Something Lilly posted in another thread got my thinking about clothes that we wish were readily available, but aren't. What are your dream designs? What dream designs have you made a reality via sewing them yourself, commissioning them from a seamstress, or happening upon them on ebay/in a consignment store/whatever?
I've been looking for the perfect shearling flapper coat. J. Peterman sold JUST THE RIGHT KIND back in 1999, but I missed my chance to buy it. I decided to wait until the coat went on sale. Soon after, Peterman filed for bankruptcy and promptly shuttered their store at San Francisco Center. I rifled through EVERY RACK at the Peterman asset sale they held at the Concourse Exhibition Center a few months later. I even had my friend Jennie check through the huge stockpiles of old Peterman merch that made its way to the east coast three years after. I continue to check ebay every month, hoping to see one. And nothing.
I'm thinking I'll just have to bite the bullet and hire Tracie (who makes most of my period fashions) to make a copy for me.
I've been looking for the perfect shearling flapper coat. J. Peterman sold JUST THE RIGHT KIND back in 1999, but I missed my chance to buy it. I decided to wait until the coat went on sale. Soon after, Peterman filed for bankruptcy and promptly shuttered their store at San Francisco Center. I rifled through EVERY RACK at the Peterman asset sale they held at the Concourse Exhibition Center a few months later. I even had my friend Jennie check through the huge stockpiles of old Peterman merch that made its way to the east coast three years after. I continue to check ebay every month, hoping to see one. And nothing.
I'm thinking I'll just have to bite the bullet and hire Tracie (who makes most of my period fashions) to make a copy for me.
