Tag: Helen Amy Murray

  • Fabric Manipulation : Stitch & Slash

    Fabric Manipulation : Stitch & Slash

    Would you believe that ripped jeans of the 1990s are simply harking back to the 16th century? For a brief period, it was the height of fashion to ‘pink’ or slash luxury fabrics to create pattern and to reveal yet another fancy fabric underneath. That’s where the term pinking shears comes from, although they appear somewhat later.…