July 5th, 2007
Inside Couture Work Rooms
The New York Times has a photo series called “The Best Hands In The World.” It features the work rooms of major fashion houses as they prepare garments for the couture shows. There are some familiar sights for me: stay-stitching that needs to be removed, patterns drafted onto silk organza, hand-gathered sewing to create a ruffle.
And I love the Dior sewers in their white smocks.