70 and last me a year. <br /><br />For the wedding, we had two ceremonies: a traditional Yoruba engagement, and an English style church wedding. The Yoruba engagement, the two dresses were made for me specially and they were gorgeous (though we had a problem with one of the tailors - went to pick it up a few days before the engagement and he'd cut the fabric...and done nothing else. In three months. My mother cried. He worked overnight to finish it in time). They were about £100 - £200 each? Also, younger female cousins and friends usually wear the same fabric (ankara) but get it done in different styles, maybe add some fabric. It looks really cool. It's usually the older/married women who wear the gele, because the younger girls want to show off their weaves! I did wear a type of gele when I did the engagement though, so no hair worries for that.<br /><br />Finding a white wedding dress was a <i>nightmare!</i> All the dresses were too heavy, or strapless, and if I found one I liked, it was 3 sizes too small. I got stuck in one dress, because it wouldn't get over my backside! The dream of looking absolutely perfect on that 'special' day seemed to be for smaller girls, or girls who didn't have a specific image in their head of how they'd like to look, haha!A Simple Thinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088166547504521544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5920157160853414405.post-15970452349969467672014-03-15T02:33:43.984+00:002014-03-15T02:33:43.984+00:00That sounds like a show I'd love to watch. I ...That sounds like a show I'd love to watch. I wonder if it plays here. Maybe I'll check out YouTube and see if anyone has uploaded any episodes. I'm always in awe of international friends who comment about having clothes made for them like it's quite normal. And I guess it is. They say it costs less in their countries and they always get something they truly like because the tailors can see a picture and make an outfit specifically for your body which is how it should be, but if I were to ask that here in the U.S., it would cost a small fortune. So instead I just hold on to the magazine clippings and convince myself that I will make this or that when I have the time. So far it hasn't happened, but I'm hopeful.<br /><br />For your wedding did you do something traditional British (whatever that might be) or Nigerian or totally different? One of my blog friends has been posting the most beautiful Nigerian wedding dresses and geles. I'm always in awe of all the beautiful fabrics.Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14071016583187622819noreply@blogger.com