It’s hard to believe the MarshPants website has been open for three years. To celebrate this and as a special thank you to all of my customers, I’m running a special sale from August 6 thru the 13th. This week, for every two pairs of trousers or skirts you purchase, I will include a third of equal or lesser value as a gift! You CAN choose the fabric or leather for your gift item and you CAN mix and match sizes! In addition, every order will include a coupon for $5 off of your next purchase! I have a few other surprises up my sleeve, and there are some new fabrics and leathers available, so don’t forget to check out the Trousers and Skirts section! Thanks again for your continued support!

Dog days of summer are here and the girls all say it’s too hot for pants. They asked for cute dresses that can work for a day out shopping or night of clubbing. How could I refuse? These are available in three fabrics currently, though I hope to add more! Lengths are customizable and the dress is available in virtually any size! Dresses for bigger girls are $30, $25 for minis and $15 for Yo/Bambicrony/Rosen Lied sized kiddies. Unfortunately, these aren’t available for smaller tinies than 26cm.

Sofia wears Perfectly Plaid, Galina is in Polka Dotty and Sasha wears Wild Child

I don’t usually take a lot of time off during the year, but I’ve got a lot on my plate this month – a graduation party to host, NY Dolpa, fabric shopping expedition in the NY fashion district and then a much-deserved rest at a friend’s country house in upstate New York.      I’ll be out until June 28.    If you absolutely need something sooner, please order before Monday, June 7.   Tuesday the 8th is my last shipping day until my return from NY!

As always, when I’m traveling, I will answer emails and process orders.   I just won’t be around to sew or ship until June 28.  I promise it will be worth the wait and I’ll have some awesome new fabrics on my return!

And if you’re going to NY Dolpa, make sure to track me down and say hallo!

I’m always a little sad when my favorite jeans, you know the ones – super soft and really worn in – need to go into the bin.   It always seems like such a waste, because there’s usually a fair amount of good fabric left on them.   So I started cutting them up to make trous for the  resin!kids and those pants usually become the go-to choice when I want a comfy-cuddly-casual or distressed-disaffected-urban look.   A few customers agreed and have been asking, so I’ve quietly been offering Recycled fabrics.

And like your favorite pair of jeans, sometimes these trous are showing a bit of wear.   Recycled trous can be Wrecked either a little or a lot.   All you have to do is ask and the denim-wrecking-crew goes to work.

Where do these fabrics come from?  Usually from donated garments that are not quite ready to be completely retired.   Sometimes if I see something on the clearance rack that’s exceptional, like a recent, bargain find of red-washed-black, skinny jeans in an unsellably microscopic size, I’ll grab it and start cutting.   And it’s not just denim!  I’ve found some amazing, super-soft, stretch cords headed for dustbins and grabbed them up.   All fabrics are laundered before use, so buy with confidence.

You won’t find Recycled fabrics mixed in with the usual swatches.   Stock is ever-changing and very limited.   But if you think you’d like to make your trouser choices green, drop me an email and ask about availability!

A few weeks ago I received a very cool invitation to participate in a Steampunk project with BJDCollectasy, one of my favorite online BJD magazines!   The challenge was to produce a Steampunk outfit for a mini sized BJD.   Faster than you can say jodhpurs, my imagination was in high gear.   The resulting article is now live!

Even more exciting – I’ll be participating in a later segment of this series, so keep watching!