Mork and Mindy - A Surprise Denim Diva

I always thought that Pam Dawber was so pretty on 'Mork and Mindy.'  It might have just been her hair...  Admittedly, Mindy never showed this much cleavage when the show debuted in 1978, but this is today and I wanted to try to make a booby shirt. (That is the technical term that I just created. You're welcome.)

I tried something new with the construction of this blouse and it turned out so good!  I thought long and hard on how to construct a blouse that fit fit well, yet intentionally pulled apart in specific places in the front.  I won't go into specifics because not many people would know what I'm talking about, but the back of a pants pattern can be drafted in a certain way that looks unusual when laid flat, but makes the fabric mold around the buttocks (hehe, I said, "mold around the buttocks...") and I thought that maybe I could use a similar technique for the front of a blouse.

So I tried it and changed it and manipulated it and there you go!  Booby shirt!  Everyone will want one!

And, yes, there is a Mork companion that I made after this outfit, but it was not the best and I don't really want it to be on my front page, so I hid the post.  Nonetheless, if you would like to satisfy your curiosity and see it, the post is hidden here.

Mork and Mindy II: This is a Phail, but it's a Well-Made Phail

This 70-licious short-sleeved jacket was made from a thrift store bedspread.  I know.  It's a little bit  different.  But it turns out that short-sleeved jackets are in right now and as you know, I've been making them for a while now, so I will happily take credit for their popularity.

This outfit was purely experimental.  When I did a female Mork-inspired character, I knew that I would not want to do anything with rainbow suspenders, because that would be too obvious.  I also didn't want to do a red jumpsuit with a silver triangle in front because I don't have any solid red fabric...

So I turned to his puffy vest that he wore in the first season, which was very popular in fashion in the late seventies/early eighties, hence my choice of using an old bedspread as the material.  I felt a little strange cutting the thrift-store bedspread into peices, not just because I liked the cool 70's butterfly print and was afraid to ruin it, but while I was previously using it as a doggie bed, one of the dogs accidentally pooped on it two days before starting this project. (Don't worry, I washed it and now it smells really nice!)



The final ensemble, however, turned out very odd-looking, in a bad way.  There is a disconnection between the three pieces.  I do think that it was an important learning experience to not pair a puffy top with a puffy bottom.  It's not flattering.  Besides that, the three pieces don't seem to belong together at all.  So for this I call Phail.

But the thing is, the jacket is very well made.  I don't think that I've ever drafted a notch collar that has folded and fallen and stood so perfectly around the neck as on this quirky-looking jacket!  So for that I call Un-Phail!  The jacket displayed by itself looks MUCH better.