You may be thinking of mock strawberries. These are real wild strawberries, and they’re only a weed if you don’t like strawberries.

Please? The problems are known. People want to help.

You’re technically correct, which I’ve heard is the best kind.

Crusader Kings 3 uses Ireland as the tutorial location, and does try to be historical… that said, it always goes off the rails once you start playing.

That “party” is mainly a fundraiser for costume history and preservation, and many celebs don’t buy their own ticket but are instead sponsored by fashion designers to represent their brand. Movie premiers and award shows are far less excusable than an ostentatious costume party to help preserve historical pieces.

Usually retrofitting isn’t a slap-dash affair. Nobody is going to go plant trees on brutalist buildings recklessly.

You’re correct that the idea you had when you learned about ecobrutalism is a bad one, but that doesn’t mean everyone else is having that same idea.

No, that was of its time. Now we need something cashing in on the American pie / Superbad nostalgia.

Some dems in red states with closed primaries choose to register as republicans specifically so that they can do this.

The individual mirrored pieces near the seams will need to be removed before the alteration, and then stitched back on individually. I would not trust somebody who does minor alterations to do it right. Somebody who works with wedding dresses would be a better bet.

Jumping spiders are so clever! They have good enough eyesight and memory to recognize human faces, and they’re very curious. Every time I have one as a guest in my home, I teach them to climb onto a piece of paper to be safely relocated. They pick it up fast if you’re gentle an predictable with them.

Oh no, I absolutely cannot do whatever and pass. I am so clockable, but being effeminate and gay makes it obvious that I’m not just a butch lesbian, so the uninitiated get their wires crossed.

In fact, I didn’t start passing regularly (even with facial hair) *until I leaned into my sexuality.

We aren’t all the same.

I will counter that and say that since I’ve leaned into my gay affect, I pass better than I did when I was trying to be masc and low-key.

I had to have facial hair and a deeper voice first, but now that I do I can wear jewelry, nail polish, light makeup, and understated women’s fashion pieces without anybody assuming I’m a woman.

I appreciate your thorough reply. My only addition is that charity is a non-zero-sum game. Getting people to stop donating to costume preservation will not necessarily make them care about or donate to other causes.

The form that the gala takes is symptomatic of an unhealthy culture, but it’s existence isn’t inherently bad.

How so? You seem very knowledgeable about this, so I’m surprised you stopped short of actually explaining.

Why is a fundraiser for a museum’s costume history / preservation department so terrible?

Well you see, it’s first and foremost a fundraiser for a museum.

It’s an interesting touch to have the imitation basting and visible construction. Idk how many folks are familiar with the ins and outs of bespoke tailoring, but this is evocative of the mid-to-late process.

I’m not sure if you’re familiar with Cheyney McKnight (of Not Your Mama’s History), but she did a really fun denim look inspired by the Gala a few years ago and I immediately wondered if that was part of the inspiration for this look.

Oops, my bad! Thanks for setting me right.

Even better, it’s about rich people holding off an an angry mob of peasants while they rot away in their timeless magical estate.

It’s the annual fundraiser for the costume history branch of the Met. Famous people get sponsored by fashion designers who provide their ticket, and dress them like a crazy person. Folks who pay for their own ticket have more freedom to dress themselves, like Heidi Klum when she showed up as a worm.

I don’t care about famous people, but I do like costume history.

Mostly an illusion made with padding.

A “skittle” is a bowling-pin-shaped token used in the bar game “skittles,” and I’ve heard people call this style of game piece a skittle as well.

That was on the 4th, according to the article.

I think OP is asking if the legs must be re-tapered after shortening, or if they can be left slightly wider. Pants too long, taper too narrow, cut off the extra length and the taper is automatically wider than before.

I agree that if the question is, “can I use the extra fabric removed to widen the leg?” then your answer is correct. That would look funky.