I just applied for a semi-dream job as a patternmaker/designer at VETEMENTS, formerly led by Demna Gvasalia of Balenciaga With my minimal industry experience, it's a bit of a long shot, but wowow that would be so cool. Wish me luck

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After much procrastinating, my trapeze dress is finally finished. Just in time for the holidays (!) I'm pairing it with a white blouse, also made by me, and a classic pair of patent leather Ferragamos. I'll post another photo in /firefits soonish

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I spent a silly amount of time hand making and sewing this black bias ribbon onto my trapeze dress, but I like the detailing—it gives the eye a resting spot in the canvas of checks—and it turned out pretty well Just the finishing left now—hem and facings! Almost done

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I've been neglecting my /fashion-design channel while traveling, but I'm back to my studio now with an update: The silk lining is now fully installed on my trapeze dress. Stay tuned for some additional design details this week

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got to find 5 meters of 100% real silk fabric at a flea market for 20 euros !!! few would understand the joy this brings to a sewing person

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The trapeze dress is getting a full lining, in 100% silk habotai. The lining will add some structure, plus will feel great against the skin Here, I'm using the front dress piece to cut the silk out directly. No need to bother with the paper pattern for this step:

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Trapeze dress update: The welt pockets are finished. The picture on the right shows the reverse side, which will be covered by an interior garment lining

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I'm finding the time and energy today to get back to work on my trapeze dress. Two welt pockets coming up soon

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Throwback to a holiday dress I designed a few years back I’d like to reproduce it in a new fabric at some point

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I've decided to add front welt pockets as a detail on my trapeze dress. This strip of fabric is just pinned on, but gives you the idea. I drew the pattern for the welt directly on the garment pattern for exact dimensions and placement. The entire pocket will add 4 new pattern pieces to the design

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I made my life a little more difficult by putting a center back seam on a plaid dress where it's not really needed, but I wanted to save fabric. Now I have to hand baste everything because even 1mm off will reck the symmetry of the design

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trapeze dress project Step 2: Cutting out the fabric (first real video attempt. whew videos are quite some work)

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trapeze dress project Step 1: Pattern alterations With the base pattern (aka sloper), it's easy to adjust the dress for a slightly different fit. Here, I'm downsizing it so that it will fit a more petite frame: -decreasing the body width -raising the armhole by half an inch -narrowing the shoulder slightly The same changes will need to be reflected in the facings. Tomorrow, I'll document how to layout and cut the fabric using my revised pattern

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This cute trapeze dress by Valentino retails for an eye-popping $6,700 on the Bergdorf Goodman website. What makes it so expensive? Beyond the name, the fabric is presumably top quality. It looks to be fully lined. The embellishments, made of crystal, add some expense, but not SO much To make this dress from my trapeze pattern, we would need to adjust the neckline from boat to jewel, narrow the silhouette slightly, and add a center back seam. Pretty easy!

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I know a particular diva that’ll pull this off effortlessly

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