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mbot says Spock yeah!
11/21/08

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You can play a fun, online paper doll that has models from the '50s through the '80s here:

[www.jdavidmckenney.com]
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
11/21/08

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I want patterns for these, I want to make them in my size and length. (just having them at Target doesn't always work for me, most dresses hit me at an innaproprate length. I'm 6'2")
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cassis LOL
11/21/08

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Oh yayyy! Stocking stuffers!
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mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it
11/21/08

@cassis: I don't know why but that sounds dirty.
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mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it
11/21/08

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You know you're famous when they make paper dolls of you - better than a wax work any day.
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NefariousNewt
11/21/08

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Something for the discriminating Jezebelle to get in her stocking this year.
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DixieCaverns
11/21/08

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Well! I know what someone's getting for Christmas.
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bananastand
11/21/08

@DixieCaverns: I hope that someone is ME
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UnSeelie...I am baaack!
11/21/08

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Omg i used to play with paper dolls all the time. they were the best.
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rednrowdy
11/21/08

i'm so happy to see paper dolls - my mom wasn't crazy about barbies, but i played with paper dolls instead.

@indierockgrrrl: refrigerator magnets with her snarky cut down phrases in little dialogue bubbles.
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Sukie in the Graveyard
11/21/08

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Christmas presents!
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Papershoes
11/21/08

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When does the Joan Holloway clothing line come out? That's something I could get behind.
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Gin Twin
11/21/08

@Papershoes: That's exactly what I was thinking. Miss Holloway for Target? (I can't afford much more than that.)
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Papershoes
11/21/08

@Gin Twin: Haha - agreed - or H&M (we don't get Target here in Canada)
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Sukie in the Graveyard
11/21/08

@Papershoes: The collection could be at both! ...there's no H&M in the Northwest... :(
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sanyucat
11/21/08

@Sukie in the Graveyard: I got a purple wool dress from J Crew a size too small and I like to prance around the office in it and pretend I'm Joan. I'm not particularly curvy, sadly, but the dress makes me feel like I am.
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PrairieGirl
11/21/08

@Papershoes: I love the dresses, but I'd also need a to purchase the full line of Joan Holloway foundation garments to get everything as firm and high as she gets things. It's hard to find bras that shape that well these days, without going to full on granny mode.
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Papershoes
11/21/08

@sanyucat: My new mantra when shopping for officewear is, "Would Joan Holloway wear this"?
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Papershoes
11/21/08

@Sukie in the Graveyard: Haha - deal. It works that way, right? We decide where we want to buy it and how much we want to pay and it just magically shows up in the stores?
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msAnthrope
11/21/08

@Papershoes:

that was my first thought! i want those clothes! take that, sample size 0 snobs. i really wish some designer would clue in to the fortune to be made in these clothes for today's curvy woman.
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Papershoes
11/21/08

@PrairieGirl: You read my mind! I'm online looking up longline bras as we speak. For great foundation shapes that don't look too "granny" (and that come in large cup sizes), I'm a huge fan of Freya and Princesse Tam Tam. They're both a little pricier, but they're all that I use now. All the mainstream lines stop making their bras cute after C cup.
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Papershoes
11/21/08

@msAnthrope: Exactly - I have never felt better about my body since I started watching Mad Men. Let's throw out the tent dresses and leggings and start rocking the curves.
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TheLemon
11/21/08

@msAnthrope: i really wish some designer would clue in to the fortune to be made in these clothes for today's curvy woman.

Remember Christina Hendricks saying that designers don't/won't make clothes for her? This is a fortune waiting to happen. I say she should start her own line of Joan clothes. No one knows how to fit curves like a curvy girl anyway!
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Ambre
11/21/08

@Papershoes: It came out 45 years ago and is sold in vintage and thrift stores nationwide.
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spinsteraunt
11/21/08

@Papershoes: You can also get a "Holloway Dress" at Modcloth.com.
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Papershoes
11/21/08

@TheLemon: If Heidi Montag can get her own clothing line - some designer has to be drooling at the opportunity to design clothes with Cristina Hendricks.
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Plum-Pie
11/21/08

@Papershoes: You can wonderfully flattering and well-made dresses in these shapes from the British label L K Bennett. I am v curvy and love their clothes, infact I just bought one in the sales.
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Papershoes
11/21/08

@Plum-Pie: Wow! Thanks so much for the tip - I'm on the website now! These dresses are all very "Joan" - though they don't quite match our wishlist of H&M and Target prices. It will probably be a little pricy though to order one for shipping to Canada!

Maybe if I'm really good Santa will bring me one.
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Papershoes
11/21/08

@Ambre: I have horrible vintage luck though. And, here in Toronto, all of the good vintage stores are catering to the Hipster crowds with the "so-bad-its-good" aesthetic.
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rednrowdy
11/21/08

@PrairieGirl: make that firm, high and full. i'd need some serious padding on my girls to even remotely hope to make those joan holloway proportions. oh, and some metal casings to make my stomach that flat.

as for the hips and booty, i have those in spades. :|
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trixavicious
11/21/08

@spinsteraunt: I absolutely need modcloth's "Carmen Sandiego" dress!
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Papershoes
11/21/08

@trixavicious: Ha - the Carmen Sandiego is more Joan than the Holloway dress!
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Plum-Pie
11/21/08

@Papershoes: Good. Try ebay. LK B stuff, IME, is very well-made but I've never bought it full price.
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anibundel
11/21/08

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WANT!
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