A bolt of cloth communicates before it is cut — its drape when held at arm's length, the sound it makes when folded, the way it holds or releases a crease.
We spend as much time reading fabric as we do drawing patterns, because a garment drafted without listening to its material rarely survives contact with it.
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Material
Material Studies
A cloth is not a background for a design — it is a collaborator with its own opinions about weight, drape, and behaviour.
PatternThe Geometry of a Garment
Before a garment is fabric, it is geometry — curves and straight lines negotiating the distance between a flat surface and a body.