The Machine that Changed My Life: A Love Story
Why can’t I part with it? Yellowing, with a spool holder thick with layers of glue, it’s still in perfect working order. This little Singer Tradition sewing machine isn’t the byword in Vorsprung Durch Technik. It has a fiddly front-loading bobbin, I’ve never managed to get the needle threader working reliably, and it clatters along…

How old is “vintage”?
I was wrong. This week’s tea-spitting moment was brought to me by the otherwise utterly awesome dressmaker Sarah Hambly casually mentioning in her Grammies fashion round-up that Anitta’s Atelier Versace look was, “Vintage, from 2003.” (If you missed me literally spitting my tea at this, you can catch it below and here.) Here’s a confession:…
“Voglio un matrimono perfetto.”
Don’t we all want a perfect wedding? One of Duolingo’s favourite sentences to throw at me to translate (I’m trying to learn Italian) is this one: “I want a perfect wedding.” Another is “Are my shoes electric?” for some reason, but I digress. Every time I have to translate Voglio un matrimono perfetto, I twitch…

Would you do your job free or for a discount?
Have you ever been asked to work for no/less money? How did you respond and how did you feel afterwards? The Un-Wedding posted this on Instagram today, and it chimed with some recent conversations with fellow designer-dressmakers who have been asked for discounts, or even to work free in exchange for “exposure”. I’m either not…
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