Meryl Streep Unlocks Her 1967 Sewing Kit

James Corden asks Meryl Streep to take part in Late Late Show & Tell, and Meryl unveils her sewing kit from 1967, which includes a magazine that contains lots of interesting nuggets for the modern woman of the time.
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Each week night, THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN throws the ultimate late night after party with a mix of celebrity guests, edgy musical acts, games and sketches. Corden differentiates his show by offering viewers a peek behind-the-scenes into the green room, bringing all of his guests out at once and lending his musical and acting talents to various sketches. Additionally, bandleader Reggie Watts and the house band provide original, improvised music throughout the show. Since Corden took the reigns as host in March 2015, he has quickly become known for generating buzzworthy viral videos, such as Carpool Karaoke."

[@lindafreehit8712]

Don't know much about Meryl Streep but her aura is very comforting.

[@thunderousapplause]

watch ‘the deer hunter,’ ‘sophie’s choice,’ ‘kramer v kramer.’ (youve seen ‘mama mia’?)

[@coolcatz4159]

Also devil wears prada

[@gurbanliye]

It is an aura of a child, and that is strange.

[@thunderousapplause]

@@gurbanliye wtf?

[@thunderousapplause]

imagine having a sweater knit by meryl streep

[@LazyIRanch]

I bet they were beautifully made, and she put the same kind of attention to detail and perfection that she does with her acting. Can you imagine what one of those sweaters would sell for on eBay?

[@illyriumus2938]

He would be sitting on some cash now if he kept that sweater :) :).

[@LazyIRanch]

@@illyriumus2938 THAT'S for sure! If he gave it to Goodwill, you know he's kicking himself now. Funny, I've made so many shirts for boyfriends and family in the past when I worked as a professional tailor. Last year, two different ex-boyfriends (yeah, I was kind of a hoe!) from the 80s sent me messages with a photo of shirts I made that they kept! I was so touched and honored, especially when Bill told me his son wears that loud shirt with the dinosaur print. His son is a sweetheart, he's confined to a wheelchair due to cerebral palsy so if that tacky shirt makes him smile, that makes me very happy. I should have hung on to Bill, he's a wonderful man and 100 times better than the guy I dumped him for. I was an idiot, but I'm glad Bill found a girl who was much better than me, and she treats him like the Prince he is.

[@illyriumus2938]

@@LazyIRanch The self-reflection you made right now shows nothing else other than you were and are a wonder lady . A lady, just like many of us, who loves and cares about people and men in particular and does not shy away from sharing her feelings. The fact that your former boyfriends still kept those special shirts is a testimony to that! Happy holidays lovely lady! You made me smile! And hope, Billy and his family are also happy and full of wonderful memories.

[@JBC847]

OMG, no wonder I love Meryl so much. I have the same knitting book from 1967!

[@Barbara.moraes]

I always smile when I see an interview with her. She so calm and seems to be such a pure person

[@delove1460]

Don't you just keep falling in love with her.

[@crazyforNarnia1]

I kinda just wanna hear about and look through Meryl's knitting stuff now.

[@minna4]

I can't believe she's 71!

[@teymarianastiteler]

I have the same knitting book! Feel that much closer to Meryl!

[@hmv5166]

Meryl is the sweetest!!! 🥺

[@lionking0110]

I feel like she wasn’t done showing yet.

[@Kaysxedits]

Yeah possibly but they only have a certain amount of time for the interviews

[@yuyie1834]

1:15 that was so savage, that's why she's so iconic

[@rumrum2572]

She’s a legend

[@luana-wb5oc]

I’m a simple girl, I see Meryl Streep I click

[@shanekeogh4740]

The girl next door and probably the best actress in the world!

[@AlexAnder-ut9es]

what a savage. .......I knitted this sweater for a bf in high-school but finished it for a bf in college. ......I'll bet at that age she already knew who she was & didn't let anyone run over her but handled in a calm way.

[@jojo5821]

I wish this was two hours long

[@SpiralBreeze]

There’s a rule in knitting, never knit a man a sweater unless he put a ring on your finger first.

[@LazyIRanch]

I didn't knit, but I was an avid sewist. I made many shirts for several boyfriends, but only the love of my life got a custom 3-piece suit made by me! I was working on my wedding dress when Bert died. I should have quit romance right then and there; although I eventually married someone else, he just wasn't Bert.

[@cristinaaguilan7397]

Beautiful As ever! She is the sweetest and thoughtful!

[@karlaSinger]

I love her so much!

[@LauraGypsyPirate]

As a yarn goblin, I am so tickled by this show and tell

[@samanthaleshikar9025]

Is anyone else bothered by the title claiming this is a sewing kit...

[@cannedmusic]

her necessity bag looked well stocked

[@lizzoneangel1720]

Yep 😕 still a good hobby

[@christopherbedford9897]

Some people don't know the difference. "Sewing, knitting, whatever, it's all just wimmin stuff"

[@queensrule4450]

Yes. It was enjoyable, but misleading. Specificity would have helped. I learned to sew when I was five. Thankfully, my mother was not one to care about gender roles. Then came knitting, embroidery, crewelwork, quilting, patchwork, weaving, macrame, cloth dolls with wardrobes, tatting, crochet, beadwork, trapunto, and counted cross-stitch. I made the suit I wore to senior prom, including a French-seamed shirt with three-button cuffs and the tie. All of this at a time when men who engaged in the needle arts were not well accepted. After a hiatus of more than 30 years due to establishing myself in my career, for my first return to sewing, I made a ballgown of acid green silk with an overskirt of black figured net with an organza crinoline in black for the 16-inch Gene fashion doll given to me by my mother. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it. Now I have an embroidery machine, a regular sewing machine, and a serger, along with four six-drawer chest organizers filled with a huge variety of supplies for the 15+ fashion dolls I have collected. I am currently working on a red satin mermaid dress with black beaded embroidery for a Barbie. Doll clothes are more fun than people clothes because you can create designs that are not practical in real life. "Idle hands are the devil's workshop" was a main theme in my upbringing. Sorry for the long response recounting my memories.

[@martarodrigues9648]

Very much!

[@GoodKnitKisses]

🤦‍♀️Knitting kit not sewing kit 🤷‍♀️🧶 Love that Meryl started a sweater for 1 boyfriend in Hugh school and finished for another in college! 🤣

[@olivejuice9244]

I'm a knitter, too. Meryl I know you are one of famous knitter in celebrities.

[@queensrule4450]

Joan Crawford and Bette Davis were known for knitting during downtime while filming their movies.

[@carrierogers4653]

I’m a female accountant working from home (currently), and I can tell you I do NOT still have time for my family! 😅😕😥

[@illyriumus2938]

How dare you not stretch a day to 48 hours??!!! Unfortunately, not much has changed and there are many of us out there, working full time, managing kids and house chores and left with taking 3-4 hours of sleep each night, sinking with worries, unbearable stress and guilt. Each of us trying out best I guess :(. Stay safe and healthy!

[@grannysquared7140]

Ah, the curse of the "boyfriend sweater"

[@terezakoci]

Love this whole interview!

[@cynthialerner]

I have that exact same knitting book!!! Men’s sweaters classics, great booklet.

[@manus21]

love her knitting stuff!!

[@lillaspastie]

Omg it's a knitting kit, not sewing 🤦‍♀️

[@valleygirlknits]

I came on here to say the same thing.

[@connagh11]

We all love Meryl she is my woman 😍🙏🏼

[@mm369]

I’d be so screwed as a host I wouldn’t pay attention to timing cues, I’d just sit there and talk to Meryl Streep about her sewing kit for hours

[@MuhammadEgypt]

In the first minute of this clip, Conan would have told 10 jokes at least. Instead, Meryl joked about herself. :D I love James, though. He has a sharp mind.

[@marieee5108]

She s such a queen

[@mytexasdays1526]

Girl, you know how big my closet was in 1967? Yours had to be enormous. That's a big bag. And I never ever had time to knit, crochet or sew. You were one of those overacheivers who had all the answers when you got called upon, homework done on time. I just know it. I was a late bloomer, and in college not high school. Class of 67.

[@tomeastment]

Happy Christmas, all! 🎄

[@di4nalaur4]

devil wears Meryl's knitted sweaters

[@TheMarizanebogdan]

My mom had similar magazines and she did quite nice sweaters for me when I was a kid.

[@norasteel5353]

What's not to love about Meryl?💕

[@karenberridge3302]

Sewing and knitting are two completely different activities - did the writer forget to read?

[@mytexasdays1526]

I found some things like that. And my grandmother's book from 1906. My women in American history professor made a copy of that in the 80's. Yes we were relegated to housekeeping and making sure the man of the family was comfy. I never got an erector set either. That was a boys gift. Mohair rocked. Had a few of those sweaters in the 60's. In my hs grad pic I was wearing one as were most of my female classmates.

[@Mr.Magic4ever]

I love her!!!💖💖💖

[@garyrobertson6778]

knitting with mohair. that's so meryl.

[@mytexasdays1526]

And I became a female accountant in the 70's. Never worked from home. Rarely got a raise, respect, treated equally. And never made as much as a man doing the same thing. We were nurses or teachers in the 1800's thru the 1960's, 70's. Go millennial and x generation girls "you've come a long way baby ". Virginia Slims commercial 70's. You can have equality in the eyes of the constitution soon. I'm rooting for you.

[@olivegreenpants7153]

There were women working in 1967, my mother was one of them.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

My mother was a teacher in 1967! And HER mother was a teacher in the 1920s!

[@lala_sparkles8035]

My mother took my newborn self with her to her office in 1962 (she was a secretary in a small insurance business). She'd already worked there for 5 years.

[@margaretettinger6134]

My mother went back to work when I went to first grade in 1956 and worked until the early 70's. I have been working since 1967.

[@EvaSofie]

Yeah but in jobs “for women.”

[@elizzievb]

Working mothers were VERY much the exception and not the rule in the 50s and 60s.

[@bbczc431]

1:15 😂😂😂😂 💀

[@annalu2505]

“Nobody asks you questions when you say you’re an accountant...”

[@AlexAnder-ut9es]

could've spent an hour just on the mag. Honour the steak your man paid for by wrapping it in plastic wrap...straight out of Mad Men.

[@dougdobbs]

New flash, the 50's didn't end until 1965 or so.

[@olgajazzy]

It is KNITTING! 🤦🏻‍♀️ You got your crafts mixed up!

[@SucsForYou]

I just want to know (and hope) if those Calatheas are real!

[@dalequadros2535]

Day 41 of asking James to kidnap or hand out zoom ids to the 1D members

[@jisuskitty]

no- 1D is irrelevant and are broken up, get over them omfg 🥱🙄

[@joantionette734]

Does she still knit? I doubt it if she hasn't picked that up in all these years but keeping it says a lot about her too. I found it really interesting they should be a little longer interviews.

[@rubbersoul8334]

I remember reading that she knitted on set of The Bridges of Madison County between takes, there was even a picture of her knitting. That came out 25 years ago, though, so not sure if she's currently still interested in it, but she indeed kept on with it well beyond '67.

[@pauloguilhermegodoy5794]

hello kelly clarkson I know you are watching this

[@rubbersoul8334]

I hope Meryl goes on Kelly's show. For her, and for the rest of us. 😅

[@luana-wb5oc]

PLEASE?!😭😭🤚

[@marimini7585]

SZUPER DRÁGA

[@jarahmariaschmid7160]

COOL

[@juliegillespie4727]

She literally says knitting several times, yet you put sewing. 🤦🏻‍♀️ The bar is on the floor.

[@agenthandy]

Ok who’s voice said, “Wowzers!” Was that you God?

[@moniques488]

it sounded like Reg in the band

[@rosajordan1392]

💗💗💗💗💗

[@WakingRay]

Imagine the SAWING KIT , cause she never showed it on this bit. 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-un4qm7ht1w]

Kio

[@dennischallinor8497]

Meryl you must have been Mary Maxim's best friend. If you knit as great as you act I'm a size 42 chest!!!

[@lewisbeshers1946]

James is all about the mohair.

[@akshitatiwari6120]

Kidnap one direction and reunited them Zayn too

[@musicmassacre4606]

Hii how are you?

[@kathy2122]

Ever worn mohair? I'm itchy just thinking about it!

[@MitchelUK]

never been first to a James corden video 😂

[@shanekeogh4740]

Funny

[@leylaamaya3401]

😁

[@ignited5135]

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[@MegaSheen15]

My dad was only a year old when she had her senior prom

[@juliekruse7802]

That’s her KNITTING bag, NOT a sewing bag. Two very different things. James, I’d like to teach you how knit. After all, men who knit are sexy!

[@شۿد-ع2ص]

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[@user-un4qm7ht1w]

#الا_رسول_الله

[@user-un4qm7ht1w]

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[@leylaamaya3401]

First!?

[@jangarden2064]

Please everyone stop "knit" picking. Sewing, knitting, it's all just thread and needles.

[@omaral-alami2268]

15th comment

[@arianaandromeda]

Comedy is dead.