Old Photo Pick - 4

If you google something like 'girls on bikes vintage photo' you will find plenty of erotic and pin-up pictures. Not because bikes seemed to be particular erotic a hundred years ago, but because it was something from men's world that was taken by women. Women cycled publicly for the first time through the streets of Indianapolis, USA, on April 23, 1895. Press wrote that four women riding bikes through the city aroused in men deep disgust for the ladies.

Basic Pants. What is it?

Basic Pants

On my website I offer three main options of custom-made trousers: basic pants, premium pants and deluxe ones. All of them are custom-sewn, made-to-measure, all of them involve measuring and fitting sessions before they are ready to collect. With any option you get all the benefits of garment made especially for you. What is the difference?
You've probably guessed already that smaller price means less work to do, and bigger price - vice versa. If measurements and pattern part is the same, what I can play with is actual sewing, more options in details,  or - technology.
Basic option has minimum sewing technology involved. Elastic waistband, imitation of zip, only two pockets or no pockets at all. 

Trousers Decor - part 2

Some more options for this original decoration. Now it doesn't sit on trousers but occupies top, and of course brings new style opportunities. 

Trousers decor, option four. It really depends on what top you are wearing, but decoration can occupy it too, in plenty of designs. Here top is probably not perfect, white button-down would be better, but I don't talk about style on mannequin. There are people who would look best of all in this particular look. People who can wear high level of eclecticism. People who like to combine inconsistent items. Contradictory souls. Or just cheerful happy people who have real fun getting dressed every day. 

Pants Balance

Do you know what balance of the pants is? This is the key concept  and the main reason why custom-made trousers suit you better than bought in the shop ones. 

Balance is normal, actually it is very good!

Every figure has its own individual waistline or the ideal level for pants to rest. Usually it is not horizontal, and not on the real waist as the narrowest point. It can be actually very different on the back, on the sides and on the front.

Each and every figure has its own pelvic tilt. Everybody who tried to draw the human body knows that men have more horizontal, and women have more tilted pelvic.

Clothes designers make all garments including pants for typical shapes, to fit the widest range of consumers. This works well for tops, sleeveless dresses, loose blouses, t-shirts etc. But not for fitted pants.

I remember I shopped for trousers last time, couple of years ago. I spent four hours in the shopping centre! Finally I found a good pair. Well, fabric was not perfect, a bit thinner than I wanted. They fit me well but I felt too tight in the hips and crotch area was too short. Since that time I have always sewn my pants myself. It takes the same time, and I get what I want at the end of the day. And I am much happier.

I'll tell you more abut the advantages of custom-made pants in the further posts, today I was going to write about balance. I've made some photos of my pants with incorrect balance - by pulling them down and pushing up  - so you can easily see what happens.

No comments... just orange overalls and jazz. Thats enough.  Buttons used in the top part are very unusual. They are  rather old - I cut them from the waistcoat that my great-granny had made for my mother, when she was at school. Buttons are wooden and polished, and really amazing. 

There is no small job or big job...

Blouse, jeans and orange coat are my creations.

Thin bi-elastic floral knitwear for blouse, denim of two colours for jeans.
Photo by Kseniya Sytina.

Coat was sewn of "fabric for jackets" as it was written on the label. There are tiny beads on the hemline, but they are hardly seen on the photo.
Photo by Inna Gilyarova.