Last month I shared a sailor collar T-shirt idea as part of my regular Refashion Friday feature which was created from a secondhand T-shirt and men's button-up shirt. As you may have noticed, I'm a big fan of nautical style garments, and I found it impossible to resist the urge to make myself one too.
I set to work making a short sleeved version that used a blue men's shirt with subtle red stripes for the collar. But it was bugging me for ages what exactly the finished garment was reminding me of. Finally I figured it out:
The Japanese manga cartoon franchise, Sailor Moon! That's it! I'd inadvertently made a real-life, grown-up version of the main character's signature outfit. How did that happen?!
The town I grew up in had one of those shops that sells all sorts of Chinese mass-produced plastic stuff, and often stocked knock-offs of official products or goods that were incorrect or damaged in some way. I can't really remember the exact circumstances, but when we were in our late teens, my friend Anna had a plastic figurine of the magical princess bought from that shop because Anna is really tall with blue eyes and at the time and had the same super-long blonde hair. Hmm, maybe I should send her this top and get her to bleach her (now brunette) hair back to blonde and send her off to fight evil with her magical powers!
8 comments:
HA! Love it, all around.
That's such a cute top!
Lovely top! Too too cute!
Adorable top! Perfect with those cropped pants.
Oh that is seriously cute!
You are the exact copy of sailor moon!!!!!!!! I have never known a person in love with nautical style like you!!! anyway good job!
So cute! I want one! I'll have to go hunting the thrift stores for a sailor collar pattern. Great job as always Zoe!
I wish I grew up in Japan sometimes just so I could wear the uniform. Many schools have sailor collars and they are super cute! I wonder if it comes from the time period they abandoned their isolationist policy?
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