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01/12
All About Insides
Fortunately im healthy again and already back to work, but still I will have you keep waiting for new pictures because it’s incredibly busy here at the moment and I don’t know when there will be a teeny weeny timeslot for shooting further outfits.
Meanwhile – and to keep you entertained – just a few words about insides.
Another way to distinct real couture from other outwardly nice looking stuff. Take a look at the inside.
- Pictures 1 – 3: Insides of some recently made hats; no fabric-covered flat bottomed styrofoam-thingies but all entirely handsewn hollow shapes or blocked buckram and wire underconstructions created in best millinery tradition, all parts assembled by needle and thread – and NO hotglue!! (Never ever!!)
- Pictures 4 – 6: Inside view of the well worn fluffy little wintercoat and the rococo-jacket with wide collar and pointy cuffs. OK, I must admit, that’s a little pet issue of mine, lining coats and jackets in a quite outmoded way without using a center-back-pleat. Difficult but doable, and unfortunatly much more work than even a conventional couture-style-lining. The benefits: the lining won’t move a tiny bit, so no wear and tear and no bulkyness especially in tight fitting garments, even when using a rather sturdy lining such as cotton satin.
- Picture 4: You see, no center-back-pleat, but also no strain.
- Picture 5: Only some tiny snags on the right shoulder (deriving from carrying handbags), no wear around the armpit. Remember, this jacket ist now several years old and worn really frequently.
- Pictures 5 and 6: You can see the shoulder-seam closed by hand. Hand sewn sleeveseams, and the entire lining set in by hand, as in picture 6.
So the big question is, what is “couture” and “bespoke” really and what is definitely not? Stay tuned!