• Free Designer Pattern: Giles Deacon Dress

    Free Designer Pattern: Giles Deacon Dress

    The latest project in SHOWstudio’s Design Download series is a dress by Giles Deacon. The Design Download project aims to “demystify the fashion process by offering prestigious designer garment patterns for download via the Internet.” Past Design Downloads have had an interactive component, with people submitting their versions for inclusion in a gallery on the…

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  • Vintage Vogue Search

    Vintage Vogue Search

    Vogue Patterns doesn’t have an archive of their old patterns, so the company is calling on the sewing public to lend patterns from their collections for reissue in the Vintage Vogue line. Reissued Forties and Fifties patterns have done best with customers, but they’re interested in patterns from all periods. The only exception is designer…

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Sarah Sheehan has published articles on couture patterns in DRESS and Selvedge. She launched the PatternVault blog in 2011 with a series on Givenchy sewing patterns by Alexander McQueen. This blog explores the intersections between high fashion and DIY culture. Read full bio.