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a blend of haute-couture and Savile Row

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    Several Saviles
    Carol Alayne
    • Dec 10, 2017
    • 2 min

    Several Saviles

    During the summer my thoughts were solicited by THINK, a style magazine based in Dubai. It was running an article on the latest in...
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    Button up your overcoat, when the wind is free…
    Carol Alayne
    • Dec 1, 2017
    • 2 min

    Button up your overcoat, when the wind is free…

    t’s time to sing that chorus again. With the evenings drawing in and the temperature falling, we will need to think of bundling up in...
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    Trouser roles
    Carol Alayne
    • Oct 21, 2017
    • 2 min

    Trouser roles

    I have a number of autumn/winter trousers in production at the moment. As I was putting the final hand stitches into a blue birdseye...
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    Carol Alayne
    • Sep 17, 2017
    • 2 min

    Is tailoring eco-friendly?

    One of the things I find most satisfying about tailoring is the opportunity to create practical but aesthetic garments. The perfect...
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    When less is more
    Carol Alayne
    • Aug 30, 2017
    • 3 min

    When less is more

    In 1940, with all-out war looming, the UK government Board of Trade decided to restrict the amount of clothing available in order to...
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    Sensational Butterflies
    Carol Alayne
    • Aug 1, 2017
    • 2 min

    Sensational Butterflies

    The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity’, supposedly said the comedian George Carlin. I guess this is...
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    Highland flair
    Carol Alayne
    • Jan 30, 2017
    • 2 min

    Highland flair

    I was working on four different Harris tweed garments last December when, by chance, I came across this article in The Guardian...
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