Author Archives: liz

GONE NOW THANKS

Now a fabric for lovers of cool tones…

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This fabric – the one on the left in this image –  is a lovely woollen blend fabric from the studio of my favourite local designer who is sadly now winding down her business.

Readers of this website will know that I have picked up some really beautiful fabrics from this studio.  In fact, I understand some shopping may have been done today at one of her very last fabric sales.  Good thing I didn’t know about it.  I might have shopped for more fabric for the sake of nostalgia.  Go figure.

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GONE THANKS

This lovely silk is a painterly study in blues, from the deep indigo of the foliage and trees at the bottom of the panel to the powder blue of the distant sky and then back to deeper blues of the canopy.

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Heads-up…I’m going to be listing a lot of Liberty Art fabrics, hopefully this Friday.  I’ll price them at around $30 a metre I think and I have 10+ to put up.  Until they go up, here’s another great video featuring the design work of the Liberty Art print team.

Another wonderful Dior film.  The work behind some of these clothes is extraordinary.

I’m taking some photos of fabrics as I go along and posting to instagram now.  If you want to follow, just click the insta icon/link on the right sidebar.  Also, for those who don’t know, I also provide updates on my Facebook page, link also at the right sidebar.

The demands on fashion houses are so great now…many collections to design and fashion shows to present (resort and pre-fall shows now in the calendar too) and much higher expectations about the collection promos.  Now films are a big part of package.  Here is a charming video for Stella McCartney’s summer collection.

I love these dresses she did with the collage of different prints.

And the choice of music is interesting too…no surprises I guess… (more…)

No-one can throw prints together as well as Lucinda Chambers, hailed as one of the world’s great fashion editors and stylists.  And her Vogue editorials, in the decades since Lucinda became fashion director of British Vogue…well, all of them are admired but some have been elevated to the truly iconic status.

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GONE NOW, MANY THANKS

There’s no end of inspiration for a lovely striped fabric and the runways especially have been bursting with stripes.

The magazine fashion editorials feature one page turn after another of stripes in all imaginable manifestations. (more…)

I’m sure that being an enfant terrible was the essence of his genius, the great genius of his fashion generation.  I’m fascinated in the stories about how he could cut the most complex patterns freestyle, direct on the dress form; a legacy, no doubt, of his Savile Row days.

Who would ever have thought that Sarah Burton could  carry on so remarkably the McQueen aesthetic: audacious, fashion as art, technically fearless, frequently menacing, disconcerting and exquisite in the same garment, always triumphant.

All the things these next backstage videos of McQueen runway shows capture in fine detail.  Click continue…

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ALL GONE, THANK YOU

Now this fabric is a wildly popular M@rc Jac0bs daisy cotton from a few seasons back.

Jacobs built a whole range around variations on this print but I think the grey tonal prints are among the nicest of the collection. (more…)

GONE, THANKS

This lovely fabric ticks all the boxes – a real quality fabric, singing colours that will take the Australian light beautifully, super-easy easy to handle and sew…

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Ok, finally, here is the very gorgeous H@ute Hippie silk georgette I popped up on my fabric Facebook page a few weeks back.

(Seriously, it has been just so busy, with hardly a chance to turn sideways let alone do these posts, so thanks for sticking with me during this irregular posting period). (more…)

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If I am fanatical about the fabrics of any one designer in particular, it would have to be Giorgio Armani.  He sources only the best wools, the best silks, the best blends such as linen/viscose mixes.  And true to form, this silk is just stunning…

The design is just a dream and the silk is so, so beautiful. (more…)

GONE NOW, MANY THANKS

There’s always something a bit uplifting about running your eyes over a Missoni fabric I think.  The colours are so happy and joyous and singing together in harmony.  And even those who may prefer the most monotone palettes will still be pleased with Missoni colours.

This one is a viscose/wool blend fabric.  (more…)

The fabric just posted made me think of Dries Van Noten.  He loves these dense and rich textures and has come up with some exquisite fabrics and designs over the years.

There’s more…

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This fabric is something really very special.  In fact I can’t recall seeing a fabric quite like this before.

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I listed half of this fabric before, kept half back, but honestly, I am not sewing at all so this piece will surely have a better home than mine.  It has been a while since I have made a Ch@nel-type jacket, but this fabric is just calling out to become one now.  And it must have fringing.

The basic weave here is a rough-hewn effect black and white threaded weave and warp.  Over the top, thicker off-white threads have been woven through.  The effect is to make the fabric lighter rather than darker but still maintaining the classic black and white thing.  (more…)

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The cooler seasons will be upon us before we know and I for one can’t be happier as I am a true winter lover.  I have a very big stash, full stop, and it includes a fair share of woollens and cooler weather fabrics.  I do need to cull some, and my Missoni fabrics are amongst them.

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