Sunday, July 23, 2006

Pattern making envy


If only I had been able to get passed my 2 grade level measuring skills... I coulda been a contender...

"Established in Rome in 1945 by master tailor Nazareno Fonticoli and fashion designer Gaetano Savini, Brioni—named after an Adriatic resort—has become synonymous with top-notch menswear, attracting customers like Gary Cooper, Kofi Annan, and of course, Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. In 2001, the company ventured into womenswear, and this season marks the debut of Spanish designer Cristina Ortiz, an alum of Lanvin, Prada, and MaxMara. Inspired, she said, by "round, sensual" forms, Ortiz imagined not a woman who would wear men's clothes, but rather a "companion to the Brioni man." Laird Borrelli style.com

I can't get passed the tailoring and construction, they leave me speechless.