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Fall 2017 Designer Highlights

Have you seen the new Fall patterns? I post the designer photos to the @PatternVault Twitter. From now on, they’ll also have a more permanent home here on the blog. (Speaking of Twitter, I’ve started posting non-fashion tweets to a new, personal account: @DrSarahSheehan.) Simplicity’s latest Cynthia Rowley pattern came out after the Summer 2017…
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Famke Janssen and Karina Gomez

This week’s post-Comic-Con models post looks at Dutch model-turned-actor Famke Janssen. Born in Amstelveen, Famke Janssen (b. 1964) studied economics at the University of Amsterdam before moving to the United States to pursue a modelling career. She signed with Elite in 1984. Returning to university in the early 1990s, Janssen gravitated toward drama; she went…
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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.