"Smocking developed in England and has been practiced since the Middle Ages and is unusual among embroidery methods in that it was often worn by labourers. Smocking was practical for garments to be both form fitting and flexible, hence its name derives from smock ‚Äî a farmer's work shirt. Smocking was used most extensively in… Continue reading Simple Smocking
Category: History
Womandrobe
Some of you may have already read about Style Salvage Steve's love affair with the matching his n' her wardrobes that were delighted to find when we arrived at the Aan de Keizer Bed & Breakfast in Antwerp. So much so that we couldn't wait to unpack our stuff into the wardrobes even though we… Continue reading Womandrobe
A Story to Tell
I'm touching on the point of irrelevance here but I'll go at it anyway because it's been a grey rainy day which has led me down paths of whimsical and unfocused browsing on the internet. Louise Richardson, I repeat, isn't a designer but an artist based in Norwich who is exhibiting her work at the… Continue reading A Story to Tell
Eat That Paper
The Paper Fashion exhibition at the MoMu in Antwerp gave me a lot of Googling food for thought, names I had heard of vaguely but not known a lot about. One of them was Jum Nakao, the Japanese Brazilian-based designer whose S/S 05 collection A Costura do Invis√≠vel some of you might already know about. … Continue reading Eat That Paper