Fashion

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Using Paper Patterns: Doin’ It Old School

Simplicity Sewing Video 1948

We’ve gotten requests from our followers to post more information on sewing and construction. Well, we thought we’d start with a classic. If you can just get past the old school pre-feminist ideas of home economics and the nuclear family social construct, you will find that the information about paper pattern use, marking and even basic construction techniques is really fantastic. We were even reminded about thread-marking for darts, which for anyone who sews, is a godsend. It takes a little longer sometimes, but it’s accurate! Enjoy!

Kendall Jenner Walks the Chanel Couture Runway in Paris

Instagram Photo of Kendall Jenner at Chanel Couture F2014, Paris. posted the gorgeous photo above on her Instagram

Kendall Jenner made her Chanel Couture Runway debut this week in Paris. She posted the above photo on her Instagram (kendalljenner). Jenner wore a wool plaid column dress, and sported the messy faux-hawk of the season. The runway hairstyle mirrors the new coif of Chanel’s Celebrity Face, Kristen Stewart. You can read more about Kendall’s debut at Hello Magazine, and see her featured on People.com.

Kendall Jenner Modeling Chanel Couture F2014, Paris

As for the collection itself, you won’t see your Grandma’s Chanel suit. Lagerfeld has experimented with the familiar Chanel textured fabrics, and given the collection a more fit and flare shape. You see rigid shoulders, experimentation with collar shape, heavy embellishment, and structured skirts on evening gowns. See below, and see the entire collection at Now Fashion.

A good example of collar shape and experimentation at Chanel Couture

Chanel Couture Suit, F2014

Notice the ornate detail of beading and rigid skirt shape.

Chanel Couture Gown F2014

Gowns from Chanel Couture F2104

The Day Kristen Stewart Cropped Her Hair and Her Top

Kristen Stewart Debuts her new Hair Style at Chanel Couture in Paris

Kristen Stewart at Chanel Couture, Paris

It’s the Paris Couture Fashion Week buzz of the day: Kristen Stewart.

She arrived at the Chanel Couture show all in white, looking fabulous in a cropped top, and with a cropped hair style to match. She’s been the new face of Chanel since December, and the partnership seems successful, with Stewart’s looks and style giving Chanel an edgier feel than they’ve presented in the past.

Kristen Stewart and Karl Lagerfeld

For even more images of Kristen at Chanel’s show, check out Hello Magazine’s coverage. You can also vote on Kristen’s look at People.com

Charlize Theron Stuns at Dior Couture Show in Paris

Charlize Theron in Dior with Beau, Sean Penn

Everyone’s talking about it, so we thought we should too. Charlize Theron and Sean Penn made quite the entrance at Dior’s Couture Fall 2014/15 show in Paris on Monday. She looks amazing, they look great together, and you can click the link for a million fantastic images from Getty and the Daily Mail. This is truly the power couple of the moment, or longer?

What about the Dior show itself? It is quite a beautiful collection, full of interesting shapes, stunning embroidery, and pops of bright color including vivid blue and orange.

Dior Haute Couture F2014, Paris

Raf Simons, The Beligian Designer behind Dior Couture F2014

You can see more of the collection, including the images above, at The Windsor Star.

Marchesa Resort 2015 – We Want To Eat This Collection

Marchesa’s 2015 Resort collection is a grouping of lacy, floral, and colorful confections that look good enough to eat. But don’t eat them, dream of wearing them. Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig have outdone themselves this season, and we expect that many a starlet, model, and socialite will be singing their praises and looking delicious in Marchesa.

All photos courtesy of Vogue.com, from Marchesa.

Man Repeller’s Fashion Puns

This series of “Fashion Pun” illustrations by Campbell Pearson is brilliant. We especially love “Clogged”, because we would often rather drown our clogs in the sink than put them on our feet, they’re so ugly.