Before there were vegetables in bowties

[avant_goya]

It occurs to me I should probably give a better overall picture of what sort of clothes I typically create, seeing that I am actually here to study fashion design. Perhaps from next week onward I will try and do some form of throwback thursday posts, as I sort through photos taken across the years and the kind of stories that inspired me to create what I made at the time. 

I am aware it isn't a thursday, but seeing there is no time like the present to start, here is a personal favorite of mine from back in middle school.

 

For a while, a local Ryukyu Robin would come sit on the balcony of my parents' flat to peer inside. Pi-chan often caught the attention of the birdlife outside, but this one stuck around particularly long, and he seemed to enjoy sitting on the other side of the glass and showing off his impressive plumage, so one time I decided to help him impress on his date.

Using the fabrics leftover from working on prototypes for the Higa Middle School tennis club uniforms, I made him this little vest. Obviously, being that he is a cockatiel and will bite everything, I couldn't let him keep it on for more than a few minutes. He would have tried to eat the buttons and possibly choked. 

A few minutes was enough, however, to gather an impressive crowd of adoring robins on the other side of the window. There were about six or seven adoring fans by the time he started to fuss and I had to take his suit back off. Whether his date was one of them I could not tell you, but he seemed particularly smug when he got his treat that evening.

I should think up some fitting tag to use for these posts if I am to do them more frequently. Any suggestions?

Comments

[legally_blond]

Did Pi-chan threaten the other birds with goya as well? Or were we just special?

[avant_goya]

He learned specific goya-related phrases in relation to humans, so no. He generally whistles short musical tunes at birds outside, though he has apparently recently taken a shine to using the Nokia ringtone.

[legally_blond]

..... Please tell me that neither you or your parents are still using a nokia phone.

[avant_goya]

It was the phone my mother got to be easier to contact for her internet-based clients. She handed it down to my sister with the promise she'd get a new one when this one broke. It hasn't yet.

[knuckling]

BIRD

[avant_goya]

That he is, Kirihara-kun. Good luck with your next match.

[knuckling]

HES SO CUTE

also thanks!! ill do my best for yours and tokugawa-sans parts too!!

[avant_goya]

I'm sure he appreciates the compliment. He puts quite a bit of effort into keeping his feathers presentable.

I'll be counting on you, then. I am sure Tokugawa-kun likewise appreciates your spirit.

[xyzai]

Well done. What is this one?

[knuckling]

dinner

[xyzai]

-1000 points. Special item, dropped. Rank fallen to level 0.

[bana_an_na]

Rude. It's an adorable bunny. Not dinner.

[avant_goya]

Perhaps unrelated to your reasons for posting this, but I found this in the same folder as the photo of Pi-chan shown above. One of my kohai at Higa had a rabbit he cared a great deal for. I believe the context for this photo was his requesting a little raincoat for temporary use until they could rebuild the roof in her pen. A storm had blown it away just before.

[xyzai]

I like you. Kite Eishirou is an A+ human. And that is an A+ rabbit. Doing the most. Going in the folder.

(ooc: strikes deleted)

[knuckling]

BUNNY

[bana_an_na]

Oh my~ He is quite the charmer.

[avant_goya]

And he knows it. But really, who could begrudge him a bit of showing off with that plumage.

[bana_an_na]

Of course~♥️

There used to be a very cute golden retriever that gokutora was smitten with and then we got him fixed and then he seemed to not care as much.

[xyzai]

I'm more curious about how you got the outfit on Pi-chan.

A tag for throwback thursday or a tag for fly birds?

[avant_goya]

He is a well-trained bird, so it isn't too much trouble to get him to stay still to actually put the outfit on, though fittings are a bit of a struggle. The buttons on the front are decorative only. It is actually only loose lacing in the back that keeps the outfit on, so that it won't take too much effort to get him back out.

For throwback Thursdays specifically, though I suppose Pi-chan might be needing a tag of his own.

[xyzai]

Pretty good design. Looks like your first model was spoiled.

BYOT Thursday? Or you could just drop the thursday and make it whenever you want.

[cumsquik]

He's so cute!

So this was your start with the bowties!

[avant_goya]

I will have to pass on everyone's compliments the next time I have a phone call with him.

It was indeed one of the first projects I started using leftover materials for, yes. He was quite the good sport about it too.

[cumsquik]

He can talk on the phone?

Oh, is that a new goya icon too?

[maruibuns]

The tag would depend whether you are dressing only veggies and birds, or human beings.