“I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more.”
― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace
Andrew B. Clayton
Christian Dior and his model Victoire in 1954
"A lot happened in Vancouver. It was my first Western experience. I learned English, which is my second language. I became very acquainted with Western culture. I had my first sewing machine when I was 9. I trained in fashion illustration when I was in school."
- Jason Wu
Inside the Chanel Couture Atelier
(Photography by Osma Harvilahti)
By Tracciamenti
Dior A/W 16/17 Ready-to-Wear Show
“Women derive a pleasure, incomprehensible to the other sex, from the delicate toil of the needle.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
A women sews embellishment on lace for Chanel haute couture s/s 2002, photographed by Ferdinando Scianna
By Tracciamenti
"My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and down joining fabric together that I'd use it when my mother went out to feed the chickens."
- Philip Treacy
Broderies Vermont in Haute Coutures Ateliers
Margaret Howell Spring 2012
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Ralph & Russo
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"I have to say, I grew up with fashion because my mother was a seamstress, and she had an atelier. She would cut the first pattern, and then she had people working for her. So I grew up in an atelier, watching people all around me sewing. I was fascinated. "
- Donatella Versace
Dada by John Heartfelt
"A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff."
- Betsey Johnson
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