Cesar Idrobo is the head pattern and sample maker at Yeezy, Kanye West's footwear brand. Before landing his current role, the footwear expert worked at Adidas, Nike, and Altra Running. According to ...

Every fashion industry professional sees garments from their own career lens. A magazine editor sees the picture she might get; a merchant calculates sales forecasted for a particular silhouette. A ...

Jen Beeman is a pattern maker based in Chicago. She runs the patternshop Grainline Studio. Here’s how she describes her job: “Nobody ever realizes that people are involved in the making of your ...

Clothes move so quickly on the runway, it can be easy to miss the excellence of construction, finishing and fit that go into making samples for fashion’s leading houses. As a pattern-maker who closely ...

Exciting and colorful Hollywood treasures turn up at the estate sale of a woman who made patterns for renowned costume designers Edith Head and Bob Mackie. Costume designer Edith Head won a record ...

On a clear morning in early March, a soft light fills the SEABA Center — the office and gallery of the South End Arts and Business Association — on Pine Street in Burlington. Ashley Roark’s pieces, ...