Before! Without the Single Button Magic Jacket!
Moooooo! MOOOO Cow! Look at that haunch on the left. Mooo! I am a box with legs. A wide paisley box.
After! Behold Ye The Single Button Magic Jacket!
Woo. Hot stuff. Or at least slightly more tepid stuff. Vertical lines! I LOVE this jacket.
I brought the Single Button Magic Jacket up from the basement after I lost a little weight. Part of the Magic is that the bottom half doesn’t ever have to touch, so you can still wear it though technically it’s a size too small (and it is).
(And we all know we can make any jacket a “Single” Button Magic Jacket by just “forgetting” to button the bottom button. I believe I heard it became fashionable to leave the bottom button of one’s waistcoat unbuttoned during the reign of Edward 7, because he, being fat, always “forgot.”)
I pass this information along to you, children, because someday you too will be fat (yes, yes you will, unless you work out 5 hours a day like Cher). Find your Magic Jacket and treasure it, even though it is out of style.
13 responses to “In Praise of the Single Button Magic Jacket”
That is absolutely stunning! I can’t believe the difference. I’m plotting a burglary to steal that jacket.
Hourglass!
Excellent! I myself am devoted to the vertical line.
I’ve definitely gotta get me one of those.
Wow. I’ve heard that structured jackets can create a silhouette, but never before have I acutally witnessed it. Lookin’ good Queen.
Do you unbutton when you sit down too? I’ve found unless I’m in an interview, I have to unbutton a bit when I sit with a jacket.
Ah, you’ve found a jacket with the right “stance”. Structured clothes create shape.I have a two button version of the magic jacket, only it stops at my hips to maximize my leg line.I watch far too much “What Not To Wear”.Question to the world — why, in the world of large size women’s fashions (I’m talking in the 16-24 sizes) can you get color ONLY in the cheaply made Walmart shit or the VERY EXPENSIVE stuff? If it’s in the middle price and quality-wise, it’s black, grey, or white! WHAT’S UP WITH THIS!??
That’s amazing. I’m in complete awe over here! Sherri – I have no idea, but it’s crazy-making, isn’t it?(And I had to go back and see what marker Christy was talking about – dude, my perception scores are loooowwww.)
I never expected I’d receive fashion advice here. and SOUND fashion advice, as well. You never cease to amaze me.
Wow, what a difference. I’m learning something here from your fashion tips……I really, really, really want to pick that marker up off the floor, though. It’s driving the Virgo in me CRAZY.
Wow. Just Wow. That jacket is hot enough to make men stop looking at your toes.
Shania – NO! I will defend it to my death. It’s magic.~Silk – Well, fish-eye hourglass.Becs – I was rocking the Chicos / Doris Roberts vertical line for a while there. Heidi – I think it’s one of those essentials everyone should have.1 – It helps that the “Before” shirt is way too big, too..75 – No. You’re short. That’s why.Sherri – I KNOW. We were just talking about that same thing at work. It’s all black and white and zebra stripes for the big girls. Bastards.Christy – I am sure I didn’t notice that marker because my ass, Gladys, independently swept it on to the floor without my knowledge.Jhianna – Me too- I didn’t see that marker at all.Candy – Well, of course it’s advice that’s ten years behind the times, because that’s where we are here in the hearetland.Caroline – No, nothing would make men stop looking at my toes.
Queen – ouch.