• Deco for Spring
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    Deco for Spring

    Watching this year’s Oscars red carpet pre-show, I was struck by the Deco details on Louise Roe’s custom Black Halo dress, with its geometric, layered peplum and rhinestone buckle. (Details on the dress here.) Spring’s Deco trend is gathering force. In September, many of the Spring ready-to-wear collections contained references to the Twenties and Thirties.…

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  • Damian Yee for Guy Laroche: Vogue Patterns
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    Damian Yee for Guy Laroche: Vogue Patterns

    When Hervé L. Leroux resigned from his position at Guy Laroche, the company chose Damian Yee, an assistant designer at Laroche, to take the helm. (See my earlier posts on Leroux at Laroche here and here.) According to his LinkedIn profile, Yee graduated from Toronto’s Ryerson University and worked at Martine Sitbon, Karl Lagerfeld, and…

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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.