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