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Damn.. Im heading to chch next week and was going to see if he wanted to catch up for a beer been a couple of years since ive been down that way and im shit at staying in touch with people. Sad as, scrolling back through old messages, last one was me randomly checking in on him to see if he was ok just over a year ago. The guy he presented on line was pretty true to him IRL. He was a chill bogan that was always with his mates drinking and smoking and having good chats. Last time I saw him he was wearing fugly cargo shorts and the rest of us were wearing his jeans, he was stoked as to see so many pairs in one place all with decent wear on them. It was the middle of summer and he ended up going on a bender and having a violent hangover. Rest in bogan peace.

Toile is the word you need. I get my students to use calico first to get a basic idea of fit then adjust to a cheap fabric similar to what they are designing toward then some partial toiles on their real fabric if needed. More skilled students go straight to cheap similar fabric. This is them drafting a basic body block then adapting and adjusting it to interpret whatever they have designed. One year I got them all to design, draft and make their version of 5 pocket jeans... never again. most should have gone to worlds ugliest jeans thread... yuh know miss, like a Bratz doll vibe. Also Seam guide.. your machine will have lines on it off to the side of the foot your eyes should be watching the cut edges lined up them, should be spaced out in 5mm or 1/4 inches depending on machine.... Or get so taylors chalk to draw guide lines in.

Found this.. it’s kind of nice.

Would smash some right now. Finished a ride and it’s creeping up to 30, glad there are some clouds today.

Took my hat I made out of my yamane legs a couple of years ago for a coastal hike and plant shopping.

I miss beer. Most of the gf ones aren’t worth the price tag, I’m always smelling other people’s beers and trying to imagine the taste. today is about 1/2 way through 6 week summer break and first day with no plans so a bit of cord/ rope making to tie back a plant. I whip these up with a loop in one end to tie up most of my plants. And took my kitten for a walk, she loves getting out for an explore and she desperately wants to get free and chomp on some birds. Starting to place out plants for new garden, gotta go get more tomorrow so trying to have a shopping plan. and I picked up some second hand Samurai, only worn once. Really nice chonky / slubby fibres. Been a long time since I’ve had new jeans to make comfortable. Haven’t decided what to do with cuffs yet.

The leg of my Dior jeans is stacking firewood. A cyclone back in Feb destroyed our 80 year old liquid amber tree. Have spent hours with chainsaws chopping and removing it. We are onto the last of it, Steve is splitting it and I’m stacking it. Leg of the jeans makes a great arm cover. One of our resident spiders as seen in the old movie arachnophobia.. love them but don’t like it when they accidentally get on me.

Out with the old in with the new. Retired the old $5 op shop Levis for some $10 op shop Diors. (Only for around the garden)

Happy fresh from over here nice summer morning so went for a bike ride, followed up with a counterproductive coffee. Planning on riding my bike more in January than the whole of 23.. not hard cause 23 was the year of the vastslug.

I love it now as a tourist in my own lands, its great having the time and money to head off and explore different parts. I'm in love with the south island and try and head there a couple of times a year. I let my passport lapse with all the COVID restrictions and haven't missed travelling too much, but I'm starting to look at get aways again. I don't spend much time in the bigger cities here anymore, find Auckland claustrophobic after living there for too long, Wellington is great for a long weekend, I've got family there so can bounce in and out to events. Where I am there are only 100,000 people over quite a large area, hated it here when i was little, love it as an adult. My last big purchase, which was three parts grief and one part union driven pay settlement, was a mainecoon kitten, decadent and stupid but the Band-Aid I needed at the time.

yeah. I've never shopped Japanese anyway. I got my Skulls second hand from Minya, my Evisu were a gift from Evisu for the dirty dozen +1 . My sufu approved jeans (that dont fit me anymore) are Andewhall (met several times, drank beer ate pizza) Mr freedom (flew into LA on way home from UK) ROY and CircleA (both purchased as part of jeans challenges way back). Im hoping to head to Okinawa next year to visit an ex student that is working there now doing weaving and indigo dying.. I'm pretty sure as an almost 6' female I wont find many clothes that fit me.. too curvy these days to squeeze into mens jeans. Love being a slob in my Byborre X miffy pants (met Sam years ago, still talk about trexes on instachat occasionally). I pretty much buy NZ made now.

When I worked retail in the city I loved SALE WEEK! back when there was only 1 or 2 sales a year. Because on my way to work I'd see my favorite designers put their signs up (they were never advertised in advance) and could get in early to get sample pieces and seconds. Pretty much everything I've ever purchased ON SALE I've regretted and not worn much before reselling because as mentioned above it wasn't THE PIECE. I figure if I didn't love it enough to buy it at full price, I don't need it. After I stopped working in the retail fashion machine, and stopped doing WAYWT I pretty much stopped shopping. I've got rules now that I first had to stop me retail therapy shopping. 1. only 5 new garments per year 2. I need to be able to meet the maker if I wanted to, keeps me supporting local or flying to LA to go to Mr Freedom Excludes socks, undies and exercise clothes, although most of my cycling clothes fit the rules. Still love a bargain at an op shop, the worn once then sold or donated but the shop didn't know that label kind of find. Out of my 3 wardrobes and numerous storage boxes of clothes, I pretty much wear my Byborre baggy pants, one pair of jeans, the same 8 t-shirts on rotation, Mr Freedom denim jacket and workshop denim jacket. Every now and then I'll wear a dress to work and everyone freaks out. I get my dopamine kick from going plant shopping now and convincing Steve to let me dig up more lawn for more garden.