Remember way back in 2004 when we used to dress like this?

Midge said:
But let's not forget, the absolute crowning glory at the time (if we must go for the really scary stuff) was if you had a tribal-style tattoo that would show above the waistline of the thong :BAGUSE: and below your top, in the back. I don't know what you call it in English. The German expression for it isn't very nice so I won't mention it. I ask myself how many people there are out there today who could probably kick themselves for having had that kind of thing done... I als remember mail-order catalogs at that time offered thongs that were supposed to peek out of your super-low-rise jeans, and were even decorated for that purpose. Scaaaaaary!

Karin
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We call em a "tramp stamp". What is it in German?
 
"Tramp Stamp"! hahaha Here I thought we just had them here in Okie land. And that middle look...skirt and tee...still one of my favorites...especially with a 60s or 70s wrap skirt. Thank goodness in Oklahoma NOC! And they'll be wearing thongs here for a loooong time judging by the underwear dept. at Target.
 
Oh, my. :oops: I would totally go for that turquoise, trillium-print tunic on the right, if it came with a natural waistline and longer sleeves. (Empire waist + comic book heroine build = balcony bosom. I do not like feeling as though my neckline is part of the set for a production of "Romeo and Juliet".)

It shows just how much time I've been spending in the Titanic era. The tunic and the asymmetrical hemlines look perfectly normal to me.

Karin, I just added a word to my (horribly rusty) German vocabulary. Thank you!
 
So, I was idly flipping through Butterick's new spring pattern catalog yesterday. What should I find but that selfsame tunic top! :hysterical: Elbow length sleeves this time, but that same dratted Empire waistline. Now, the question is, do I follow through on my "I would so wear that"?

(And no, I am not going to spend sixteen bucks for a kimono-cut tunic pattern that I can draft myself in about ten minutes.)
 
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