Raw hem is a hemline that’s been left unfinished (not hemmed after cutting). After washing and wearing, frayed and distressed edges are a given on this hem. Raw hem jeans has an edgy look that is ...

When you want to bring some texture to your plain fabric there is nothing like pleating it and manipulating it into beautiful folds – and in no time you have nice looking trims in your hands. Here are ...

India could very well be called the United States of India – because each state of India (28 of them) is like a separate entity with its own language, culture, and food. Each so very diverse from the ...

Piping along a neckline defines and enhances its shape, adding subtle stiffness that helps maintain its structure. It also gives the neckline a neat, professional finish. Using contrasting piping can ...

The term for clothing designed for use outdoors. ; Also called overclothes. Includes all items ranging from Coats, Overcoats, Blazers, Capes, Jackets and Rainwear. They are mainly of these fabric ...

Dresses, dresses everywhere, not a name I know. Have you felt this way, looking at all the different types of dresses available in the stores? There are hundreds of different kinds of dresses – in ...

At one point in time, I was obsessed with Fabric painting. Whatever I sewed, I had to paint some design or motif on it. I have made some horrible fabric paintings on napkins, aprons, and bed sheets ...

I wanted to study fashion and started to read everything and anything about the evolution of fashion. But that proved to be as if I have fallen into a suck hole – It was drawing me in and not letting ...

Repairing clothes is not the happiest of all sewing jobs I know. But it is sometimes a necessary thing you ‘have’ to do, when you see holes in a favourite garment you do not want to lose yet. You ...

Corsets! How else do you think all those noble ladies of Europe, some hundreds of years ago, managed to look like an hourglass, with a waist that you could span with a hand? The women of those times ...

Fashions of sleeves come and go. One moment a particular sleeve may be in fashion but then they disappear completely for decades to resurface later and become a rage again. I remember wearing loose ...

Dress code is a standard of dress established for a given environment, as in the military, in a school or business, or in a cultural group – says the Dictionary. When you say that a particular place ...