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batskeetsI responded to a Craigslist ad yesterday, and got a reply back. (I'm guessing it was cut-and-pasted, after closer inspection) The client said she was interested, but she clearly didn't read my e-mail very closely, and the greeting at the beginning of the e-mail was "Hi Susan."
At that point, I said to myself, "ugh, my name is NOT Susan!" And that made me think of that old Whitney Houston song, and I felt slightly ill for even having remembered it.
Ugh. That lady should pay me money just for putting me through that. XD
I think I may have to kick the person who told me about Etsy, because I'm currently poking through the site and slobbering over cute dresses. Cute dresses have been a rarity in my wardrobe, largely because Ma was always convinced that I needed to "hide my legs" because they're too big or whatever, so she bought me overly-long grandma skirts. ::eyeroll:: Way to give me a complex about it, jeez.
But now? Oh, cute cute Etsy dresses! YES. Fortunately, most of these Etsy designers make clothes for tiny people, so I won't be breaking the bank on this stuff just yet. Seriously, how can these people make any money cranking out nothing but Size XS/S clothing all the time? Talk about limiting your market.
Anyhoo, I have a meeting, so I must dash.
At that point, I said to myself, "ugh, my name is NOT Susan!" And that made me think of that old Whitney Houston song, and I felt slightly ill for even having remembered it.
Ugh. That lady should pay me money just for putting me through that. XD
I think I may have to kick the person who told me about Etsy, because I'm currently poking through the site and slobbering over cute dresses. Cute dresses have been a rarity in my wardrobe, largely because Ma was always convinced that I needed to "hide my legs" because they're too big or whatever, so she bought me overly-long grandma skirts. ::eyeroll:: Way to give me a complex about it, jeez.
But now? Oh, cute cute Etsy dresses! YES. Fortunately, most of these Etsy designers make clothes for tiny people, so I won't be breaking the bank on this stuff just yet. Seriously, how can these people make any money cranking out nothing but Size XS/S clothing all the time? Talk about limiting your market.
Anyhoo, I have a meeting, so I must dash.
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Date: 2008-05-07 10:08 pm (UTC)I wonder if this is another case of "skinny people are closer to the same shape". Boobs and hips aren't flat, which makes them hard to fit correctly. That having been said, I've been making a bunch of cute dresses recently. Do you sew at all? If you need helpful suggestions, please let me know. The trick, really, is finding a pattern with princess seams and then adapting that to everything you make.
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Date: 2008-05-07 10:15 pm (UTC)I also think a lot of the people who make really cute designs are also tiny themselves, so they start out by fitting their garments on themselves. That's just my silly theory, but it does seem like all the designers I meet with are skinny/petite, or significantly overweight, and I don't run across many who are in the 8-12 range. :)