Questions and answers on how fashion works: how a collection is made, jobs and schools, fabrics and fibres, silhouettes and garment details, tailoring, colour, trends, wardrobe essentials, reading a review and sustainability.
From mood board to runway in about six months.
Designer, buyer, stylist, merchandiser, and how to start.
Central Saint Martins, Parsons, Antwerp, IFM and NIFT.
Natural and synthetic, woven and knit, explained.
Cashmere, silk, vicuña, merino and linen.
A-line, empire, bias cut, shift and more.
The names you will meet in every fashion review.
Bespoke vs made-to-measure, and the parts of a suit.
The two ways a garment gets its shape.
Colour theory, Pantone and the colour of the year.
Runways, forecasters, street style and TikTok.
The classic pieces and where they came from.
The language critics use, decoded.
Who does what on set, from stylist to retoucher.
Fast fashion, waste, dyes and what actually helps.
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