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black crepe

Peggy Asherman modeling her adapted Helmut Lang kimono cut blouse in black crepe at the Tchad workroom sewing studio in Chicago

Peggy’s Traced Black Duplicate Blouse

2018-07-08
By: Tchad
On: 08/07/2018
In: Drafting, General, Intermediate, Intermediate Projects, Sewing classes (general), Student Projects
Tagged: #sewingclasschicago, #sewingtchad, black crepe, drafting, helmut lang, Peggy, reconfiguration

Peggy brought a black slinky square cut blouse by Helmut Lang into the studio workroom wondering if we could recreate and improve on it as her second sewing class project. Read More →

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