My TREK Fashion

In Star Trek: Into Darkness, the cadets had grey uniforms like shown below. Continue reading →

The CHINOLINA Dress Shirt

What kind of name is Chinolina for dress shirt, you might ask? Well, it’s a dress shirt with Carolina (light) blue and Chinese brocade. It was an impromptu creation as I was looking for fabric to test the splitting of my recently finalized fitted dress shirt pattern, to make a dress shirt with yokes.

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Grading System for My Fashion

Recently, I completed a series of posts on the ten elements of my fashion philosophy, which I will use to guide myself in designing and making garments. That doesn’t mean I’ll try for all of them all the time, but it’s a useful guide.

As a professional analyst in my day (and only real) job, guides are useful to some extent if left as that. However, they’re better when there are indicators of success and/or progress. That’s why I’ve created a simple self-grading system to score each of these ten elements in a garment out of 10 for a “percentage” score out of 100.

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A Memorable Look and My Fashion Philosophy

This post elaborates on the last of ten elements of my fashion philosophy, which is if I were caught on security camera, there’d be no trouble describing me.

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Practical Wear and Care and My Fashion Philosophy

This post elaborates on the ninth of ten elements of my fashion philosophy, which is if I were caught on security camera, there’d be no trouble describing me.

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