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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...
Carol Alayne
Dec 10, 20172 min read
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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...
Carol Alayne
Dec 1, 20172 min read
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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...
Carol Alayne
Oct 21, 20172 min read
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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...
Carol Alayne
Sep 17, 20172 min read
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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...
Carol Alayne
Aug 30, 20173 min read
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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...
Carol Alayne
Aug 1, 20172 min read
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Highland flair
I was working on four different Harris tweed garments last December when, by chance, I came across this article in The Guardian...
Carol Alayne
Jan 30, 20172 min read
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