Fibre Mood Yushu Tee

Officially summer will be here soon, which gives me a great excuse to bust out some quick muscle tees. Sun's out guns out, as the kids say. I've made two of Fibre Mood's Yushu, a generously loose and boxy tank top or long dress. Knife pleats at the shoulder seams bring volume in and the shoulders themselves are designed with shoulder pads inserted, which I ended up omitting. The bulk of the sewing is simple as it's mostly comprised of a front, back, and neckband with no shaping or darts. About as easy as making (and wearing!) any t-shirt, I'd say.

Fibre Mood Beryl (Shirt)Dress

Serving you high femme lumberjack, today I have for you the Beryl dress from Fibre Mood's Fall 2023 issue in a slubby, small-scale, red-and-black plaid. Surprising no one, I picked a pattern that is essentially another collared button-up shirt, but with some fun pleating and a unique blouson top silhouette.

There's a neat juxtaposition between its elegant pencil skirt and oversized, almost slouchy shirt bodice and dolman sleeves. Altogether the dress is both appropriately chic as well as casual enough to be streetwear. My evidence for the latter being that everybody and their mother (and myself) seem compelled towards styling the dress with a beanie and combat boots or sneakers — a compulsion only strengthened by choosing a plaid check fabric that evokes the image of that one trusty, 10-year-old flannel overshirt everybody has in their wardrobe. It's just like that shirt but pretty'd up.