There was also a lot of space on creating eyelets for a garment that looked like a corset, and then all the illustrations for lacing a corset-like garment showed metal grommets instead of the eyelets. Shouldn't the laced eyelets be shown in some recognizable garment where they made sense, such as a loose blouse or dress where they were more decorative than functional? In fact, why include so much detail for a corset, which is not something the majority of people today are wearing or would ever wear? The corset belongs in a book dedicated to making and/or preserving historical dress. Had the corset been left out, there would have been space for showing how to take the fashions that you might have in your closet and actually refashion them to make them stronger, not so ephemeral. Or there could have been a section on just how to make a pattern from a garment that one really likes but that is not made well or of lasting material, and how to create a lasting version of such a garment. I mean that is so pithy (is that the right word) to take down those sewing videos, hoping her skillshare class would sell better. That is just cheap. I've also been uncomfortable with her attitude towards fast fashion. I completely agree that it's very harmful to the planet, but the one thing that people completely gloss over is that it's the only thing some people can afford. You can go on and on about how it's better to save up and buy better quality pieces that are easier on the environment, but at the end of the day many, many people don't have that option. Or can only do that with odd things here and there, not their entire wardrobe. It's especially infuriating seeing as it looks like she and her family have a *lot* of money.

a b Gioia, Michael (8 December 2014). "Morgan James, Taylor Louderman, Derek Klena 'Preview' Disney's Low-Budget, Broadway-Bound 'Frozen' Sequel (Video)". Playbill. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016 . Retrieved 15 December 2020.

This was such a weird random video out of context. Either I missed something but I didn't understand what project the cape belongs to or when it was started. Maybe it was part of the project she didn't share because of the strike? Or more it feels like the ad was on a schedule and she had to have a video just to keep to it. Anyone who watches 10 minutes of her video is desperate to find out how an unemployed woman who takes on no sewing commissions can afford a Manhattan apartment. I cant imagine how someone would put it in the middle of the instructions proper, without realizing it would get annoying real fast. Banner studied in the Design and Production Studio at Tisch School of the Arts. After that, she did an internship for Tony Award-winning costume designer Jenny Tiramani at the School of Historical Dress in London. [13] She formerly worked as a costume assistant for Broadway, and later on a parody preview video of the Broadway musical Frozen. [3] The main thing I'm missing from this book, is the ''make'' part. This gave the idea that it would contain patterns and ways to make your own clothes, but other than the basics of how to care for fabrics and put them together to make something, there's nothing about making in this book. No patterns or things like that, which was a disappointment. Although I understand how including that in a book aimed at people with little sewing experience might seem overwhelming to them.

To me it feels like her main occupation isn't yt now (or at least not her yt channel) because she seems busy but it's not anything that ends up in the videos. SEWING VIDEOS: moderately affected; projects will be fairly small or generically themed. Projects which would suffer artistically from changes will be held. Some components of larger character-focused projects may be released independently without media affiliation. Isn't this whole "it's older than me so it must be incredibly rare and precious" thing an American thing? I'm a European and I watch A LOT of Pawn Stars and similar shows and it always puzzles me how so many people assume that old things must be incredibly valuable. I have a 1888 French book at home. It sells for 20€ or less... If anyone else watches this, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I'm clearly going into this video already on defense mode.

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In addition to rediscovering the methods by which clothes were made in the past, the Bernadette Banner YouTube channel seeks to explore how we in the 21st century can learn from and adopt historical sewing techniques and attitudes towards dress in an effort to fight the effects of fast fashion and mass manufacture Bernadette Banner is a filmmaker and dress historian, best known for her YouTube channel documenting the exploration, reconstruction and interpretation of historical dress. Her work focuses on English and American dress predating the widespread use of the electric sewing machine, with a particular focus in the years of dress between 1890 - 1914; all reconstruction work is done by hand or with the use of period authentic machinery. I just opened YT to see that Bernadette has a new video on redesigning HR book covers. I haven't really watched her in at least a year, but I remember having a discussion about her doing this before. Afawk, she's not an HR reader and likely not hip on knowledge about the history of book covers and trends over the past 30 years.