Tag: Wardrobe Classics

The White Jacket: Bits and Bobs

(No, I’m not English but ‘bits and bobs’ is one of those useful phrases I picked up living with a ship of English folk for the last three years.) I spent a good hour testing interfacings on the dupioni for my jacket. I always think I know which one is going to work, but then …

I Used to Be a Hacker

Despite the fact that my garden is in its most glorious state of the year, with wildflowers and roses blossoming in wild enthusiasm… I’ve been forcing myself indoors. I’m in the throes of jacket-making in the sew-along and am determined to stay in it. To learn. I like crunchy deadlines and intense work periods. Followed …

The White Shirt, Finished

I should’ve guessed that the thing that would come between me and a white garment would be coffee. Not one, not two, but three coffee spills today. (If there’s a leak in a coffee cup, it’ll find me.)

The Black (no, White!) Blazer

I’ve been wanting to tackle sewing a blazer for almost a year. I’m a total blazer fanatic, and I have at least six black jackets, three of which are tuxedo style (one in velvet with silk lapels, yummm). So no, I won’t be sewing a black jacket. But what about white? I was in a …

{Proenza Schouler white shirt, via La Garconne} When I started making a list of classic fashion pieces to sew, I had mostly coats and blazers at the top of the list. A trench was at the very top, and I even looked into various trench patterns in hopes of trying it out. But then I …