Selvedge - Issue 103: Showstopper

November / December 2021

In this issue, we unpick embellishment; from the sequins and plumes that adorned glamorous women and fuelled enormous industry, to the work of Des Midinettes of Paris.

SISTERHOOD Pre-Raphaelite Textiles
A SHOW OF HANDS The Past Present and future of French Couture
SHOP TALK Jane Audas goes shopping at Evoke
FREEZE FRAME James Tissot Paintings
SEEING IS BELIEVING  Bushra Waqas Khan
ADORNED IN DREAMS A brush with glamour  
A GLORIOUS LIFE  Gloria Saldarriaga Talks, Art, Life and her love of Brushes
TURKISH DELIGHT Kutnia  by Dominic Lutyens
SPEAKING VOLUMES Exagerated Shapes in  Fashion
FASHION IN FILM   Hubert De Givenchy 
BOOK SMART Fashion in Literature
KILLER HATS A Very Unnatural History
A BIGGER SPLASH  Mermaid dresses and mythical tails
A RATE BIRD Prune Faux Plumassiere 
DON’T ROCK YOUR BOAT Jeanne De Kroon’s Floating Home

PLUS Sequins, Romanian blouse, textile towns