Tailoring Design competition

In conjunction with Barnfield College, Art and Design department. I recently organised a competition where students had to show ability in both fashion illustration and working drawing.

Many thanks go to the staff of the college and especially to all the students who entered.

Congratulations go to the winner; Laura Hanley. These are Lauras winning designs.

http://www.katherinemaylin.com/


This is a short profile of Laura, that she has written herself.

Laura Hanley

I have always been interested in art from an early age. I love to design and illustrate my ideas. I see myself as a creative person, and enjoy working to briefs where I can express myself, yet still work within the desired specifications.
I am currently studying for a Foundation Degree in Fashion and Textile Design at Barnfield College in association with the University of Bedfordshire. Within this course I am able to push myself to the limits with all aspects of design development, pattern cutting and production. This has given me the chance to learn in detail the different techniques that I can take forward in future work.
I have also completed a BTEC National Diploma in Fashion and Textiles, which gave me a great taste of all the areas of the industry.
In the future I would like to progress onto a top up year to gain a BA Honours Degree and work in the fashion industry in areas such as Design and Illustration, as these are the elements that I enjoy the most.

Email: lauz_006@hotmail.co.uk

http://www.KatherineMaylin.com/

A Good Cloth For Winter

A wool and mohair bouclé cloth

Earlier this week I had to travel into London to see some customers in Savile Row and although the sun was shining it was still freezing cold outside. Whenever I am in London I always have fittings or sketches to carry and although the temperature may be freezing here at my workshop in Bedfordshire, in 'Town' it's always a few degrees higher, so carrying a coat is often an encumbrance. I have found a cloth that is the perfect answer; it is a wool and mohair bouclé, so it is warm but also lightweight. It is available in several colourways and can be complemented by a contrasting plain skirt or trousers. I find this a very useful jacket, the one I am wearing in the picture below has a contrasting braid on the edges, knitted from cloth of the contrasting skirt.

Here I'm wearing said cloth; talking to my tailoring friend Andrew Ramroop from Maurice Sedwell Ltd. (number 19 Savile Row.) We are discussing the lapel hole on a coat, usually this is worked in a matching buttonhole twist to the cloth but Andrew sometimes matches this to a contrast lining, I have worked many holes like this for him, although they take much longer to work, as each stitch is so much more clearly defined, the effect it gives looks good. I still rate Maurice Sedwell as one of the best tailors in Savile Row, their standards are high and like myself always use traditional Savile Row Methods.

http://www.katherinemaylin.com/