“Pattern is Gold”

 As seen and expressed by T. our serendipity friend met around the CreativeTable at the Tottenham Library 

... reviewing second toiles for factory sampling and production by a new mum with baby and pram enjoying the show too, 

honing her design skills since meeting up at 16 in the Bruce Grove Yourh Center turn Creative Studio4 at the BroadwaterFarm frontline for 8 years, 

with long breaks creating her own career and family, never forgetting her desire to drive as a fashion designer

... working on development ideas and online presence, name searching, sourcing, “specing” (tech jargon for putting garment into final blueprint), sketching, translating: 

... the way to go to discover the inner potential for creativeness, to be shared around the Globe, 

Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Djibouti, LA, Boston, Paris, London... Wales, Scotland, Svalbard...

Search. Explore. Discover. Spread, 

... the Gold of Pattern Cutting, as T. put it with admiration, having pursued the way to create garments himself in Trinidad,

giving the power to create, 

cutting in 2D paper shapes soon to be reunited in 3D wearable creative shapes...

A passion well shared, well loved, well captured   🌏☀️🌍🌟🌎⭐️

OntheGround

Running or rather strolling enjoying the magic of another extraordinaire show tucked in a gorgeous church building in the heart of London...

Many asked about Instagram... still on ground face to face admiring beautiful buttons... delecting in exquisite encounters and creations,

while those needing them are probably on Instagram... right now,

And here on the ground enjoying the magic, revisiting companies known for over 20 years, heaven... 

Discovering charming new acquaintances, weaves, magical parts of UK, crossing threads of common acquaintances, weaving loops of real content ... En tete a tete... 

All this under the kind eye of Sun meet mercury casimi, a moment when alignment of sky energies is perfect for creativity communication and commerce ... in Libra maker of balanced beauty and gently lit by a bountiful Sag moon ... all omens for a sparkling successful creative afternoon 

followed by an amazing favorite Art gallery revisit 

Growing shapes

...  in style, getting ready every day

Avatar Verse Fashion Arts Attribution

 For the Metaversed, D2As and NFTs are second nature, 

For those interested in making a better creative world, it can be comforting to discover a few key principles are still valid and more in demand than ever, 

in the world for Fashion Arts,

where moving towards global open-source "craftmanship" involves Art Attribution and Integration, 

in a way which reality fashion "creators" are not always able to emulate

Googling Fashion Avatar for tennis, a whole new literature popped up, 

including high end fashion games involving purchases where a virtual Gucci hand bag can cost more then a real one... going for 350,000 Robux

Iconic Plisse, IP, also stands for Intellectual Property, reminding ourselves of a dress which, made with beautiful Soleil plisse, SunRays Pleating technique, a dress which went to a secret buyer for 5M dollars, for being worn by an iconic woman who actually created the moment which created the dress, which cannot be traced back to the original designer... looping back to questions of Art creators and Ideas generation identification, attribution, protection:

one other case of unrequited love is the famous Chanel Chain usage on handbags:

 if Art Attribution is becoming such a big deal in virtual life, why don't all Brands copying Chanel signature chain render laurels to the Idea originator, to show the world Art has value, and start a Foundation for orphans of the world, say everytime they use a chain on a handbag, metaversing a percentage of profits, to honour Chanel's roots of creativeness shaped while growing up in an orphelinat where she learnt how to sew.

this way passing on important skills to the next generation lacking the parental guidance those using Avatar at leisure would have, bridging the gaps, preserving ancient crafts integration into more caring societies, not more money oriented pitfalls

with 50 million people spending hours playing... creating, integrating... new avatars on just one platform,

it is reassuring we can still link both reality and virtual Art fashion into concrete verse 

Base = body shape template

Integrated Fashion = Brand Collaboration

 

Attribution = Intellectual Property

For more on these fascinating topics, the full article in Nylon is very interesting...

Source

Soleil Plisse

 Glorious sunshine soleil , a step into timeless motionless stillness at Kiri’s workshop Atelier, where he crafts magnificent plisse creations...

3 meters of tartan reduced into a tiny bundle of pleats... Sun pleats

One step ahead, while kilt makers press every pleat by hand,

Pleaters carve the template they need for a particular job, and place the right amount of fabric into two layers of stiff paper they create themselves to order, place in oven, and let the steam do its job, some use chemicals, but Kiri’s method is totally natural, like his love and knowledge for plants

When, at 10:15 this morning I called him to know if he was open, he said he could do it by Tuesday, but he added, if you need to pick up your fabric, overlock and pin hem, you won t be able to make it, 

I said see you at 12, and there I was, picking up cloth from Philip Lane Somalian lovely man inbetween Friday payers, Cycled home,  cut , overlooked and hemmed, by 12 I was there, with Kiri already pleating Sunshine Pleats for another designer, he kindly inserted the tartan in, and after a short trip to local Sainsbury came back to find the cloth Soleilpleated...

Wonderful

Especially at the dawn of a special day to celebrate 

So it

 is my third positive test, 

and am regaining life values from masterful sources to discovery of 

 beauty, synchronicity and sense 

Another beautiful sunny day to enjoy from inside, where all our treasures reside.

Sunshine Ladder

 while all this is going on and a second test positive today, what most therapeutic way to spend the afternoon painting the old tired ladder bright Sunshine....

Nearly done

So Far

 i always wondered what it felt like to have Covid.

In March 2020 when lockdown was announced, it had been a few weeks someone at work was coughing and looked sick, and when he finally went to get help, was dismissed for causing nuisance...sitting with everyone else in waiting room,

I was similarly dismissed with profound disregard at my local Practice for showing with my test to ask what to do with it.

I rarely operate in groups, ride a bike, and protect myself and others with a mask, until recently when I relaxed slightly, these past few weeks, including teaching a group class in proximity for 3 hours or more without a mask...

And after that first encounter in March 2020 when we could not test our health, went on 3 years without a hitch wondering what it was like, from so many different accounts and so many not recovering, sadly.

So I had an encounter last Monday and woke up after a horror night where I hardly slept due to pain in whole body, bones and muscles, especially lower back I could not move, and my head was going to explode if it could... I wondered how much more a skull could contain, it was havoc in there, probably swollen to the max, and pushing out with bumping resonance.

At some stage I recited the one prayer my granddad taught me as a child, and every time I cannot sleep it does the trick  knocked myself out with these comforting words, and went straight into hell. It was like dying and possibly come back alive when the prayer wore off an hour or so later, and it felt timeless.

My back was layered horizontally in what felt like 2 discs, layered on top of each other with a space in between, and it was like a giant hand crushed me the whole time

My head was a giant space filled with black geometric pieces broken and the hurt was crushing

My voice was horrid when I called the centre to say I would not be able to teach.

I made myself  go to bed all day to recover the lack of sleep. When evening came.... I thought how is this combat going to pan out? My head was bursting with knocks inside, my throat was swollen and sometimes I could not breathe  properly. So I had stopped aspirins, and covered myself with natural creams involving healing plants, drunk some rosemary water, vomited, and decided to go with it, not fight it, embrace it, I took a long breath, another one, another one, the thumping headache stopped, I brought peace within, as my granddads prayer did. 

Sometimes I think we get sick because we are not happy with what is happening, if we need to escape a situation, this is it...

I do think this was the case with me, and I do need to make peace with outside influences seemingly taking over... rebalancing my own sense of authority and life purpose without outside negative power driven currents misdirecting the creative course of my work.

Creativeness is my solid health, and I discovered how my breath connects it all, and what that means in scientific terms, but like Einstein who waited and observed the irregular orbit patterns of Mercury to prove his theory before exposing it, I am also holding my theory back, to maybe one day be able to substantiate it for the wider audience.

With the help of planets, of course...

Rooted in

 Traditional Italian tailoring was taught by expert cutter Cucci who learnt from her dad and colleagues on the factory floors of Boston area first generation settlers, at the School of Fashion Design in Boston which is a rare stronghold of uniquely Fashion mastered and only Fashioned to create a subtle kind of specifically trained multi talented highly qualified designers able to conceive cut and render, Exposed to top of the game industry leaders only, be it for French Draping, production pattern cutting or the complex all around Art of conceiving and creating garments, Under one roof.

This 360 degree unique approach (never yet came across such potent establishment) to Fashion Design enables to merge heads, pencils, scissors and hands with utmost precision and knowhow, developing the confidence with kindness, to improve and serve in the best possible ways as a team player and company grower. For those not interested in kindness and the power of innovative spirit, this would be the end of your journey with Creative Creadora de Patrones or other well minded fashionistas...

Cutting with hands and scissors and not just pencils is a true gift to develop when learning, the ability to let the head do the talking into action, a rare gift to enjoy and share, for a lifetime, as memory loss here does not hold a place: on this side of the brain, it’s all gogogo... yesyesyes... timeless progress and fortitude to enjoy and share bountifully, just as Cucci did with such flamboyance past her retirement age.

These traditions led to roles alongside Karl Lagerfeld, Catherine Walker as Master pattern Cutter of Couture Atelier (first job in the London based industry), followed by working with many more stylish individuals from foreign lands who knew the power of straight Cutting, without safety net:

 as a basic rule:

the Center Front reigns, always keep the whole perspective of the garment together, within context of style, cloth, limitations...

This is an extract of the freshly being drafted guide to becoming a fashion designer the natural way, by uncovering who you really are within, and expressing this reality, making everyone happier and better as a result.

Trust in your hands, and the bigger picture, always check the context and adapt accordingly.

Harmony and love

 on Center Fronts all cut and made tested as true one-off here, no production mass units... here two uniquely cut chef d’oeuvre of fabrication style and rendering, enjoy the rare essence of patterns well cut if you are launching your design business, or just wishing to enjoy a cherished creation no one else will be  experiencing, a unique treat to make you feel special and loved, inside out... within few days apart, nothing could be more apart than silk drape and checks assemblage, yet they work well next to each other in harmony because knowhow and love of a cut well balanced speak louder than words... 

Whether famous checks in check or supple silk in rapture, we love it all, just for this one occasion, or more...

Here below beware 

Beware when looking for nice creations online, mostly made in factories, check seams hang for a balanced cut, the Art of Pattern Cutting is a well cherished secret shared by the very few... creative spotting to sharpen your focus...

Another beautiful story

 to uncover 👍 with you 💖 enjoy 🙌  Green 🐾  love 👗 making 👕 discovering 👘