Couture
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Couture
English couturier Margaret Howell's fine clothing business is a behind-the-scenes (unpublished) chapter for the book The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton.
These pictures are from her north London design factory with a team of dedicated seamstresses and tailors, and her flagship shop in Wigmore Street in central London, where her collection's catwalk shows appear and where customers can buy her simple and beautiful handmade garments that are in big demand all over the world. But especially in Japan.
Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
A blog story about the project's photography is at:
http://wp.me/p3fbj-4j
English couturier Margaret Howell's fine clothing business is a behind-the-scenes (unpublished) chapter for the book The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton.
These pictures are from her north London design factory with a team of dedicated seamstresses and tailors, and her flagship shop in Wigmore Street in central London, where her collection's catwalk shows appear and where customers can buy her simple and beautiful handmade garments that are in big demand all over the world. But especially in Japan.
Howell is one of Britain's more understated of couture brands alongside more flamboyant personalities. Howell admits to being "inspired by the methods by which something is made .. enjoying the tactile quality of natural fabrics such as tweeds, linen and cotton in a relaxed, natural and lived in look."
A blog story about the project's photography is at:
http://wp.me/p3fbj-4j
