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This is what a year of work looks like.
6 weeks designing the fabric
8 weeks to weave it in Bangladesh.
6 weeks to plan and design the skirt; hand draw dozens of pattern pieces; ship patterns and supplies to India.
5 weeks to ship the fabric from Bangladesh to India.
10 weeks to cut and sew in India.
4 weeks to ship finished skirts to Illinois.
4 weeks to process and list them.
There were many delays and changes, due to the intense realities of career ending situations, life threatening diseases, extended power outages.
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Find the Peplum Skirt here.
The India Skirt
How We Got Here
In 2020, I was making stock for my retail space in St. Louis, shipping boxes back and forth to the East Coast and my sewist, Louise.
When Covid shutdowns began, I had to leave my retail space, and switched from making stock back to sewing skirts one at a time.
From 2020-2022, there weren't answers, only waiting and holding my nerve. And collecting data. I saw that the traditional size chart had serious flaws. There are 2.5" between a brand's S and M and 4" between...
May's Skirt: The Mallary Mini
April's Skirt and Headscarf: The Mallary
Personal style gives us a habitat - where we feel like ourselves and THAT is true comfort.
I put on April’s skirt and turban and thought: now I can feel like myself on summer days when my hair will be a little frizzy because I’m balancing work and home and humidity.
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