MelissaAnnesofie

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Day 2: picking materials and planning a process

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Day one jewelry design at Kolding design school. Learning how to saw.

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Pair of chopines, 1600-1620 (made). F, 1600-20, Italian; green silk velvet and silver-gilt bobbin lace. Museum Number 929&A-1901.

1600-1620 Chopines

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Fury's Fashion People: Louis XIV, the power dresser

With fashion's attention focused for the past two weeks on Paris – first menswear, latterly haute couture – it seems natural to think back to the man who established France's predominance in matters sartorial, Louis XIV.

The beginning of haute couture 

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Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Cave painting, fertility goddesses, megalithic structures Lascaux Cave Painting, Woman of Willendorf, Stonehenge Ice Age ends (10,000 b.c.–8,000 b.c.); New...

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These Chopines Weren’t Made for Walking: Precarious Platforms for Aristocratic Feet

"They were beyond extravagant, and they weren't for clumping in the mud."From the Chinese tradition of lotus shoes for bound feet to the 20t...

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It's a new year with new projects and id like to be better at posting. So here is my "new" workspace. The extra room is very satisfying.

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Flounces and Ruffles

Noir Kei Ninomiya, SS16, Paris.

At times, words are used interchangeably to describe certain fabric details. In a fashion journalism context this is generally ok because if someone talks about the “ruffled” or “frilly” dress in the collection then it’s usually pretty clear which one they mean. When a designer is talking to a pattern maker, however, communication is key and using certain terminology may mean that you think you’re asking for one thing, when what you actually want is something else entirely.

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Volunteering as costume designer for a scifi futuristic film. Here's a look at the set in progress. I'm extremely impressed by every minute of it. The fog machines set of the fire alarm last night: evacuation and visit from 2 fire trucks. Everything is exciting

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I made this shirt To test out some new skills -fading double pocket with a layer of vinyl It's very difficult to sew with the vinyl but for a first try I think it went well.

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I hated doing spec sheets in school but I started doing them because it's a nice way to show people the layout of what goes into making clothes. And actually I'm kind of loving it now. Everything is more fun when you aren't forced to do it:)

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Some photos from the process. I made this shirt for my boyfriends birthday and wanted it to be a surprise so I took measurements and shape from one of his favorite shirts and drafted a pattern from there. I made a mockup for fit (he did see this one before the birthday)