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Perusing For Ideas

So I'm out on the internet looking for something a little different to do with my time, and come upon ...

Subscribing

Subscribing sounds like 1.) Spam, 2.) Expense, 3.) Invasive Emails. For me, it's a way to communicate with folks who ...

Sketching as a Design Tool

From the time I started my design company, I was sketching designs for clients. It was the only way that ...

Making Your Own Clothes – Me Made

It's fascinating to listen to this discussion of How Much Clothing Do I Really Need? for me because I don't ...

How Did Fashion Get So Botched Up

What has happened to fashion? There was a day when well-dressed and even not-so-wealthy women looked to the latest in ...

Balance and Proportion in the Waist & Hips

A student asked a very interesting question, which I love to hear. This question is one that I've discussed here ...

The Path of a Fashion Trend

Tracking a fashion trend isn't all that hard after seeing a few of them. Living from Mid-Century Modern through Twiggy ...

The Style of The Very Wealthy

It's worth the time to look at these styles, particularly today as there is a group that wants to look ...

WOW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgcNy2EgE_Q This is the way fashion used to be - pretty, flattering and I can't wait to make some of ...

The Einsteinian Zone

So no, you haven't dropped into another universe of the space-time continuum. This really is a sewing blog, but this ...

The Thoughtful Trade

The other day I was doing the laundry and suddenly my machine wasn't spinning, thus wasn't washing. It was making ...

Body Sizes – Then and Now

We may think that the models on the runway are all bone-thin, and they are, but how close are they ...