There have been a lot of questions lately which I promise to get to at some point, but I’m on the road these days so it’s a bit nuts. So in the meantime, some buttonholes.
Year: 2011
Remember this? I made this jacket last year, just before leaving Canada. Ellen DeGeneres saw it and liked it so Drew had one made for her (not by me- my contacts within that camp don’t know where to find me these days) and will be presenting it to her on Monday’s show. I saw a post on Facebook which is how I found out about this coat- Here is the origin story of the DrewRead More
Just because.
Fans of the bold, colourful cloth typical of many Italian merchants (especially Isaia) will love Ariston Napoli. This latest piece- a blue and brown check- comes from them, and is surprisingly robust for an Italian cloth. They are represented in the U.S. by Kemp and Hewitt.
Far from random, some careful planning is required, the sort that only another patternmaker can really appreciate.
This time I mean it. So I had some scraps. And maybe a bit too much coffee. I don’t like most of what Thom Browne does, but I understand why he does it. And all those guys who you see in the Sartorialist’s Pitti photos. It’s not that we’re trying to get photographed (ok maybe some are). It’s just that those of us who are surrounded by grey and navy suits day in, and dayRead More
I bought these four pieces of Vendon by Holland and Sherry back in February and I am just now getting the last of them finished. It’s a great cloth- a robust weave which is normally quite dry but this has a roundness to it and even a nice soft finish. If memory serves, there a few other colors; I may go and see if there are any left to pick from. At the same timeRead More
When I was growing up we had a book in the house that I considered the sewing bible. If ever I was was stumped on a particular application I would pull out the old Vogue Sewing Book and it would have clear, well-illustrated instructions on how to insert an invisible zipper or chain-weighted hems. While informative, it was not terribly inspiring. Back in 1995, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art staged a stunning exhibition onRead More