One new strategy I’ve recently employed is to try on clothes in a store to help me figure out what to make. This black skirt is very similar to one I found at the Boston Store when I was shopping with my mom. I used the same black fabric for this skirt, the Back to School dress, and the Black Pants with Colorful Top. It’s a woven cotton with a slight stretch. I now appreciate how complicated fabric selection is. The subtle qualities of each material greatly influence its most appropriate use. The fabric worked really well for this skirt, but it didn’t work at all for the pants. It’s a very soft fabric, which helps the pleats move a lot when I walk, and that looks cool. The problem it created with the pants was that it sagged on the back of my legs, on my thighs. I don’t know all of the official fabric terms yet, but I think maybe crispness is the quality fabric must have for pants, and fluid is good for skirts.
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