{"id":83262,"date":"2025-02-07T13:03:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=83262"},"modified":"2025-02-07T13:03:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:03:29","slug":"weekend-links-141","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2025\/02\/weekend-links-141.html","title":{"rendered":"weekend links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since my last Weekend Links post, so I thought I&#8217;d put a quick one out into the world, just for fun, today.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a collection of outfits for the week, just because blog posts need images&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83284\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83284 size-large\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-01-760x675.jpg\" alt=\"February outfits\" width=\"760\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-01-760x675.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-01-500x444.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-01-768x683.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-01-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yanaka Jacket with two bias Garibaldi skirts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83285\" style=\"max-width: 760px;\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83285 size-large\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-02-760x458.jpg\" alt=\"February outfits\" width=\"760\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-02-760x458.jpg 760w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-02-500x301.jpg 500w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-02-768x463.jpg 768w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/feb-7-02-1240x649.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yanaka Jacket, Prado Trench Coat, Garibaldi bias Skirt, Belgravia Knit Dress, and denim Hollywood Trousers with a few other items from my closet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>After my little essay\/opinion piece the other day about the lack of quality clothing available at good prices I came across this article and wanted to share it with you: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/middle-class-fashion-collapse-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fashion is Losing the Middle Ground<\/a>. Absolutely agree, as the difference between rich and poor increases, middle-priced clothing options are also disappearing.<\/li>\n<li>On a related note: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2022\/apr\/26\/seams-pretty-good-how-to-know-youre-buying-quality-clothes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Know You&#8217;re Buying Quality Clothes<\/a>. I think a lot of these points are useful for sewing quality clothing, too. But I&#8217;ll tell you, I&#8217;m not such of a stickler about disliking serged seam allowances. After all, if you look at couture, the seam allowances are often not so neat: either hand whip stitched or overcast. Serged seam allowances are much neater and are used in high-end apparel today, so they&#8217;re perfectly acceptable in my book, as long as you&#8217;re happy with them.<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever wondered how fashion trends happen? I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s true; we&#8217;re all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voguebusiness.com\/story\/fashion\/how-do-trends-happen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">looking at many of the same things and being inspired<\/a> by them. It&#8217;s probably similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2024\/01\/weekend-links-1-12.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this thought piece from last year<\/a>; we&#8217;re living in a small world and all being inspired by the same things. Maybe it&#8217;s time to get out there and look for individual inspiration, right? I think individuality is becoming more and more important as our tastes are increasingly homogenized.<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/14\/style\/edith-head-costume-designer-sketches-auction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE4.BMHx.Tia738-NVtZk&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">auction of sketches by Hollywood costume designer Edith Head<\/a> and the interesting story behind her success. So many fascinating people in fashion, aren&#8217;t there?<\/li>\n<li>How do you organize your clothing? I keep like items together and then organized by color: shirts together, jackets together, etc. Recently I\u00a0 decided to start hanging jeans with my other trousers and skirts so they&#8217;re all in one place, and my reason is simple: I&#8217;ve been resorting to jeans far too often lately, so maybe I&#8217;ll be drawn to other trousers and skirts if I see them when I automatically open my closet, looking for the jeans&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>And one more on the topic of the clothing cycle: <a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/explore\/item\/seriously-what-are-you-supposed-to-do-with-old-clothes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what do you do with your used clothing?<\/a> Quality clothing has a longer lifespan and a better secondary market, but does handmade? I always try to find someone who wants what I&#8217;m not keeping, but it&#8217;s also a good reason to sew with natural fibers, so they can eventually be composted.<\/li>\n<li>And on a less clothing-specific topic: The Paris Opera Ballet has been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/23\/arts\/music\/palais-garnier-paris.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk4.P9vW.YANX7LwJxGxQ&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This stunningly beautiful feature has bumped it back up to the top<\/a> of the list again. So beautiful!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have a terrific weekend! I hope you&#8217;re inspired to sew or do something wonderful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liesl is back with her occasional column, weekend links, featuring a few interesting links to read this weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":83286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[20823,20866,20798,4,20913,20839],"class_list":["post-83262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-belgravia-dress","tag-garibaldi","tag-hollywood-trousers","tag-links","tag-prado","tag-yanaka"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/febuary-7-feature.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-lEW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80418,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2023\/01\/your-projects-our-patterns-fall-winter.html","url_meta":{"origin":83262,"position":0},"title":"your projects, our patterns: fall + winter","author":"Lyndsey Stanfill","date":"January 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We spy inspiration for your handmade wardrobe! 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