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Pure Construction at Christian Dior | The Cutting Class. Christian Dior, SS16, Paris.
25 Oct 2015
Pure Construction at Christian Dior

Christian Dior, SS16, Paris. After the recent news that Raf Simons would no longer be the artistic director at Dior...

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Bust Shaping with Panel Lines at Dior | The Cutting Class. Christian Dior, SS15, Haute Couture, Paris.
22 Apr 2015
Bust Shaping with Panel Lines at Dior

Christian Dior, SS15, Haute Couture, Paris. In discussing some of the details from the Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2015 collection», we began...

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Bust Shaping Considerations at Balenciaga | The Cutting Class. Balenciaga, PF15, Paris.
28 Jan 2015
Bust Shaping Considerations at Balenciaga

Balenciaga, PF15, Paris. Sometimes a design that is very simple on paper can throw some surprisingly tricky pattern considerations at...

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28 Nov 2013
Contemporary Smocking Techniques

Tightly pulled vertical smocking. Image via Trans.lu.cent» Smocking is a fabric manipulation technique that is generally created by using hand stitching...

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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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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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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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30 Jun 2011
Tulle Topiary and Geometric Panels at Walter Van Beirendonck

Walter Van Beirendonck, SS12, Paris. Walter Van Beirendonck must be one of the most consistently fun menswear designers. His collections...

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23 May 2011
Fundamentals of Pattern Making: Waist Tucks

Rodarte, AW11, New York. There are a myriad of ways that you can make fabric mould to the curves of...

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16 May 2011
Fundamentals of Pattern Making: Basic Yokes

Calvin Klein, AW11, New York. When patterns are fairly simple, it is usually quite straight forward how individual pattern pieces...

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