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jack of no trades. master of fuck all
You know what, since I'm thinking about it anyways, let's talk formalwear accessories. Most of these are traditionally menswear but a bit of gender fuckery is good for the soul, and frankly most of these are about making your mass-produced clothing fit and lay properly without having to go to the tailor.
Shirt stays: these go around your thighs to hold your shirt down, so that it stays smooth and tucked in. They're usually elastic, with 1-3 clips, and if you wear skirts frequently this is a GREAT way to make sure your top doesn't ride up. The clips will be visible if you're wearing something tight, so loose pants or skirts are where these do best. There's also an insane version that clips to your socks, but that is for lunatics. If you wanted, you could also use one of these clips to hold up thigh-highs.
These do a great job of smoothing and narrowing the waist area by keeping your shirt from bunching there.
Sleeve garters: usually metal, leather, elastic, or silk. These are usually worn with button-down shirts to adjust where your cuff falls on the wrist or hand. They're properly worn on the upper arm, and you pull the fabric of the sleeve above the garter until you cuff is where you want it. Because this creates a puff of sleeve at the bicep, it also broadens the appearance of the shoulders. It's great if you're working with your hands or if your sleeves are often too long for your preference.
Waistband clip or belt adjustment clip/buttons
Three different ways of tightening the waistband of a pair of pants or a skirt. You're not going to get more than an inch or so tighter without weird bunching, and for most of these you'd want them to be hidden under a shirt or jacket, but they do the job if that's something you're having issues with.
Collar pins: There are so many fun ones out there, both with and without chains. They're not terribly practical, though the slight weight may help keep your collar where you want it. Also consider collar tips, which pin (surprise) to the very tips of your collar points.
Sweater clips/guards: meant to hold your sweater or cardigan mostly closed. Great if your cardigan doesn't button, or if you don't like it to be buttoned all the way.
There's tons of other stuff out there like this--etsy is a great place to find this stuff. A lot of these are old solutions to the very modern problem of mass-maufactured clothes not being as one-size-fits-all as advertised, but they're also a fun way to put a bit of personality into businesswear.
HEY GUYS! I finally got around to compiling my best songs into an album and dropped it over on Bandcamp! I hope you all like it!
halflings love their new giant children
really helpful technique ^ once you know how to divide by halves and thirds it makes drawing evenly spaced things in perspective waaay easier:
Pirate all your favorite shows, movies, and games while you still have the chance.
My amazing friend and incredible poet of a person wrote these heartbreaking words, and as soon as I read it, I immediately asked if I could illustrate it. And she said yes!
Read "To the Bitter End" here on AO3. Please please go give her some love (I generally don't even like poetry that much, but she is slowly changing my mind XD)
I'm also working on a second part to this, but I've had to slow down work on that one. It's coming soon!
also, tagging @frodo-with-glasses bc meg commanded it
Look at these cool photos I got tonight
moon pride series pt 3 - aroace!
from The New York Times
Old gay love is everything to me
Well those are allllmost done
PHEW.... just over a month of work but it's done 👏 As usual at the end I feel like a couple colors could have been changed but... I'm not doing this one again lmao
Okay! Due to (totally unexpected) popular demand:
CMYK Test Print PATTERN - pay what you want, a tip would be appreciated but no pressure!
wait isnt gender over today
The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world via RetroFuturism
Due to incredibly foreseen circumstances, I must now learn every art known to man.
Clown "Tracksuit"
I just have to tell you guys: as a Canadian, the Deadpool line "KEEP MY COUNTRY'S NAME OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTH" absolutely SLEW in our theatre. People were shrieking and jumping out of their seats. 10/10 best filmgoing experience since Endgame.
I can only imagine how Saskatoon theatres reacted to the line about Truthful Timmy, lmao.
saw this exact post but about DVDs by not-a-space-alien and felt the need to check something
Certain words can change your brain forever and ever so you do have to be very careful about it.
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That asexual thing sounds GREAT. I'm pretty sure sex isn't real anyways
sex is a lie made up by BIG STORK to sell more BABY
There was another, who came before you
He was a hero, and your brother and my son
He fought the darkness...
...the darkness won.
The three genders according to Sonic Temple:
• Sun King
• Fire Woman
• American Horse