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Notes from the Atelier: Reading a Fabric

May 9, 2025 ยท 5 min read

Before a single cut is made, we spend hours with the fabric. How it falls, how it recovers, how it behaves in light will decide the silhouette far more than any sketch.

Reading a fabric is a slow skill. It is learned by handling cloth daily and by accepting that the material has an opinion, and that it is usually right.

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