The Width of a Stitch, the Blue of a Sash
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Corporate ownership is changing the face of haute couture.
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A new crop of sophisticated sewing-embroidery machines for home sewers can create a complicated pattern in moments.
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Reader Sameer Shaikh sends us a picture.
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Was that colorful sweater you received as a Christmas gift a little too colorful? Or maybe just a little too tight? If so, maybe you were among hordes of shoppers packing
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This clothier's numbers look a lot more fashionable than those of its competitors.
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A simple question yields a surprising answer.
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Designers who stuck close to their patriotic toots have produced some standout collections
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A show of stitched work at the Museum of Arts and Design moves beyond pure politics.
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For Linda Carpenter, a blanket is not just a blanket. Carpenter, who works at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, collects Native American trade blankets and is fascinated with their designs and long history. The colorful patterns are displayed on the walls of her home, and her part-Cherokee daughter even wrapped herself in a blanket for her graduation ceremony ...
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KYOTO, Japan -- His fingers muscled from almost a century of weaving, Yasujiro Yamaguchi worked the humming loom in his private workshop. Patiently lacing golden threads through a warp of auburn silk, he fashioned a bolt of kimono fabric blooming with an autumn garden in shades of tea green, ginger, and plum.
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The next time you walk by a shop window, take a glance at your reflection. How much do you swing your arms? Is the weight of your bag causing you to hunch over? Do you still have a bit of that 1970s disco strut left?
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What do you think of the new design?  For those of you reading via RSS just click on the permalink.   Fixed layout.  Blue background.  Nice clean sidebar.  No more obsolete links. Updated content.  All to give the appearance that I'm a professional!  This is part of my new effort to blog more now that I have Rojo  launched.  Anyway.  If anything looks strange please let me know!  I'll also be making some additional layout tweaks in the next couple of days.  In the meantime this will do...
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Fashion Wire Daily - When it comes to menswear, it's all about the details. How a designer reinterprets the staples in a gent's wardrobe - be it a suit jacket, a pair of pants, a shirt ? subtle elements, like whether the pants are narrow or baggy, pocket placement or the type of button used are just some of the things that distinguish one collection from another.
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By Beth Velliquette, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.  Jun.
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KASHGAR, China -- Impatiently, Gopur Samat stood at the ready as a nurse stripped the bandage from his right eye and steered his attention toward a chart 20 feet away. Smiling, Gopur pointed up. Still smiling as the nurse gestured toward another symbol, he pointed down. Then left, then right. Gopur, 68, suddenly could see clearly again.
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Oscar de la Renta looked to a print based on the ikat weaving technique native to Uzbekistan, in which a pattern is created from tie-dyed thread, as inspiration for several of the outfits presented in his spring 2005 collection.
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By Bill Oldfeild  I was taught to knit as a child by my grandmother. I must have been about five or six-years-old.   It wasn't terribly successful in that the result was just one grey scarf.