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 ~ master tailor
a blend of haute-couture and Savile Row
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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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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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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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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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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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