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03 Mar 2011
How Many Fabrics in the Dries Van Noten Show?

Dries Van Noten, AW11, Paris. Considering how many designers have been successfully combining unbelievable print combinations this season, it was...

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02 Mar 2011
Fundamentals of Pattern Making: Moving Darts by Cut and Spread

Bottega Veneta, AW11, Milan. Once you have altered your basic pattern blocks to fit correctly, you will want to be...

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01 Mar 2011
Seam Finishes: French Seams

Simone Rocha, AW11, London. When sheer fabrics are used the seam finish needs to be carefully considered since it can...

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28 Feb 2011
Fully Fashioned and Cut and Sew Knitwear at Jil Sander

Jil Sander, AW11, Milan. When it comes to knitwear there are basically two ways that the shape of the garment...

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25 Feb 2011
Pattern Tool Box: Pattern Notcher

Pattern Notcher. An essential element of a pattern makers tool box is to have a really good pattern notcher. Pattern...

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24 Feb 2011
Raglan Sleeves at Richard Nicoll

Richard Nicoll, AW11, London. When a collection gets referred to as sporty it can be often be due to the...

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23 Feb 2011
Alexander Wang’s Felted Knitwear

Alexander Wang, AW11, New York. Felting is one of those crafty techniques that can risk being the unnecessary centre of...

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22 Feb 2011
Pocket Bags at Christopher Kane

Christopher Kane, AW11, London. Pocket bags are simply the pieces of fabric that form the inside section of pockets. They...

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22 Feb 2011
Crochet for Holland and Kane

House of Holland, AW11, London. The use of crochet in both the recent House of Holland and the collection by...

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21 Feb 2011
Fundamentals of Sewing: Seams

Above are the two most commonly used types of seams in contemporary sewing, closed and open seams and they are...

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