Forget about sundresses

[shootingstar]

Simplify and wear a large scarf sarong style. Solves the sundress or barbecue party dress. :p
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-tie-a-sarong

There are some interesting full dress coverage styles. With the right pattern on scarf and size, one might be able to do things.

[Tuckervill]

There was a mall store in the '80s that had plenty of clothes that were just fabric in tubes or whatever? Anyone remember that place? It wasn't Benneton, but it had some similarities--just a few solid, coordinating colors.

Sarongs are always too small to fit around me to be comfortable as a dress. :P

Karen

[sarahspins]

There was a mall store in the '80s that had plenty of clothes that were just fabric in tubes or whatever?

Like Units?

[Tuckervill]

Yeah! Maybe that's what it was called!! Units. Hmmm...

Karen

[KnottedYet]

I've been wanting a pareo for a while now... Hmmmm, $9 at Amazon!

[GLC1968]

Yeah! Maybe that's what it was called!! Units. Hmmm...

Karen


Yes, Units! I remember that place! I had a skirt from them that I LOVED!

Ooh, and a tube thing that I wore over my head when in the convertible...actually, probably the precursor to the Buff! ;)

[Tri Girl]

I wonder if I could wear that. Those are some tiny women and they have just a little fabric left on some of those ties.... I'm not that tiny. I wonder if it would fit around me.
It looks very cool, though, that's for sure (cool temperature wise and cool style wise). :cool:

I remember Units, too. I LOVED those things. Of course, I wore leg warmers in the summer, rolled up my jeans, and wore two pair of socks at a time, so I guess my fashion sense in the 80's could be considered questionable... :p

[Zen]

Were those wraps anything like these (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=180381284884&Category=965&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2)?
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[PamNY]

I love the video. I have never been good at scarves, shawls or any of that stuff.

I don't think these fashions would work with my Xootr, though.

[shootingstar]

Were those wraps anything like these (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=180381284884&Category=965&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2)?
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Some of the tying techniques in the video link, do feature the same end result/look in your link, Zen.

I actually found the video informative. I confirm I have worn skirt-scarves to management meetings with heeled shoes and pantyhose, top and dress jacket. It works for me. I wear pantyhose, otherwise it will look too beach-like strange/wierd in the boardroom.

And for cyclists...your toned legs can hold up well in such attire. :)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Forget about sundresses? ...I forgot about them 20 years ago already! :rolleyes: :D

[Zen]

I like sundresses. Seems like we had this conversation before.

What do you define as a sundress exactly?

[sundial]

Yeah! Maybe that's what it was called!! Units. Hmmm...


Mother is quite the seamstress and made me a complete set of Units. I thought the concept was pretty neat. :cool:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I like sundresses. Seems like we had this conversation before.

What do you define as a sundress exactly?

Well here's a bunch, according to Google:
sundress (http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=sundress&sa=N&start=60&ndsp=20)
and
more sundresses (http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=sundress&sa=N&start=120&ndsp=20)

[shootingstar]

Forget about sundresses? ...I forgot about them 20 years ago already! :rolleyes: :D


True, I forgot about them 15 yrs. ago..shortly after I took up cycling again. I sewed my own sundresses and still have them somewhere. Part of my bohemian-flower child look...which have forgotten /abandoned.

Am just presenting options that are cheaper if one wants to return to "sundresses".

[SlowButSteady]

Huh.

They need to make them bigger.

I tried some of that monkey business and got stuck in it with my arms up behind my head. It took a while for me to extricate myself.

[Zen]

OK then. I definitely love sundresses and would ride in them if just going out for coffee or something.

[sundial]

Complete with curlers in your hair. :p

[shootingstar]

If you look at these contemporary dresses, they look as if the designers borrowed ideas from the sarong tying variations.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/tie-one-on/article1222431/

[bmccasland]

If you look at these contemporary dresses, they look as if the designers borrowed ideas from the sarong tying variations.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/tie-one-on/article1222431/

So long as one has the body type that doesn't need to wear a bra. My "girls" like support at this point in my life.

Which reminds me that I need to find a bra that won't peak out the top (scoop neck) of one of my doesn't-need-ironing linen sundresses.

[cylegoddess]

I miss those 80s jersey tubes, too. Vivienne westwood was the girl who came uo with em.
I cant do that sarong thing. Im the wrong size for wrapping it around twice( just slightly too small) and once is like wearing a bedsheet!! Plus they seem to come unwrapped:eek: when I walk!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I cant do that sarong thing. Im the wrong size for wrapping it around twice( just slightly too small) and once is like wearing a bedsheet!! Plus they seem to come unwrapped:eek: when I walk!

Don't get me started on wrap-around skirts. Took me a long time to figure out that girls with ample curvy hips and small waists just cannot wear them....they always become 'un-wrap-around' skirts. :cool: