You know when something is so terrible and horrifying and bad, but you just can’t stop looking at it because it’s a total train wreck? Well, I have to stop looking at this train wreck because every time I do, it just makes me MAD. Beeyatch (and by that I mean one beeyatch in particular), if you want to make fun of the Selfish Seamstress, go ahead and do so and expect to pay the consequences. BUT YOU DO NOT MAKE FUN OF DAN. Calling him out as an example of bad style?? That is *SO* not cool. Only the Selfish Seamstress is permitted to make fun of Dan.
Sure, Dan may have a skeleton in his closet as the result of a mandatory home ec project in junior high in which he was given almost no creative control, but doesn’t it say something that he’s game for putting it on for a photo? And the guy is no style slouch. I mean, how many guys do you know who are comfortable in pink or purple:
And will confidently leave the house in man capris, and look great in them?
And can rock technical athletic gear:
And be just as comfortable and in an elegant tuxedo?
Sure, he may not be a fashion innovator, or walking around the city looking like Joan Collins if all of her clothes were made of old tatty bedsheets. But he always looks appropriate, lovely, and effortless no matter what he wears or where he goes. And if Mr. I’m-52-And-Still-Haven’t-Figured-Out-My-Personal-Style doesn’t think that’s the very definition of “style,” he going to need more help than a handful of reader comments and suggestions.
So, in Male Pattern Insecurity-style, readers, I present you with a poll. Please weigh in!
In short, do NOT mess with the Selfish Seamstress’s well-dressed man. She’s armed with blog and she’s not afraid to use it.
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July 4, 2010 at 9:46 am
Sandi
You go girl! Dan is definitely rockin’ all those looks.
July 4, 2010 at 10:31 am
Karen
OMG. He knits too? What a guy – great style!!
July 4, 2010 at 10:37 am
HollyS
Wow. In that tracksuit photo, he looks like a young Matthew Broderick! ? And he knits too? A guy has got to have a John Wayne-sized confidence for that. You lucky b*tch!
One more thing: I thought the Selfish Seamstress was more cunning and cool than the average balding mid-life fashion crisis. Yes, how dare he bring the snark that is your trademark, but being manipulated like that? I am slightly aghast…. We Constant Readers know that the Selfish Seamstress would never walk down the street with someone who could not bring the style. No style = no usefulness in fashion scheming. Duh! But the Selfishness herself being successfully goaded into an entire reaction post?!?!
July 4, 2010 at 2:16 pm
selfishseamstress
It is *possible* that a tiny part of me just wanted to post pretty pictures of Dan. The rest of me wants to beat Peter up in public :D
July 4, 2010 at 11:11 am
Erica B.
Forget what he has on, he’s KNITTING! I <3 Dan!
July 4, 2010 at 11:18 am
Robin
LOL, always entertaining :)
July 4, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Beth
It doesn’t matter if he has style or not — he is so very nice to look at, who would spend time looking at what he is wearing? I think some people might just be jealous because if Dan were around, who would be able to think about what a supermodel might be wearing?
Which is not to imply that Dan doesn’t have style, more that you have such courage to put his pics on the web. I know no one could steal him away, but some might be tempted. ;-)
Beth
July 4, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Emmy
I’ve no idea what’s going on between you and the bloke from MPB, but Dan is Teh Hot and the fact that he knits and buys you Burda magazines makes him pretty much the perfect man. Can you perhaps clone him for the rest of us?
July 4, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Mary Nanna
I can’t tell from this post if you are mock angry or really angry? I would be angry if anyone other than myself mocked my husband in public even if it was just a bit of light hearted fun as Peter’s post seems to be. But as they say a quiet word in the ear works wonders – if you are really angry could you ask him to remove his post?
July 4, 2010 at 2:16 pm
selfishseamstress
Mwahaha. Ordinarily I would agree, but Peter is no ordinary foe. He requires extreme measures. I want to make sure he’s sleeping with one eye open ;)
July 4, 2010 at 2:02 pm
lin3arossa
I hear you, mistress! I was going to just vote but that last photo with the two of you is the first you’ve posted and I have to say, you’re such a pretty couple and there’s so much going on on that picture, it’s lovely! Just had to comment on it.
July 4, 2010 at 4:09 pm
lsaspacey
I think that last dress would make a great wedding dress, hint, hint.
July 4, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Gertie
Oh, you two! Can’t you bury the hatchet? The world of sewing blogging is cold and cruel enough without this violent, ongoing feud. It chills me to the very bone!
July 4, 2010 at 5:00 pm
selfishseamstress
I’d watch out for him if I were you, Gertie. He’s had it out for Dan for a while, but once he gets bored, he’s going to start attacking your Jeff!
July 4, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Peter
SHE started.
July 4, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Anonymous
How dare he say anything about your boy! Seriously I think he was only attacking the shirt…
July 4, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Rebecca
You and “Mr. I’m-52-And-Still-Haven’t-Figured-Out-My-Personal-Style” amuse me to no end. Thanks. :)
July 4, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Jan
Dan is adorable and oozing with style!
July 5, 2010 at 2:52 am
Andrea
How coincidental, my mpb RSS was always overflowing. His recent post was the last I read. Bauldville, as I called him, was wearing, obviously in public, a hideous, ill fitting thing on his head that is supposed to be taken as a hat. This made the uncalled for attack on a familiar looking guy who appeared to be wearing whatever he wanted in the privacy of a backyard infuriating. Bauldville says this man has bad style all the while whining he has no style icon which means he has no style and needs to steal someone else’s.
I unsubscribed from Bauldville. That was 20 minutes ago.
My next feed is Darling Seamstress! And I discover the familiar guy is her Dan! Good for you Seamstress for defending your man against the styless!
July 5, 2010 at 4:23 am
Gaylene
Yes, yes, yes, but more importantly, what is that gorgeous gown YOU are wearing, alongside Dashing Dan IN A Tux?
July 5, 2010 at 8:58 am
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July 5, 2010 at 11:13 am
queentanya
Is it just me, or is Dan perfect enough to BE a Burda model? Lucky SS….
July 16, 2010 at 1:52 pm
amber
That last picture of you two is so elegant and beautiful! Ya’ll look like an ad for a luxury brand – goodness!! I know your simple wedding plans will be beautiful, but damn woman, you two would make such a stunning couple in a wedding blinged out with all the bells and whistles.
Okay, I’ll stop bemoaning the fact that you’re not having a princess wedding from now on. ;)