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Coordinated Chaos at Dries Van Noten | The Cutting Class. Dries Van Noten, SS16, Paris.
09 Oct 2015
Coordinated Chaos at Dries Van Noten

Dries Van Noten, SS16, Paris.A few years ago now we did an article that asked How Many Fabrics in the...

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22 Nov 2011
Raglan Details at Proenza Schouler

Proenza Schouler, SS12, New York. Sleeve shapes and panelling are a subtle yet directional way that designers are controlling the...

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13 Jun 2011
Fundamentals of Pattern Making: V-Shaped Panel Lines

Gareth Pugh, AW11, Paris. In the Autumn-Winter 2011 collection by Gareth Pugh, there was a subtle v-shaped panel line running...

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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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14 Mar 2011
Dai Fujiwara for Issey Miyake: Process as Presentation

Issey Miyake, AW11, Paris. Often when designers present their work it seems that the aim is to make the process...

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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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20 Feb 2011
Pattern Making Fundamentals: Seam Allowance

When taken back to it’s most basic level, sewing is the means by which we have clothed ourselves for thousands...

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Pattern Making Tool Box: Tracing Wheel on The Cutting Class. Needle point tracing wheel.
18 Feb 2011
Pattern Tool Box: Tracing Wheel

Image of a needle point tracing wheel from MacCulloch & Wallis» Tracing wheels usually have a blunt edge, a serrated...

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09 Feb 2011
Pattern Making Fundamentals: Understanding Darts

Designer Akira Isogawa in his studio, image from NLA. Whenever you see photographs of designers in their studios you are...

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