Dolls Ahoy!

Happy Birthday to Me.

Conrad's first tooth has finally gnawed its way to freedom.  It's a top tooth, too.  Kid has to do things a little differently, I guess.  Makes us proud.

Prima Dolly Ebony Blythe with a haircut for $150

Pullip Nahh Ato nude with a new wig $70

Yes, these were my Etsy models.  No, I'm not abandoning the idea of Etsy completely, I'm just acknowledging the fact that I don't need two expensive dolls standing nude on my sewing desk, gathering dust and glaring at me (when I actually manage to find some time to get anywhere near my sewing machines).  I have an inexpensive back-up doll to modify into Blythe size; she'll be my model in the future with Etsy.


Oh, and, I have a first version Triad Otaku with a repaired hip and ground-off nipples for $20

Wirkes

and

Krüger


More leopard print in the former, a little more lux in the latter.

It's not a free pattern, but it does cost considerably less than any other "real" dirndl patterns I've seen.

I'm not obsessed.  Really.  I'm just doing research.



Really.


(And, apparently, some people who like traditional Tracht despise Landhausmode.  Poor innocent lebkuchen.)

Chaotic C's comment on my last post has sent me into a search for information about Lola Paltinger.  Quick clicks on the first few Google results yield interesting photos of her amazingly expensive high fashion Landhausmode offerings.  Here she is with her mother; I especially like her mother's outfit.  That print!  This shows that skinny and curvy really do both look good in the style, too.

Here's a fashion photographer's portfolio of Paltinger clothes.  Shiny!  And, some could pass for rockabilly, too.  So, in Landhausmode, we now have seen things that come close to lolita, steampunk, and rockabilly--and the fact that the whole style is still based in a distinctly recognizable tradition of regional clothes makes it all the more subversive of those niche fashion movements.  I like pop culture subversions.

Paris Hilton has worn Lola Paltinger.  But!  That's a bland example of the style, isn't it?  A click on the bright red-orange dress in the thumbnail below reveals a new name in the fashion:  Angermaier.  Conrad's freshly awake, so I haven't yet had a chance to poke around that site, but, the front page's leopard print and pink dirndl set looks promising (and expensive)

One more thing--I've decided I need more slips for this fashion, cottons edged with various laces.  More reason to look for eyelet-trimmed bedsheets in thrift stores...

Editing to add this article, with further unexplored links.

OK, this post is not entirely devoted to dirndls.  I really like the jackets in these photos:  Pink & Green.  However, since I live in middle Tennessee, where the natives think 40°F is bone-numbingly cold, I'd have few opportunities to wear boiled wool jackets.

Dirndl, canvas shoes (with Velcro), and skateboard.


Dirndl and boyfriend.


Now, we leave Flickr for eBay.  I find it interesting that this "Authentic" "Imported from Bavaria" dirndl set displays so very many so-very-Made-In-India aspects.  I'm not disparaging this; I've had the idea for a while that printed Indian cottons would be perfectly acceptable for Landhausmode, because Landhausmode is the idealized fantasy of what rich landholders wear when they vacation at their country estates, and such people would want to show off the things they were able to import (at great expense in a pre-airflight world) or acquire when visiting abroad, right?  And, if printed cottons are OK, then certainly sari fabric and Indian-style embroidery with beadwork should be fine, too.  Yes?

I dare someone to wear this dress near hardcore lolitas.  This pattern, though, makes me think of the "oh, I wish I'd known when I was starting to try to wear loli" lament that square dancing stuff doesn't quite get it.  (And then there's this little bit of possible keyword spamming to once again make the lolitas hiss.)

I'm not entirely sure why, but the zipper placement in modern dirndls makes me happy.  I think it's because the zipper is part of the design, not something tucked under an arm or on the back, out of sight.

More pink and black (shirt not included, but shows that there are options in color).  I can't decide if it's just my Eighties Youth is that says it still looks cool.

Anyone else found anything to share?

Leopard print dirndl!  With hot pink lacing and trim and apron!

Crossdressers like dirndls, too.  Is this fabulous?

Why isn't anyone in the US making an underground fashion movement for Landhausmode?  Aren't these fun?  Especially Trachten Dirndl Candy orange.  I don't care if some of the longer dirndl sets look like witch costumes, either.

( She doesn't say meow. )

I have a craft book that insists it's fairly easy to make yogurt from scratch.  Is it?

The local WalMart is clearing out its by-the-yard fabric and trims.

( Cute! Messy, but...cute! Also with kitty. )

The news coverage of H1N1 makes me yell.  Hooray for Junkfood Science.

The toy store received a promotional copy of Small World, which we played over the weekend.  We hadn't expected much from it, so we're surprised how much we like it.  I recommend it to anyone who like gamer's gaming games, but not <i>serious</i> gamer's gaming games.  (I get my first exposure to Munchkin this week, if I can survive that much exposure to John Kovalic artwork.)

I think I'll make Conrad a Schultüte for his first day of school.  Would it be recursive to include these?

I have 6 copies of The Workbasket magazine, 5 from 1967 and the other from 1969 (two missing covers).  I'm finally admitting that I'll never take the time to learn to knit (there are too many things to sew!).  Projects also encompass crochet, tatting, needlepoint, gardening, cooking (scary, scary 1960s cooking), and various small crafts of the alarming church bazaar variety.  I'd like to send all of these Workbasket issues to someone on my friends list, if anyone's interested.

( I only went in for a pair of jeans. )