I had the pleasure to go on a girly date to watch Devil Wears Prada 2 on our Bank Holiday, it was a lunchtime date dream!! The outfits, the humour, (not so many facial lines from the actors showing after 20 years 😆🫣) all of it was fabulous!! Has anyone had the pleasure to watch? Tell us your favourite outfits, I noticed how many blinking ties Andie wore in different styles/shapes. Ties must be in season.. 😜 I loved being reminded how even in fashion, they're having to really think, adapt and change with the time we are in, how they market their couture garments for Runway (Devil Wears Prada fashion mag). I've been reminded the beauty of our skill, sewing, because whatever happens in our future with AI, AI can not remake our technical abilities to construct a garment from scratch and engineer onto a body, that job is ours. I laughed way too much during the movie 🍿 would highly recommend a watch to switch off and enjoy the fabrics 🫶 Claire Amelia 🌸

Good morning, sewers! 🖤 Midweek, and I have a job for you. I'm building our collective Little Black Book, and we need your best-kept secrets. You know the ones. The supplier you almost don't want to share because you love having them to yourself. The online shop you bookmark on every device. The haberdashery you'd genuinely travel for. The place that always has *that* fabric when nowhere else does. I want them all. Here's what to drop in the comments: 🔗 Supplier name (and link if you have it) 📍 Where they're based — UK, EU, international, online only? ⭐ One line on why you love them — quality, price, unusual stock, exceptional service, all of the above? It can be fabric, lining, interfacing, boning, trimmings, millinery wire, buttons, thread, notions — anything that makes your work better. Niche and mainstream both welcome. If they deserve to be known, put them here. ———————————————————————————— And speaking of things worth knowing about… I'm announcing a discipline and subject focus for the whole of May, something we're going to sink our teeth into together as a community. 🪡 But first, I want to hear from YOU. Is there something you've been longing to learn more about, explore deeper or finally get your head around? A technique, a discipline, a construction challenge? Drop it below alongside your supplier recommendation, or just shout it out on its own. I'm listening, and your answers might just shape what's coming… 👀 Now, who are you sending us to first for the Little Black Book? ⬇️