Fashion

[SilleeMee]

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@LTT1 wrote:

Although the Mackie tops are usually not proportioned for a petite, I think the pattern placements minimize tummies, etc.

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@LTT1,

He such a great artist! I love his "wearable art". I would love to just put some of his clothing into picture frames and hang them, they are so nice.

[walkingal]

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@LTT1 wrote:

@walkingal@ALRATIBA@traveler@SilleeMee@Kachina624

I have been concentrating my fashion efforts on buying pants.

For me, I have found that pants that are full and hang like a long skirt, work. I agree there are times when I see pants on models that look like two stove pipes!

I suppose Bob Mackie chose this particular fabric so that when one wears them you can't tell that they are pants. They flow!

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I'm a 1X, and I don't think my legs look like stove pipes in them!  lol! I think you have to wear the right top and shoes for proportion. 

[ALRATIBA]

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@LTT1 wrote:

@walkingal@ALRATIBA@traveler@SilleeMee@Kachina624

I have been concentrating my fashion efforts on buying pants.

For me, I have found that pants that are full and hang like a long skirt, work. I agree there are times when I see pants on models that look like two stove pip

I suppose Bob Mackie chose this particular fabric so that when one wears them you can't tell that they are pants. They flow!

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You're right about fabric content.  It has to be soft/limp fabric.   I even found some 100% linen pants at Chico's and at JCP ... wide leg, very soft and "flowy."

[LTT1]

@walkingal

This is SO TRUE! ITA!

[Leeny]

I love Bob Mackie's wide leg pants. I will say I am 5'7" and I buy the petite. I can't wear heals so this works for me. I also wear an x-large and I don't have stove-pipe legs, infact my legs are quite slender. 

[LTT1]

@Leeny
YAY!🎉

[Kachina624]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

@LTT1,

Bob's fabrics are devine. He sure knows how to pick the right kind to make it work on any figure.

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The exception is some of his fleece.  Fleece should be very soft, cozy and lush.  I've got two of his robes that are so heavy and scratchy I can hardly stand to wear them even on the coldest winter evenings.

On the other hsnd, I've got several fleece shirts that are so thin and cheap looking that I can see through them.  Won't buy more fleece items.

[jewel3]

I am one of those plus size ladies. I do wear these pants and get compliments but I am very careful to size down 2 sizes (to a large) and I am careful with the proportion of my top and shoes. It is really all about proportion.