seer-sucker fabric coloursthe other day at work i was asked to draw some seer-sucker shorts...
now ive heard this word a lot lately in regard to upcoming trends and pictured it being some sort of sucky-inny pant thing. similar to a body con sports illustrator look.
my discovery to this strangely named fabric came when someone show me a swatch and i realised i had a pair of high-waisted shorts in that VERY classic blue and white stripe seer sucker that i bought from an op shop in my home town!
i asked my good friend wiki to tell me more and found that the seer sucker name came from "Hindi, which originates from the Persian words "shir o shekar," meaning "milk and sugar", probably from the resemblance of its smooth and rough stripes to the smooth surface of milk and bumpy texture of sugar."
and i also found out that it is a very American fabric particularly from the south and was designed as a summer and spring fabric as the bumps make it so that there is air between the skin and the fabric, making it cooler!! AMAZING!
so i broke all the rules and wore my own seer suckers to work on monday (with tights of course) and felt very trendy. yet another $2 buy that has adorned me with now-ness.
here is the outift the night before i wore it as i was colour blocking it (sorry i forgot to take a photo of me in it) i ended up wearing it with a navy blazer (i realy tried to work in my Anorak!) and not sure if you can see the mullet hemmed lace crop number i wore on top. cant wait to spring to be cool in two ways! (apparently they are everywhere in America for spring/summer atm)!
Anorak with yellow and white stripe top & high-waisted blue seersucker stripe shorts and lace crop top.
my discovery to this strangely named fabric came when someone show me a swatch and i realised i had a pair of high-waisted shorts in that VERY classic blue and white stripe seer sucker that i bought from an op shop in my home town!
i asked my good friend wiki to tell me more and found that the seer sucker name came from "Hindi, which originates from the Persian words "shir o shekar," meaning "milk and sugar", probably from the resemblance of its smooth and rough stripes to the smooth surface of milk and bumpy texture of sugar."
and i also found out that it is a very American fabric particularly from the south and was designed as a summer and spring fabric as the bumps make it so that there is air between the skin and the fabric, making it cooler!! AMAZING!
so i broke all the rules and wore my own seer suckers to work on monday (with tights of course) and felt very trendy. yet another $2 buy that has adorned me with now-ness.
here is the outift the night before i wore it as i was colour blocking it (sorry i forgot to take a photo of me in it) i ended up wearing it with a navy blazer (i realy tried to work in my Anorak!) and not sure if you can see the mullet hemmed lace crop number i wore on top. cant wait to spring to be cool in two ways! (apparently they are everywhere in America for spring/summer atm)!
Anorak with yellow and white stripe top & high-waisted blue seersucker stripe shorts and lace crop top.
wow... stripe... on stripe... on stripe!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of stripes, how would u nautically style a navy/white stiped tank dress? <3 Hannah Bee
ReplyDeleteso nice post, thanks for sharing.
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