Tilly and the Buttons is a blog from one of the finalists from the Great British Sewing Bee (which we don’t get in the US – Grrrrrrr – cause it’s a really great show on sewing). She’s a really cute gal, and today she talks about mannequins […]
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….bras specifically. OK – let’s talk underwear – bras specifically. Yeah, I know you’ve had that bra for ???? years and it’s comfy and it feels good and it’s not worn out and it works….well, maybe. If you’re bra is over 3 years old, there may be […]
Read more →So how do you dress for a job?….or an internship? When you’re used to wearing jeans and tee for daily classes and suddenly you have an internship or a possible job interview or even a job. How do you dress? It’s a good question for anyone who […]
Read more →I read this morning’s article from Business of Fashion and thought – gee this sounds like something really nice and thought I would put up a link on Facebook, where I put little tidbits. But clicking on the link from the article to examine what is really […]
Read more →….and inspiring and empowering and back to what I love. Now this started out very sad and ended very, well and fun, so the fun applies to the end, not the beginning! Recently – like a couple of weeks ago, I finished a garment for a client. […]
Read more →While Mrs. Trump has been mostly in New York, we haven’t seen much of her style, until this first trip abroad. As a person in the news, it’s worthy to note her style and in particular what sort of style it reflects. The first lady, whether she […]
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This is for anyone who sews and for anyone who wants to know if you’re doing things right. This is a fabulous little film made following the creation of the Chanel F/W04/05 collection from the finishing of the last garment from the S/S04 collection to the showing […]
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A new thought-provoking article out has a lot to it. The future format of the fashion show is in a state of flux. In the olden days, you had to be invited to the fashion shows as they were private. The designers didn’t want anyone to see […]
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It was really hard for me to understand the grip that Grunge had on fashion for the last two decades and longer. That “Ugly was beautiful” was so irrational to me. I understand there was (as there always is in fashion) a swing away from the opulence […]
Read more →REALLY Big!!! This is right in our own backyard, and the students are being recognized and awarded in a very big way. So what in the world is the YMA? It’s the Young Menswear Association, which doesn’t tell you much, especially since it isn’t for men exclusively […]
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