Whether you are working with lace for business or pleasure, it’s a beautiful fabric with wonderful possibilities. There is a reason white lace fabric wedding dresses are so expensive; working with lace is a time-consuming process that requires skill and dedication. It is highly labor-intensive, with couture sewing techniques applied to the construction. But the […]
The sewing machine is a wonderful invention that has quite a history. If you’ve seen our post on the History of the Sewing Machine, you know it really was a story full of scandal, failure, riots, and death. This post will explore sewing machine manufacturers in more detail. There are some big names that spring […]
Most fashionistas have probably heard the word “espadrilles” plenty of times, but what is the first thing you think of when you hear “espadrilles”? The most commonly known answer is a woman’s heel made with a woven or braided sole. Yes, this is a somewhat accurate description of a type of espadrille, but not entirely […]
A History of the Miniskirt The iconic miniskirt history is anything but short and sweet, with rebellion, sex, and sixties hedonism at its core. Hitched-up hemlines can date back as far 4700BC, but the miniskirt we know and love today was born out of a youth culture movement that strived to deviate from the repressed post-war […]