Weaving Words Together to Tell A Hidden Story
The Phantoms for Which Clothes Are Designed Sewing patterns are designed for imaginary people, based on average measurements taken in the 1930s by the WPA and adjusted over the decades by the Industry. I sew a Misses 14, designed for a woman 5’5” to 5’6”, 36/28/38, which is to say no one, so I alter the pattern to fit a phantom of me instead of a phantom of her. She doesn’t need any more dresses. — Chase Twichell, 1950 When you…
