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Issue 07

Drapery Studies

Autumn–Winter 2026

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A model in a floor-length cream draped gown stands in a stone corridor, daylight falling from the left.

Contents

Issue 07, Autumn–Winter 2026. Five plates, one essay, no commentary.

  1. Drapery Studies, the cover01
  2. The coat, in black wool02
  3. Two robes on the stairway03
  4. The hands finish last04
  5. The making, unhidden05
  6. Archive06
  7. Colophon and private viewings07

The Collection

Three studies from the autumn fitting. Turn the plates with the folios below, with the buttons, or with the left and right arrow keys.

Plate 02 of 04

The coat leaves the wall and holds its own shadow.

Look 02. Black wool, double-breasted, the sleeves cut full. Closed with one hook at the waist.

A model wears a long black double-breasted wool coat with full sleeves, her shadow cast on the lit wall behind her.
A dressmaker adjusts a beige wrap dress on a mannequin in a daylit studio, work surfaces behind her.
Plate 05, The atelier. The studio in working light.

The Atelier

The making, unhidden.

There is a room on the courtyard side where the issue is actually made. Bolt rolls stand open against the wall; a coat waits on the stand with one sleeve basted. Most houses sketch first. Here the drape comes first: cloth on a stand, a hand at the shoulder, the mirror walked around twice before anything is cut.

Issue 07 kept the method and narrowed the means. Three looks, one detail, two fabrics. The wool was cut on the bias so the coat moves a half-second after the body. The silk was washed twice so it falls without help. Nothing was added to hide a seam; where a seam shows, it was pressed to be seen.

The plates were photographed in the house, in the last hour of working light. What you see is the room’s own finish: chalk dust, a burned thread, gold kept small.

Archive

Every plate of the issue, in order. The issues before it are kept below.

Issues before this one

  • Seam StudiesSpring–Summer 2026
  • CollarsAutumn–Winter 2025
  • The White ShirtSpring–Summer 2025
  • HemsAutumn–Winter 2024

Each issue is kept in full in the atelier. Older plates may be viewed alongside the current one, by appointment.