I shit you not, Andy Gibb’s “I Just Want to be Your Everything” was playing in the background when I saw this dreamy dress that was about ten sizes too small for me. I love dresses with floaty details!
You have my sympathy, K! I can picture the scene vividly. Twelve years or so I used to seek out crazy-excellent stuff like this, but alas, that-honesty-in-vintage-sizing (versus dishonesty-in-vanity-sizing) has made it night impossible for us Millennials to guess anything remotely close to our real size!
I would assume that vintage clothing would use the pre-vanity US dress sizes which are 4 numbers smaller than current US misses sizes (and the same as current UK sizes.)
Vintage US size 10 = current US size 6, etc.
That’s useful, thanks! I’m curious whether sizes were more standard despite the manufacturer a few decades ago than they are today. I have a rather wide array of jean sizes of various brands in my closet.
I shit you not, Andy Gibb’s “I Just Want to be Your Everything” was playing in the background when I saw this dreamy dress that was about ten sizes too small for me. I love dresses with floaty details!
You have my sympathy, K! I can picture the scene vividly. Twelve years or so I used to seek out crazy-excellent stuff like this, but alas, that-honesty-in-vintage-sizing (versus dishonesty-in-vanity-sizing) has made it nigh impossible for us Millennials to guess anything remotely close to our real size!
So, do you think he’d like it or not? “Ivan’s Sandwich” must be some serious eatin’ if the recipe calls for 6-12 slices of tongue, a jar of caviar, 12-18 anchovy fillets and a jar of chilled tomato aspic. Clearly this is not a recipe that messes around!
NEEDS MANY MORE BEARS!
That’s just perfect. :) Maybe flanks of bear steak would be the finishing touch for Ivan’s signature sandwich. I absolutely love the way he’s holding his tires together in the second panel.
(FYI, the recipe is from a mid-60s cookbook I found at a church rummage sale yesterday.)
Silver bumper and blue wheels? ooookay… and I hope a “normal” Alex sans party hat is released at some point, but I should probably be thanking my lucky stars that this was made at all, what with the awful job Mattel has being doing with the Cars 2 diecasts. I pretty much already know that I will be purchasing this at a grossly inflated price online.
The wording of Alex’s bio-blurb on Mattel’s site is almost verbatim taken from the Meet the Cars book, but it has added the word SORDID to his list of aliases, oh la la. Tell us more about these sordid names, Alex. >:3
Alex and those sordid aliases. He does look quite adorable despite the obvious mistakes — really, how could they miss the bumper?
Aww, c’mon, why not just make the guy sign an agreement not to drive them on public roads? Those cars are his BABIES…his passion he spent major $$$ on building. Crushing them will help no one and only turn people against the cause.
So, do you think he’d like it or not? “Ivan’s Sandwich” must be some serious eatin’ if the recipe calls for 6-12 slices of tongue, a jar of caviar, 12-18 anchovy fillets and a jar of chilled tomato aspic. Clearly this is not a recipe that messes around!
I’m guessing that “Thomas Yugo” is the name of the dealership. I did a double take at first and wondered if new Yugos came with names like Cabbage Patch dolls.
“Thomas Yugo was born in Kragujevac on January 7th, 1986! He loves his adopted mommy and also regular oil changes!”
Oh geez, that would have been _entirely_ too adorable. :3
