Couture vs Home Sewing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- Are couture techniques the same as home sewing in the fifties? Join Claire Shaeffer to see how they differ. You will gain some new ideas and learn new techniques. And, surprisingly, you will find that some are very easy.
The lapel information is a revelation - I will be watching this video several times. I am so grateful to you - I read sewing books, but the emphasis is usually on commercial patterns and machine sewing - your books are treasures!
When i was teaching myself to sew, my mom, an accomplished seamstress, would tell me stories of the techniques my grandmother would use. My grandma taught herself to sew at age 12 when the war broke out in Poland. She was entirely self-taught. A lot of the techniques you showed, my grandma used. My mom dug out some of her clothes that grandma made her just before mom emmigrated to Canada, absolutely gorgeous work. My mom always hand overcasted her seams until she got her serger. Thank you for the info ❤
Granny was not self taught. Self organized perhaps. Until 20, 30 years ago one tools ones problems and questions to the fabric store and got a quick consult from at least one, usually several stone cold dressmakers. I know because I’m “self taught”, but it involved books, TV shows, and the sewing community. Nobody learns dressmaking in a vacuum.
Thank you you for sharing this wealth of knowledge. Without exposure to these techniques and details, or examples, one would not know the couture methods that are not normally used in home sewing patterns. You changed my point of view.
Claire!!! I have all your books! I hope you enjoy TH-cam and grow your presence here!
These books are on my wish list....my big take away? Hand sewing - the fly closure technique is gratifying. Returning to sewing after 30 years, many benefits, meeting your channel tops the list 🎉
I can't speak to sewing in the 50s but I do a lot of re-enactment sewing and there's a big overlap. It's extremely interesting to see how some treatments don't change over hundreds of years.
I would think couture is more like re-enactment sewing than home sewing.
@@claireshaeffer7616 A lot of Chanel's techniques you describe are right out of Elizabethan clothing. Its fascinating.
I enjoyed your presentation today. Through the years I've collected your Vogue Couture sewing patterns. Each pattern in your collection is my favorite.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. This is fascinating and inspired me to add quite a few notes. I have your couture sewing book and it will be used more often for reference. New subscriber. Sending best wishes from Down Under 🌸🌼🌺🌻💐🇦🇺😎
Bless you for making this video, your explanations are very, very helpful. We are most grateful and look forward to seeing more. I would love to see the inside of a couture evening gown or dress, with the foundation or support garments sewn inside. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing so much Claire. I have a lot of your useful books. I do feel much more at ease about hand sewing my garments more now seeing it done so much in couture and the stitches don't have to be perfect either. I have several sewing books from the 1950s and they do go in to excellent detailed explanation. My favourite is Clothing Construction by Evelyn Mansfield
Love, love the slip top idea! How comfortable would that be - especially if the suiting is wool and the waistband touched my skin! Thanks for showing us these couture details!
Thank you Claire💐
Very inspired by this. I don’t have access to couture tailoring let alone vintage garments so wonderful to be shown and talked through these. I will sum up the courage to try and make your Chanel jacket pattern!
Don't rush and take it one step at a time.
Such beautiful examples of couture sewing. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of couture construction and techniques.
Thank you, I truly enjoyed this video♥️🥰♥️
This was fascinating. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thank you so much. I am continually learning.
I learned a lot! Thanks so much Claire 🙏🏿
Loved this video!
I am intrigued by the concept of the slip top. However, I think it would be ideal if you did not have to wear an additional bra underneath. To do that, I suppose you have to venture into corset or bustier territory. For a woman with a small bust (32-34"), what do you think is most practical? I have looked at patterns from the late 1800's in which there is always a structured underbodice, and some of them even call for a "chest pad" stuffed with horsehair. I hope you can comment.
How about a camisole or silk undershirt. ok, doesn't work for large boobs.
I wish you would please cover invisible zippers. Thank you.
Sandra, any specific issue/
I don't know if they're the same as techniques in the 50's but they're definitely the same as the historical techniques I've learnt from dress historians like Nicole Rudolph and Bernadette Banner here on TH-cam.
But the centre front not matching the stripes irritates my eyes so much.
I'd rather the side seams not match than the front.
Thank you for your comments. I don't know Nicole or Bernadette, but I had another comment that the techniques were similar to Elizabethan techniques. I don't find that surprising. Did you look at the Worth dresses?
Home sewers assemble flat pieces. Couture sculpts fabric. It’s a very basic difference in mindset.
So in couture, are zips sewn in by hand?
Yes, with a running stitch.
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Wendell, is that good, bad, somewhere in-between?
Why does this sound like an AI bot?
It isn't a AI bot.
Love your books❤ and your patterns have all that great info also. Thank you for the channel😊
There is no difference between home sewing and couture. The difference experience and craft quality of the sewer. Your videos are a waste of time and nonsensical. As if we can't sew the same quality as they do in Paris. I'm assuming couture you mean not just made to order French couture.
Fred, thank you for your post, but I disagree. There are many differences between traditional home sewing techniques and haute couture. That said, home sewers can use haute couture techniques and create the same quality as Paris. Generally, when I use the term couture, I am referring to made-to-order French garments.(The same or similar techniques are used by couture houses in Italy and the UK.) Ready-to-wear techniques are not couture, but they can also be used by homesewers. In the United States, expensive ready-to-wear (RTW) is called "couture." The techniques may be different from less expensive RTW, but they are still RTW. I began writing about haute couture techniques more than 40 years ago because I believe homesewers can use them to improve their sewing skills. Often, HC techniques are quite similar to a technique which homesewers already know, but it is applied in a different way or for a different purpose. Again, thank you for your post.