Christian Dior, SS16, Paris. After the recent news that Raf Simons would no longer be the artistic director at Dior...
22 Apr 2015
Christian Dior, SS15, Haute Couture, Paris. In discussing some of the details from the Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2015 collection», we began...
28 Jan 2015
Balenciaga, PF15, Paris. Sometimes a design that is very simple on paper can throw some surprisingly tricky pattern considerations at...
28 Nov 2013
Tightly pulled vertical smocking. Image via Trans.lu.cent» Smocking is a fabric manipulation technique that is generally created by using hand stitching...
28 Jun 2013
Prada, as shown with Menswear SS14, Milan. As part of the recent menswear show, Prada also showed a selection of...
07 Jun 2013
Alexander McQueen, SS06, Paris. One of Alexander McQueen’s more subdued collections Spring-Summer 2006 provides a garment that is a good...
23 Apr 2013
Chanel, AW13, Paris. In the recent Autumn-Winter 2013 collection for Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld made the high thigh area the erogenous...
30 Jun 2011
Walter Van Beirendonck, SS12, Paris. Walter Van Beirendonck must be one of the most consistently fun menswear designers. His collections...
23 May 2011
Rodarte, AW11, New York. There are a myriad of ways that you can make fabric mould to the curves of...
16 May 2011
Calvin Klein, AW11, New York. When patterns are fairly simple, it is usually quite straight forward how individual pattern pieces...
