It is a funny thing, but I used to make clothes as fast as possible. I was looking forward to seeing the finished piece once I started sewing. I do not know whether that happens to many sewers, but I have noticed that I am changing. As I get more experienced in the whole […]Read Post ›
Re-making from something old to something different sounds like fun. I made a shrug a couple of years ago (see the photo below), but I was never happy with the result. I used square and rectangle fabrics to construct it. Of course there are some exceptions but a garment made with right-angled fabrics usually does […]Read Post ›
Julian Roberts is of one of my greatest fashion design and pattern making teachers. He is a British fashion designer and academic. “Subtraction Cutting” is the name given to an experimental method of hollow construction developed by him. Julian has been teaching his methods in 25 countries since 1998. I discovered him by being introduced […]Read Post ›
Yohji Yamamoto is my favourite living fashion designer and it is said that he is one of the greatest fashion designers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Since his designs are unique and some of them are extreme, some people consider that his arts are enigmatic. In spite of those negative views, every […]Read Post ›
Sometimes in life, I think it is a good idea to stop and think for a moment on philosophical questions that resonate in my heart. I have come across a couple of things that I would like to ponder. (1) What does make me get up in the early morning? I have been getting up […]Read Post ›
