We artists who create for our valued clients, often have a joke: when the client says, “It’s very simple,” we always gulp. There are several reasons for this but the most important is that simple cannot hide any mistakes. IOW, if you make one wrong move on […]
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This is an ongoing theme with designers and in particular the nurseries of designers and future manufacturers of clothing. The colleges and schools are wrestling constantly not only with curriculum but the mindset of how to make a more sustainable clothing item. And this article this morning […]
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This news is hot and very recent so wanted to share now. This is a list of the most searched for brands on the internet. Why is this important? Because this is where the trends are moving Because this is at least worth a look (trends need […]
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So what’s all this malarkey about this living without so much stuff? I mean, I’ve worked hard, and I should be able to choose whatever I want and how much of whatever I want – isn’t that the purpose of working hard and having some money in my budget […]
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One thing about the news media is for sure – they can jump on a topic du jour faster than a speeding bullet train! Most of the time this is stuff that’s rather foolish like fads that are specific to certain colors that you must have or else […]
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….was a wealth of headlines made for sewists. Oh, those poor people who can’t/won’t/don’t sew!!!! They have such limited selections and it’s getting more limited! Over on Financial Times, there’s the headline: Zara Inditex Ramp Up Digital Assault. For those of you who are new here, Inditex […]
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I was really shocked to find out that Givenchy died only a few days ago. If you would have asked me yesterday, I would have known that he died decades ago being part of that indomitable force of designers who catapulted Paris back to the fashion capital after World […]
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The three basic needs of mankind are food, shelter, and clothing – clothing so that we can protect ourselves from the elements, whether that is very cold or very hot. In either case, clothing can protect us from harmful sun exposure and harmful cold exposure. But like […]
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….like Oscar de la Renta?….Valentino?…Carolina Herrera (this is her last season)? Really about the only ones left who design beautiful clothes that were so in vogue before the 90’s are Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren. Even Vera Wang who made her name with a classic beautiful style […]
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I love this picture – I always have. These are sisters who pioneered a homestead in Nebraska. Maybe this reaches back to my own family’s homesteading roots, but I love this photo and this mud house they built for themselves. Here’s the subtle message in this photo […]
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