Pattern Making

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13 Aug 2013
Thom Browne’s Off The Body Tailoring

Thom Browne, AW13, New York. When the silhouette of a garment moves far enough away from the body, all the...

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22 Jul 2013
Shaping the Shoulder Curve: The Dropped Shoulder and the Set In Sleeve

Antonio Marras, RST14, New York. When pattern making any garment that crosses over from the shoulder to the arm, you...

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28 Jun 2013
Fundamentals of Pattern Making: Tucks and Gathers at Prada

Prada, as shown with Menswear SS14, Milan. As part of the recent menswear show, Prada also showed a selection of...

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14 Jun 2013
Ways To Think About Pattern Changes and Fitting Alterations

Comme des Garçons, AW97. Photographed by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia 1997. This amazing photograph of a Comme des Garçons...

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07 Jun 2013
Matched Pinstripes at Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen, SS06, Paris. One of Alexander McQueen’s more subdued collections Spring-Summer 2006 provides a garment that is a good...

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03 Jun 2013
Using Seam Allowances to Support Silhouette

Robert Wun, “Burnt” Collection, 2012. In a bid to remove bulk from garments we often try to create patterns with...

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31 May 2013
Naoki Takizawa Design Illustrates Use of Notches

Naoki Takizawa, SS11, “Mode & Science III – Anthoropometria”. This image shows a garment by the designer Naoki Takizawa that...

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28 May 2013
Drape Analysis of a Balenciaga Jacket

Balenciaga, AW13, Paris. Sometimes it is worthwhile focusing on some of the more subtle pieces of a collection and understanding...

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23 Apr 2013
Balancing Proportions at Chanel

Chanel, AW13, Paris. In the recent Autumn-Winter 2013 collection for Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld made the high thigh area the erogenous...

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12 Apr 2013
Framing and Peeling at Chalayan

Chalayan, AW13, Paris. The recent collection from Hussein Chalayan for Autumn-Winter 2013 used different techniques and details to frame the...

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