Comments on: Ask Painfully Hip: What the heck should I do with all these oversized men’s shirts? http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/ Fashion-Forward Finds for the Weak of Wallet: High-Fashion Styling for Thrift Store Addicts Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:08:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Mens Silk Underwear http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-9829 Mens Silk Underwear Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:25:01 +0000 http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/#comment-9829 Very good information. Very good information.

]]> By: diana http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-1763 diana Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:09:17 +0000 http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/#comment-1763 hi ronnie! no problem! i had a lot of fun pulling all the inspiration and ideas together! (and hi dad, too! :) hi ronnie! no problem! i had a lot of fun pulling all the inspiration and ideas together!

(and hi dad, too! :)

]]> By: ribbon sew http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-1762 ribbon sew Wed, 14 May 2008 19:18:07 +0000 http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/#comment-1762 [...] out his wardrobe and found a dozen button up shirts he didn??t wear anymore. He gave them to me buhttp://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-ov...Make your own Mother??s Day gift Philippine Daily InquirerMANILA, Philippines??I wanted to give my [...] [...] out his wardrobe and found a dozen button up shirts he didn??t wear anymore. He gave them to me buhttp://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-ov…Make your own Mother??s Day gift Philippine Daily InquirerMANILA, Philippines??I wanted to give my [...]

]]> By: Ronnie http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-1761 Ronnie Sun, 04 May 2008 15:21:00 +0000 http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/#comment-1761 Hi Diana! Thank you so much for answering my quesiton - and especially for answering it so flipping well, too! I really, really appreciate it - I'm definitely going to try out a bunch of these ideas: I really love the ribbon one and I adore the dress you're wearing in the picture (I didn't even notice your cast :) Seriously, thank you sooo much! This was a great entry and I'm really grateful :D Ronnie ps: My dad says hi and thanks, too :P Hi Diana! Thank you so much for answering my quesiton – and especially for answering it so flipping well, too! I really, really appreciate it – I’m definitely going to try out a bunch of these ideas: I really love the ribbon one and I adore the dress you’re wearing in the picture (I didn’t even notice your cast :)
Seriously, thank you sooo much! This was a great entry and I’m really grateful :D
Ronnie
ps: My dad says hi and thanks, too :P

]]> By: Charponnaise http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-1760 Charponnaise Sun, 04 May 2008 13:05:04 +0000 http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/#comment-1760 I saw a girl on the tube yesterday, wearing a big men's shirt really well. She was very tall and quite curvy [not heavy looking, I'd guess a UK size 12? But definitely no skinny minnie - she looked like an amazon] which really complemented the look - she looked very womanly. Very simple - she just had this blue men's shirt tucked into a pair of very skintight, ripped jeans, and open at the collar - but they were the 80s-style spray-on skintight, not the kind that wrinkle up and down the leg. And then some bright almond-toed courts. It sounds like a pretty cliched look but she wore it so well, it really stuck in the mind. She got the proportions just right. I saw a girl on the tube yesterday, wearing a big men’s shirt really well. She was very tall and quite curvy [not heavy looking, I'd guess a UK size 12? But definitely no skinny minnie - she looked like an amazon] which really complemented the look – she looked very womanly. Very simple – she just had this blue men’s shirt tucked into a pair of very skintight, ripped jeans, and open at the collar – but they were the 80s-style spray-on skintight, not the kind that wrinkle up and down the leg. And then some bright almond-toed courts. It sounds like a pretty cliched look but she wore it so well, it really stuck in the mind. She got the proportions just right.

]]> By: Hailey http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-1755 Hailey Fri, 02 May 2008 03:53:52 +0000 http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/#comment-1755 I remember that pic of you on wr, you have some great style girl and good advice on the shirts. I remember that pic of you on wr, you have some great style girl and good advice on the shirts.

]]> By: Lily http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Lily Fri, 02 May 2008 02:01:07 +0000 http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/#comment-1757 Craftster.org has a lot of tutorials for reconstructing button up shirts. I used to get tons of ideas from that site. Craftster.org has a lot of tutorials for reconstructing button up shirts. I used to get tons of ideas from that site.

]]> By: ane / unrealized fis http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-1756 ane / unrealized fis Thu, 01 May 2008 20:44:37 +0000 http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/#comment-1756 I like your outfit :) I like your outfit :)

]]> By: diana http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 diana Thu, 01 May 2008 19:49:11 +0000 http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/#comment-1759 thanks guys :) sal - i'm trying to think of a way to turn the extra yoke into a cap-sleeve, and nothing's coming to mind. this is not to say there isn't a way though. sometimes having a lot of "proper" education on a topic actually limits your creativity, because you know how things are "supposed" to be done. play around with them! and i'd love to hear the results! thanks guys :)

sal – i’m trying to think of a way to turn the extra yoke into a cap-sleeve, and nothing’s coming to mind.
this is not to say there isn’t a way though.
sometimes having a lot of “proper” education on a topic actually limits your creativity, because you know how things are “supposed” to be done.
play around with them! and i’d love to hear the results!

]]> By: Sal http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-1758 Sal Thu, 01 May 2008 18:54:00 +0000 http://www.painfullyhip.com/2008/04/30/ask-painfully-hip-what-the-heck-should-i-do-with-all-these-oversized-mens-button-down-shirts/#comment-1758 Damn, girl! I never would've thought a big floppy dad shirt could look so sexy. I'm a sewing know-nothing, but just curious: if a shirt doesn't fit in the shoulders, it possible to remove the sleeves and make cap-sleeves from the remainder of the yoke somehow? Damn, girl! I never would’ve thought a big floppy dad shirt could look so sexy. I’m a sewing know-nothing, but just curious: if a shirt doesn’t fit in the shoulders, it possible to remove the sleeves and make cap-sleeves from the remainder of the yoke somehow?

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