A really clever Siamese cat print blouse (Attn: Suz and Rae!)

Diana, for shame. You have just done some damage to my credit card. Actually...maybe I had better wait until morning. I think Mr. Suz has a small credit there he might be able to give me if I ask him nicely....

12 years ago

Diana

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Tee hee. You're very welcome.

12 years ago

Suz

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I will show it when it arrives, Diana. And thank you!!

12 years ago

lyn*

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WHOA. Awesome. Good thing it's this blue that I never wear, otherwise you'd have to explain the damage on my credit too, Diana!

12 years ago

Marley

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I saw the words "cat print," "blue," and "silk" and immediately opened up the link - but, but - I can't see the cats in the print! I feel like I'm looking at a Rorschach print and for the life of me all I see are squiggly lines - no cats! Would someone please try to explain to me where the cats are?

12 years ago

sarah

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JCrew is having some wonderful clever prints these days for their silk shirts. Love this one!

12 years ago

MsMary

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Marley, I had a hard time finding the cats, too. They are white on the blue background, vertical rather than horizontal, nose-to-nose with big black ears and long skinny black tails that curve over their backs. So if you look at the print and see wavy white lines on a blue background, the wavy white lines are the nose-to-nose and butt-to-butt vertical kitties, and the blue background is, well, the blue background with the black curvy tails.

Does that help?

12 years ago

sarah

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Marley, the black S-curve is the tail. Then look for the black face with a white eye...

12 years ago

rae

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Ruh-roh... and here I had just declared myself done shopping... but... but... how long will it be before cat prints are in enough to be on silk blouses again??

Anyone know how this fits?

Marley, they are siamese cats standing back to back and looking backward at one another. The thinnest squiggles are tails.

12 years ago

MsMary

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OMG, I had it wrong. I thought they were on their bellies and it was a vertical print. The black isn't their ears, it's their faces!

D'oh!

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12 years ago

catgirl

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I had a hard time seeing the cats too.

I read an article about male vs female perception of patterns with dark and light colors and found I have a very male eye. For example I could never see the Eye of Sauron in the Lord of the Rings movies as an eye - it always looked like a black hole surrounded by fire to me!

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12 years ago

catgirl

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12 years ago

MsMary

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I'm not EVEN gonna tell you what the Eye of Sauron looks like to me...

12 years ago

catgirl

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Trust me, I know.... I see it too. Like I said, the mind of a dude.

12 years ago

catgirl

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My friends were horrified!

12 years ago

MsMary

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I will never know how that image made it out of Development.

Can't unsee...

12 years ago

Diana

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OMG Una, now I can't unsee that either. Will never look at Sauron the same way again...

... and back to the cats...

Marley et al, that's actually what I love about this print, how it looks like an abstract print and then all of a sudden you see the cats. One minute they're there and the next they're gone! Stealth kitties!

Suz, can't wait to see it on you!

Lyn, it's too pastel for me too, so my card is safe for now as well.

12 years ago

catgirl

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Sorry to hijack and spoil. If you haven't read the hilarious Very Secret Diaries of the LOTR characters that will finish you off with the can't unsee, and I adore LOTR.

I am waiting patiently for my cat shirt but this is beautiful for those who can wear this color.

12 years ago

rae

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Heh, I bet I see the same thing instead of the eye! What a relief that it isn't just me, let me tell you...

12 years ago

crazyone

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I saw this shirt IRL yesterday. It's even more beautiful in person! I had no problem figuring out that they were cats once I looked up close. From a distance it just looks like an abstract pattern, which is what I really liked about it.

12 years ago

Marley

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OH thank you everyone! If I really "work" at it - I can see the cats - but they frequently disappear on me too. And Diane, I agree with you - that's what makes it so cool!
Una - as far as that "eye" goes - well, I'm glad that I'm not the only one with a perverted (or male - same diff!) mind!

12 years ago

Marley

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Anyone know how this shirt fits? Is it oversized like the silk Equipments? I'm very tempted to order this - but I don't recall ever buying a shirt from them before so I have no idea what size I would wear.

12 years ago

K. Period.

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Woo hoo! You guys are buying it? We're gonna be twinsies! I was totally smittened (a smittened kitten) when I saw it in the store and I got it on Friday.

12 years ago

Suz

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How's it fit, KP? True to J. Crew usual shirt size?

12 years ago

K. Period.

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Mmmmm, maybe the lower of two sizes if you run between? I found it true to JCrew sizing, but maybe just a smidge oversized fit. It'll be great for you long-necked lovelies who can enjoy the close collar as is. I have do do a little training on mine to get the collar to flop over the way I want.

12 years ago

Thistle

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So pretty and fun! I can't wait to see you model it, Suz!

As for Sauron, yeah, we'll leave it at that

12 years ago

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