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Willow , have you thought about wearing a Sari , one size fits all and it seems more and more women in the UK are wearing them. ;) ;)

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P.S. I wasn't being cheeky with the kaftan top, they are very fashionable at the moment, and are easy to make.

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 453391)

When you start searching for jeans with elasticated waists, the next step will be ordering snuggly, velcro fastening shoes 'which are as comfortable as slippers', which are advertised in the back of the Sunday papers.:D

:D I've already got some - well sandals and I didn't get them out of the Sunday paper! The straps across the top are velcro - on account of my 'orrible feet which is an entirely different subject. (One which has been discussed at length on Lancs Online. :D but now I've also got moc crocs ideal for soggy campsites.)

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 453391)

Jeans were never designed to feel comfortable, just hard wearing, and I think your choice of combat trousers is a good one.:)

I've had jeans in the past which were both! :p Need both when I'm spending the best part of 6 weeks in a field!

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 453393)

Have you not got access to a sewing machine?

Yep. I didn't have for a while on account of somebody borrowed mine and I never got it back but I am now the proud owner of one which used to belong to another AccyWebber so I'm back in the land of the quickly run up seam again. In between times I had been sewing things by hand which was incredibly time consuming to say nothing of making me go bog-eyed!

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 453393)

You could run a kaftan top up, similar to this, for a couple of quid, quite easily. No pattern cutting required, if you made it in a T-shaped kimono style. You could decide on the length of sleeves/body, and could make it in a fantastic fabric of your choice.

http://www.one-world-is-enough.net/a...ideredtops.jpg

If my sewing in a straight line was still an option, I'd have happily made one for you in no time.:)

Aw thanks for the offer, it's the thought that counts and much appreciated. At one time I had a whole range of what I called my "bat-wing blouses" in a variety of colours and materials, my favourite was a pink and black floral affair which sounds a lot naffer than it looked.

The only bit that took any time to do was the binding round the neckline. I may resort to creating some of those again if I can't find anything worth having in the shops. I just got bored with them all and they ended up going to a charitable cause in Cambridgeshire (don't ask)

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Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 453411)

Willow , have you thought about wearing a Sari , one size fits all and it seems more and more women in the UK are wearing them. ;) ;)

Sari? Do you really mean sari? Maybe what you call a sari we call something else. This is what we mean when we say sari and it's not an option for a couple of reasons.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1185439471

First of all the bared shoulder (and in many cases also bared midriff) is not an option for me as it falls far short of Mormon standard. Secondly I would get myself thoroughly tangled up trying to wrap myself up in 8 yards of material. and thirdly, it's hardly practical for camping in muddy fields. :D

I'm going to serioiusly create some batwing blouses and/or kaftan tunicy things when we get back I think but in the meanwhile I shall soldier on through my several soggy weeks of camping with these combats and t-shirts that I have and for the evenings the brilliant scrunchable skirts suits that I got off Morecambe market years ago and can't be beaten for non-creasability and ease of washing and drying. Even that flippin stall didn't have the sort of practical things I like last time I went there!

It's a conspiracy I tell ya!:D

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i have a problem buying trousers,jeans and shoes,im not overwight but im not slim either,im a 12/14 in trousers and at 5ft3 i can only shop at newlook and next for jeans/trousers im a 28ins leg,and most shops only do 30 - 34 inside leg,and getting a size14 they must think your 5ft6 it seams to be that most shops only do a certain waist and leg size,my shoe size is 7 but i cant buy long or knee high boots because i have short legs and big feet,its like putting wellies on that go over my knees,its about time that the shops learned that we all come in all shapes and sizes and we are not the standard manaquin/model size and shape

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Originally Posted by jackyalex (Post 453516)

Thats your own fault for being such a short arse :D:D:D

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A sari must be hell when you go to the toilet.........I can envisage half of that material draping itself neatly into the pan.....and me, later that day wondering why I smell of wazz!

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I don't think I'd ever master all that 'pleating with your fingers at the front' business. :D

I must add though that although my pics show bare shoulders they are usually worn over the top of a cropped blouse type thing which covers the shoulders and tops of arms but leaves the midriff bare - it's round the back then where all those nice spare tires tend to be on show.

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:D just noticed the google ad which popped up in relation to this thread.

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Originally Posted by slinky (Post 453540)

Thats your own fault for being such a short arse :D:D:D

you've room to talk mrs

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I once worked for a consultant surgeon who made derogatory comments about my lack of stature........I told him that they don't make diamonds the size of house bricks, and that many a big apple is rotten......that shut him up!

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I have the dreaded ducks disease too......you know, where your BTM is too close to the ground.......I always have trouble getting the right leg length in trousers.....I need a 27in....sometimes I will go for cropped...which are full length on me.
If I sewed together all the material that I have cut off trousers over the years I am sure there would be enough to supply all the sails for a good sized yacht!

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Some of the Indian Doctors that I worked with used to wear long sleeved T shirts under their sari's....especially in winter.

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 453565)

Some of the Indian Doctors that I worked with used to wear long sleeved T shirts under their sari's....especially in winter.

He wouldn't get away with that now, or at least he shouldn't. Not very hygienic to wear long sleeves in a hospital environment, although the amount of doctors you see with wrist watches on is disgusting. Then they wonder where all the MRSA is coming from.:rolleyes:

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I was talking about the lady doctors. :D

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 453569)

I was talking about the lady doctors. :D

Oh well thats ok then, cos MRSA only live on males :D

I wonder if male doctors wore sari's whether they would wear underwear under it?? lmao......... its like the scotch mans kilt lmao