tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post7769684507310587384..comments2023-11-02T21:46:26.482+13:00Comments on Violet goes green, sort of: shrinkageViolethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547452802344363142noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-42406328401319111682010-09-18T17:30:50.159+12:002010-09-18T17:30:50.159+12:00nigel: yeah I did that too, in the 80's - thou...nigel: yeah I did that too, in the 80's - though I was always careful to make the leg openings wide enough for my foot to get through!<br /><br />antoinette: now I want to turn my too-baggy-and-all-wrong work trousers into a skirt. But judging by the hip dimensions, I think it'll be a tulip skirt - and they are sooo season-before-last...Violethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547452802344363142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-7118794104984850662010-09-18T05:17:58.921+12:002010-09-18T05:17:58.921+12:00I know it. Took me months to drag my skinnificati...I know it. Took me months to drag my skinnification-in-progress jeans off the pile to finish then. Not that they went skinny, just straight-legged. So much better for my short legs.Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398754886656482414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-67584242531229167902010-09-18T01:13:09.290+12:002010-09-18T01:13:09.290+12:00Back in the day my sister used to always take in t...Back in the day my sister used to always take in the ankles of my pants as a tapered leg was the fashion in the late eighties. <br />On one pair she took them in too far and my foot automatically let them out when trying to get through. <br />That's how I reinvented flares in 1989.Watson Woodworth https://www.blogger.com/profile/18056045044039701907noreply@blogger.com