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Ode To Fall.

Sweet November, I will always remember
It was the month that I learned how to knit
And once I knew how
I sat back and said "wow"
Here's a hobby that I won't quit
I create my own designs
With the least-flattering lines
For the clothes I create
Well, they represent hate
That I feel for my supermodel sisters
Because standing beside them
It's impossible to feel femme
Instead I'm a troll...covered with blisters
Sister Sue is a statuesque beauty
But to me, she's just beyond snooty
With her brilliant green eyes
And flowing blond hair
Sue has style and grace to spare
But if I knit her a gift
She'll be a bit miffed
Because she knows our mom
Will make her wear it
Sue hates her hips
Even though they're mere blips
She thinks that they're wide
So with this skirt I tried
To bulk-up
That stuck-up
Sister of mine
It may be a bit lumpy
And no man will want to humpy
But it's about time
Sue felt a little dumpy
(don't you think)
As for Nadine
She looks like string bean
Well, a bean with exotic allure
So I'll swaddle her frame
With sixty pounds of cottony shame
So she'll regret that time
When she called me Slug Slime
In front of my number one crush
A knitted patchwork coat, it's a good plan
Can I help it if it makes Nadine look like the Michelin Man
As for me, I must go
And get on with the show
I've an awful lot of knitting to do....
Posted by Mary on November 13, 2006 | Permalink
Comments
OH. MY. GAWD. That is fugly!!! (The knit wear - not the poem) Who in their right mind would ever wear such fugliness?
Posted by: toiletpaper | Nov 13, 2006 5:15:51 PM
Ah yes! This picture certainly brings back memories! Back in the pattern model strike of 1978, I think it was. We wound up using corpses for models. Thanks to rigormortis setting in, we had to develop a whole new line of wrap-around-and-tie styles and large bulky-sleeved garments.
Which just goes to show you, women will wear whatever the fashion industry tells them to! Hee-hee! [ducks]
Posted by: Allen | Nov 13, 2006 5:18:30 PM
Hey! These women are PROFESSIONALS! I mean, who else could wear outfits like that with that much attitude? The rest of us wold be cringing behind our tubs of KFC.
Posted by: AJ | Nov 13, 2006 5:21:41 PM
To quote Threadbared.
"Good Lord!"
Posted by: SageHen | Nov 13, 2006 5:30:38 PM
toiletpaper - I'm afraid the poem might be a tad fugly as well.
The cadence, I'm afraid
Seems to have strayed
It made sense when I was writing it
But now that I'm reciting it
Something seems to be
A little bit off
As for the models - they may be wearing the bulkiest clothing ever created but they are still determined to look make it look FIERCE!
Posted by: Mary | Nov 13, 2006 5:56:47 PM
You can tell the designer wasn't happy with that skirt ans they threw that flower thing on at the last minute. But it just ends up being confusing. I feel like I should try to brush it off. Maybe the knitter couldn't stand the thought of weaving in all those ends so they did this instead?
And the coat? Dear gawd. It looks like an extra terrestrial alien dressing the way they think we dress. I think it might actually be bullet proof.
Posted by: Laurie | Nov 13, 2006 6:22:20 PM
That coat looks like the perfect thing to wear when trying to blend in with the natives while smuggling certain illicit substances out of the Andes mountains.
Or maybe it's just covering up some body armor.
At any rate, there's something going on under that coat that's just. not. right.
Posted by: gidget bananas | Nov 13, 2006 6:47:18 PM
Needed my extra-strength shades just to look at the picture. I'm thinking the knitwear creater and the models were mix 'n match crazy!
Posted by: Susan | Nov 13, 2006 6:48:21 PM
For once I've found myself thinking that even at the time, these would have been considered awful. Not that I'm making excuses for the '70s because it certainly was a "kidney-stone of a decade," but even back then I think people would have looked at either of these outfits and thought 'bitch, are you for real?'
Posted by: telesilla | Nov 13, 2006 8:33:10 PM
Giant potholders with plastic faces.
Posted by: daffy | Nov 14, 2006 12:42:06 AM
...and one tan plastic leg.
Posted by: daffy | Nov 14, 2006 12:44:13 AM
Okay, I can almost see the patchwork coat. Maybe Nadine needed to pass for a colorblind Sherpa for some reason. But that dress is the ugliest thing on Planet Earth. I'll bet it itches, too.
Posted by: Marcia | Nov 14, 2006 11:45:13 AM
I see that coat on the right and now I can't stop hearing "Karma Chameleon" running through my head. It's like Boy George exploded in a knitting factory.
Good golly, it's Josephine's Technicolor Nightmare...
Posted by: Jenn | Nov 14, 2006 12:17:33 PM
This may be my favorite post ever, ever, in the history of ever :)
Posted by: Jessica | Nov 14, 2006 3:11:06 PM
I like how they're trying SO HARD to look alluring in those thick, puffy body coverings.
Posted by: Lois | Nov 24, 2006 2:13:26 AM
No man will want to "humpy"? Heehee!
Posted by: Kitty | Feb 12, 2007 11:23:52 PM

