http://www.threadforthought.net/2009/08/04/craftiness-in-coraline-domestic-sewing-traditions/ How fashion intersects politics, economics, gender, race, & pop culture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:55:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.threadforthought.net/2009/08/04/craftiness-in-coraline-domestic-sewing-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-4248 » Blog Archive » Stitching on the Silver Screen: A List in Progress » Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:08:44 +0000 http://threadforthought.net/?p=681#comment-4248 [...] 2009 (see Thread for Thought for a comprehensive discussion of the “loving attention” given to handcrafts in this [...] [...] 2009 (see Thread for Thought for a comprehensive discussion of the “loving attention” given to handcrafts in this [...]

]]> http://www.threadforthought.net/2009/08/04/craftiness-in-coraline-domestic-sewing-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-2903 Thread for Thought – Flattening Fashion Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:27:13 +0000 http://threadforthought.net/?p=681#comment-2903 [...] Visualizing patterns for clothes was not a luxury, it was a necessity. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, it took about 14 hours to make a man’s dress shirt and at least 10 for a simple dress. A [...] [...] Visualizing patterns for clothes was not a luxury, it was a necessity. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, it took about 14 hours to make a man’s dress shirt and at least 10 for a simple dress. A [...]

]]> http://www.threadforthought.net/2009/08/04/craftiness-in-coraline-domestic-sewing-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-1445 Thread for Thought – Janelle Monae, Style Icon and Fashion Industry Commentator Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:37:21 +0000 http://threadforthought.net/?p=681#comment-1445 [...] ethnicities (“they all look the same”) is explored too (see my earlier post on multiplicity in Coraline). All androids, including the performer Cindy Mayweather, are part of the same line of androids, [...] [...] ethnicities (“they all look the same”) is explored too (see my earlier post on multiplicity in Coraline). All androids, including the performer Cindy Mayweather, are part of the same line of androids, [...]

]]> http://www.threadforthought.net/2009/08/04/craftiness-in-coraline-domestic-sewing-traditions/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Diane Bell Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:49:53 +0000 http://threadforthought.net/?p=681#comment-1201 Please note, Wybee's grandmother's twin sister was not evil, but an early victim of the other mother, which is why Wybee was forbidden to visit the house Coraline lived in. In the opening credits, the doll the other mother transforms into Coraline is the likeness of the Grandmother's twin as a child -- the doll that the grandmother kept in a trunk after her sister disappeared. Wybee found it and showed the doll to Coraline because it looked so much like her. Cool, right? Please note, Wybee’s grandmother’s twin sister was not evil, but an early victim of the other mother, which is why Wybee was forbidden to visit the house Coraline lived in. In the opening credits, the doll the other mother transforms into Coraline is the likeness of the Grandmother’s twin as a child — the doll that the grandmother kept in a trunk after her sister disappeared. Wybee found it and showed the doll to Coraline because it looked so much like her. Cool, right?

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