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This video shot inside Chanel’s private apartment above her Rue Cambon boutique is better than most I’ve seen, there are some really cool shots of the objects inside and its fascinating to see how these things influenced her designs.
And this is a two part French interview from 1969; this was only two years before her death and she is quite elderly (age [...] Click for a Closer View Click for a Closer View
This Friday Ann is hosting Susan Kahlje at the Gorgeous Fabrics Studio and I finally fixed on my project. [...] Chanel’s iPhone/iTouch app always has some interesting tidbits, I think the company uses it to test ideas and just get content out in ways that wwon’t require a press release and full phalanx marketing. This KL sketching for a special collection connected a Chanel Boutique opening in Shanghai. He literally does this design in less than 30 seconds.
Click for a Closer View This Aquilano Rimondi blouse is just to die for, but the price tag, Ayyyyy!!! However I think I can knock this off for myself. I’ve been looking for something foppish and feminine but not too formal or spinster-ish to fill in the neckline of my (almost finished!) Burda jacket. This blouse would [...] Yesterday I ordered the fabric for Abby’s gown and thread traced the first bodice piece for the lace overlay. The good news is that she is young with a dancer’s figure; the size 4 fits her perfectly and all I I need to do is adjust the length. I’ll post photos of her [...] On Twitter anyway. I read that he tweets on a regular basis so naturally I had to see for myself, and sure enough, there are 36,193 people plus me following him. Like Mademoiselle, he shares her penchant for aphorisms. Here is a recent sampling of his tweets, which are by turns insightful, banal [...]
#gallery-1 { Front bodice and front skirt. The skirt is on the straight grain at center front and on the bias where is meets center back Back bodice and back skirt. The skirt is cut on the bias and the [...] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVST97Wy9P4] If you follow this link, you can download this pattern for John Galliano’s Pirate Jacket from his 2001 collection. The site also has a gallery of examples that sewers have made (I really like this green one.) The SHOWstudio site is also some great background on the jacket and its place in his collection. Natually I had to download a [...] January 17th, 2009 | Category: Designer, Designer Inspirations, Fashion, Patterns, couture sewing | 7 comments
My husband gave me an Apple iTouch for Christmas, and its wicked cool; basically its an iPhone with Internet connectivity but no phone function. The iTunes App Store has hundreds of free apps, and fashion designers are starting to upload free iTouch apps that showcase their latest collections. Both Chanel and Ralph Lauren are available, and Style.com has a condensed version of their [...] |
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