How Designers Make Clothes Ready to Wear

Thursday, 16 September 2010 | by Pat's Picks

Everyone likes to marvel at the clothes coming down the runway, but would anyone actually wear them? The Wall Street Journal has a really interesting look on how samples are tweaked before being sold to the general public. Using a white shirt from Donna Karan as an example, the Journal shows how garments are widened, hemmed, and altered to make them ready to wear.

Click here for the Journal’s interactive alteration tour