Work in progress on a dress for the label Hervé L. Leroux from the Spring-Summer 2013 couture collection. While many...
16 Jul 2014
Christian Dior, Haute Couture, AW14, Paris. Here are a couple of examples of how princess panel lines were used in...
02 May 2014
Alexander Wang, AW13, New York. This post forms the third part of a series about The Fullness and Shaping of...
25 Apr 2014
Balenciaga, unknown date, images via Pinterest» In this post we will begin to look at how the angle of the...
17 Apr 2014
Céline, SS14, Paris. There have been a few questions posed to The Cutting Class recently about sleeve shaping, so this...
10 Apr 2014
Vionnet, SS14, Demi-Couture, Paris. In his first collection working on Demi-Couture at Vionnet, Hussein Chalayan created a range of garments...
28 Mar 2014
Kenzo, AW14, Paris. Hidden amongst the clashing colours and prints of the Kenzo collection for Autumn-Winter 2014, there were some...
14 Nov 2013
Valentino, Couture, SS08. The Cutting Class recently received a query about how the skirt folds had been constructed on two...
30 Oct 2013
Comme des Garçons. Image from Jane Magazine August 1998 via iiiinspired» Following on from the previous post on Subtraction Pattern...
25 Oct 2013
Image from “Free Cutting” by Julian Roberts. Many garments are created from flat pattern making methods, or from drape methods,...
