A woman made a bodice and skirt out of fabric that matches that weird seat pattern on the older Red Line (and Orange Line) cars, then got on the Red Line. She describes how she made the dress, using Red Line seat-like fabric she had printed up (and which you can now buy).
Via Karyn Regal.
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By anon
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 1:28pm
What is the story behind that pattern anyway? Was it off the shelf in the 1990s, or did the MBTA create it themselves?
I think it came from the same designer
By cybah
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 6:07pm
I think it came from the same designer who designed "Jazz" for Solo
[img] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Sol... [/img]
Same person made the dress and fabric
By peter
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 1:29pm
I think it was the same person who made the fabric and then used it to make the outfit:
(from the reddit post):
Deserves an award for ...
By Boston-Stitch
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 1:34pm
This is awesome! Is there an award for "most-Bostonian + most-random" creative work?
BTW it looks like she also had the fabric printed via Spoonflower, using a photo she took of the red line fabric, and then posted the design on the Spoonflower website in case anyone else wants to make something.
Thanks, original post corrected
By adamg
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 2:14pm
What I don't know about online fabric sales ...
Just wait
By jmeltzer
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 1:59pm
until someone tries to sit on her. :-)
But wait, there's more!
By adamg
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 2:06pm
Red Line duvet cover - imagine going to sleep with this ...
If Ann and Hope was still open
By Friartuck
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 3:39pm
They'd sell this.
I Guess
By John Costello
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 4:53pm
You might end up waking up on a shuttle bus at Savin Hill smelling like piss and have water stains and rubble on you.
The curtains ...
By Friartuck
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 3:35pm
Match the drapes
So cool and ..
By StillFromDorchester
Wed, 07/05/2023 - 6:58pm
Bloody brilliant
Agree!
By Don't Panic
Thu, 07/06/2023 - 1:09am
I agree.
Word of the day:
By ScottB
Thu, 07/06/2023 - 9:17am
Moquette
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