Paper MoonToday I went to the Schiapparelli exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. I have put my photos on Instagram, there's six albums of almost 20 photos in each. Idk how to share a link to an album but here's a link to the profile, you are welcome to look
https://www.instagram.com/ytrancer
I am very-very-very impressed with the Autumn/Winter 2026-27 collection 'Ghost' by Anrealage, inspired by Ghost in the Shell. The first really #Cyberpunk #highfashion collection I've seen.
ANREALAGE AUTUMN/WINTER 2026-27 COLLECTION βGHOSTβ
I am watching the new production of Importance of Being Earnest and all I can think about is how cleverly the fabric's design patterns are matched, every piece, every line, it's just so good!
In 1860 the Prince of Wales, a son of Victoria and Albert, was visiting a theatre when he noticed that the actor Fletcher, although playing a penniless adventurer, had a suit of impeccable cut. 'Who is your tailor?' the Prince enquired, and Fletcher told him. And this was how Henry Poole came to secure a royal warrant. β "The Savile Row Story", Richard Walker.
Henry's father grew his #tailor business from a hobby and a good eye for #GarmentDesign
TIL that the tailor's tape measure first appeared in the late 1700's and with it, tailoring entered the third dimension. Then came the German mathematician Dr Henry Wampen who studied proportions of Greek statues untill his tailor suggested that his findings might have a practical application. 30 years later the first book on the mathematics of draping a human figure was produced.
100 years ago there was a crazy guy called Georgi Gourjieff with some really crackpot ideas, like that the Moon was the worst place in the universe. But he had some interesting ones too. Like, that in the industrial age people's clothes changed to fit the background of factories and mills, and turned black. And that ants used to be conceous but they organised and the same thing happened to them.
So yeah, fuck uniforms of any kind.
Wearing my scoodie design to work this morning, feeling a little apprehensive π It feels very soft, warm and cosy though.
When the lack of #sewing experience sends you #garments that don't fit, make #eyelets.
The project was very interesting. I chose upholstery fabric, which was insanely hard to cut and I used a denim needle to sew. Maybe I have ended up with a bulletproof vest π
I will attach silver chains to the eyelets, just need to find something that works like a carabiner but maybe circle rather than the traditional shape. Still proud of the double welted pockets through darts.
Just thinking, wouldn't it be good to make a special top for dying your hair? When you apply the colour, you have to wait about half an hour and you can't really wear a t-shirt because to rinse your hair you have to take it off by pulling it over your head and that gets the dye all over it. Wrapping yourself in a towel is not always convenient. So I am thinking, something that you can unfasten or unwrap like a kimono?
I have been able to not spend all wages on buttons today while visiting the vintage button stall at Spitalfields Market. One curious thing I found was this single Yves Saint Laurent button. The back of it looks like it was ripped off a garment. And they are offering this single button for sale.I wonder what the story is.