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Briefing for Bespoke: Line, shape, proportion
You may have caught the compelling TV series “Madmen“. The story of the how the advertising industry took fire on Madisson Avenue in the...
Carol Alayne
Dec 30, 20173 min read
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TfW, Jaeger and the V&A
I was thrilled recently to speak alongside a representative from the global brand Jaeger about women’s tailoring. We were both making a...
Carol Alayne
Nov 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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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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Women tinkering with tailoring! Why not do it for real
“Annie Hall” hit the mark perfectly some 30 years ago in the eponymous film by Woody Allen. From top down, her combination of trilby,...
Carol Alayne
Jul 27, 20172 min read
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NHK – Bespoke for Japan; A woman’s point of view
In the midst of a hectic time here in the studio; a royal wedding in Monaco, early planning for the shooting season, and gowns for the...
Carol Alayne
May 14, 20172 min read
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Power Dressing, but does it empower
The Sunday Times (UK) Style section devoted a number of column inches to the do’s and don’ts for women who find themselves at the front...
Carol Alayne
May 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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