And now a moment of amusement...

[telophase]

Today I am wearing this shirt. While it is technically a "pullover," by which I suppose it means that it is meant to be worn over another shirt, it is (a) not constructed roomily enough so that it would be comfortable, and (b) TEXAS IN THE SUMMER so that NO WAY am I wearing two layers outside.

You can probably see, if you examine the picture closely, that the one snap it mentions is in a singularly useless place if you happen to be under, say, 6 feet tall.* I'm not sure why they even bothered. When standing quietly, this does not matter, but if I lean forward even one iota, the shirt opens up and you can see all the way to Norway.

I discovered this morning that I was unable to find a safety pin anywhere in my apartment, and had to make do with a 1" button from my convention lanyard (I have one in leopard-print, which I take to conventions instead of using whatever cheap lanyards they give out), pinned to the inside of the shirt so that it holds the gap closed.

Which means that Gojyo is now spending the day with his face buried between my breasts. He does have quite the smirk.




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* In which case the hem would, I suspect, end somewhere above your navel.

Comments

[morineko]

Those are my least favorite sort of shirts (the kind that don't button up all the way) and I wish I could remember not to buy them.

[telophase]

I keep buying them out of some sort of hopeless optimism.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Maybe if you had a decorative enough bra? LOL.
Lane Bryant is also fond of wrap and other shirts that go down to WHOA and are clearly not really meant to be worn over another shirt. I'm 5'9" and don't have an especially short torso or an especially flat chest, and I'm always baffled by the fit on these things. Actually, right now I'm wearing a top from Macy's that has a crossover front, and I have to wear a camisole under it. (Today is predicted to get to a sizzling 85.) If I were in Texas, yeah, it'd be in the closet! Confounding.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

The bras I'm currently wearing are Lane Bryant plunge bras, which give me spectacular cleavage. Which means that I rather evoke Matsumoto if I don't pin this particular shirt shut. XD

I really want to see the fit models wearing the clothes they produce, just to see if there is an actual woman in this world who can wear all these things off the rack and have them look stunning. (I mourn the just-passed days of the empire waist. I'm one of the three women in the world who can wear them.)

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Oh, it was you, eh? Well, my LB is still full of them...cute little dresses I can't wear...pretty tops I can't wear...haha :)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Can't find any here. Our stores are full of stuff with no sleeves, or just little cap sleeves. I hate those!

I loved the days of being able to try things on and choose between them based on how much I liked each one, rather than noting that it more-or-less fit and wasn't completely hideous.

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Yes, ours too, actually, although LB had a little bit of stuff with sleeves compared to Kohl's, which literally had nothing. I want something that covers my upper arms, thanks. Our LB has one B&W top that I really want--it's lightweight for summer and has longer sleeves and with the coupon they sent me would have been $14.50, but that was the morning my underwire snapped. D: I'm not spending nearly $45 on a top, especially considering LB's quality. :/ (I *think* it was this one)

And yeah. :( I hate that feeling. I really need to learn to sew.

[plasticchimera.livejournal.com]

Which means that I rather evoke Matsumoto if I don't pin this particular shirt shut. XD

Maybe that's the idea. ;3

[telophase.livejournal.com]

:D Even so, I can't quite compete with the clothes that the students here are more-or-less not wearing. XD

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

If you ever want to fake a bit of cleavage cover without the extra bulk or warmth of a camisole, something like this (http://www.brasthatfit.net/brazas5001.html) might do the trick (tho' you can get 'em much cheaper here (http://www.homesew.com/na11.html)...it's the same item as far as I can tell, but for some reason they use a sketch in the online catalog instead of the photo that appears in the print version.)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Ooh, wow, I shall have to give one a try! This might rescue some shirts...

[ukoku.livejournal.com]

The boys frequently find themselves as tie pins in my house.

[cicer.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha! A Gojyo button seems highly appropriate for that task.

[weirdquark]

I think "pullover" just means you have to pull it over your head to put it on. Although wearing it over a really tight tank top might not be a bad idea for concealing Norway.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I may do that once the weather cools off, but definitely not now! :D

[able-spacer.livejournal.com]

In the right circumstances, establishing a direct line-of-sight to Norway might be quite useful, to say nothing of quite fun.

But only in the right circumstances...

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

The shirt link seems to be broken -- I'm getting a generic "item out of stock" page, with no photo? But the image of happy button!Gojyo spending the day with his face mashed into your cleavage is eminently lulzy, even without visual aids. If you got a chance to slide some beer and cigarettes down your shirt, the boy would be in total kappa heaven! ;)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I think they must have sold out - it's not showing up in the list of shirts where I originally found it. Huh.

I certainly didn't hear a word of complaint from Gojyo! And I even remembered to remove him so I don't wash him accidentally. XD