Out of Shape

Really nifty way to create a personalised dress form when making clothes for yourself – or for a regular client. I like that it's an analogue method. Before the advent of tape measures, tailors would measure their clients with specially notched strips of paper, which they would then retain for a precise record of each client's body.

London couturier Norman Hartnell was the man the Queen chose to dress her for all the pomp and circumstance of the special occasions in her life.

Anyone could tell you the “typical” disco traits: the synthesizer, the twirling ball, and the funky pants—but fewer know the true origins of disco, which emerged from the gay underground of New York.

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Easter Parade, New York, 1957 by Brassaï

“Stripes Sir?” Robert Clark, head cutter, Turnbull & Asser, London, by Slim Aarons, 1955.

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As summer (slowly) approaches, we're inundated with articles about "how to dress for your body shape" and "the right bathing suit for your type." ...

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