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Want buttons? Or just LOVE buttons... ...we're discontinuing about 500 styles of our carded buttons to make room for new merchandise, and pricing them for the meltdown price of 3 cards for $1.00. Hurry for best selection! Many La Mode and Italian fashion buttons and shirt buttons. <3 Button LOVE <3!
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Just a quick note about our famous "Outlet Corner," which is now online!
Check it out--here's the link! OUTLET CORNER Some lucky customers enjoy first pick of our Liberty of London Tana Lawns!
Perfect for mid-summer blouses, dresses, or even nightwear! Fendi and Chloe have something in common, that's having had an affiliation with Karl Lagerfeld.
This collection shows very delicate work with fur (yes, that velvety stuff that's appliqued onto the silk chiffon and organza is FUR...this is Fendi. The rose dress is said to have 5,000 cuts by hand to form the lacy fur. These looks remind me of some over-the-top hand painted silk devoree fabrics that we have had over the years...Italian made also. And the Trevi Fountain...ahhh... Our FAMOUS JULY SALE is in progress, with 20%, 30% and more on spring and summer fabrics. Cool off with precious cotton voiles, linens, sheer chiffons and georgettes. Time to dust off some of those beautiful sundress patterns, or get an off-shoulder pattern like Burda 6684, and get going! *** In other news, our website is being updated to be prettier on mobile devices. You should notice larger and clearer pictures on your desktop or notebook computers too. As with all processes, some pages may malfunction or be invisible while the update is in progress for the next few weeks. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience, but we are only a phone call or an email away! Let us know what you'd like to see, and please use our coupon code "30" for a big 30% discount site-wide on your entire order. Happy shopping! PS. Yes, there are LOTS more buttons to be listed on the new site. I knew that would make you smile. Snow may be in the forecast for Friday, but Spring is here at Exquisite Fabrics!
We've got fresh new linens, dotted silks, spring woolens, cotton prints, batiks, chiffons, georgettes, prom-worthy glitter fabrics...plus some special groupings that are 20% to 50% off. For your in-store visit, go to our Facebook page and get the coupon code for an additional 20% off fabrics (even the already-reduced ones) starting Wednesday! If you had been in our K Street store, or our Georgetown store, you might remember our "Outlet Corner," where one could find bargains galore. One of our customers called it her prayer corner!
We donated the contents to a great DC program called "Sew and Know" when we moved out of Georgetown Park Mall, but the good news for bargain fashionista sewing is, we have again accumulated a bunch of end pieces and end-of-season pieces, window samples, and so on, and we'll be adding them online very soon at up to 70% OFF! These pieces will include silks, brocades, and all kinds of things that will spark the creativity in your sewing room. Please note that they will available online only, first come first serve. Keep your eyes peeled on our website, join it if you want for the latest updates, and check back often! Here's the link: Exquisite Fabrics' OUTLET CORNER. All I learned about couture methods (not much) was from Madam Simone and Madam Therese Andree.
I think my next teacher, when I decide to learn in earnest about couture, will be Claire Shaeffer. But I haven't much time to decide, because the last of her famous Sewfari workshop/classes are filling up. So, in the meantime, I found her on Facebook and viewed a video she had posted from the Chanel website. If you have time to watch it, notice a few things. You can get lessons on "French jackets" (which are cleverly not referred to as "Chanel"for trademark reasons), but many times the result seems overworked. Not that 130 hours or so on a jacket isn't a lot of work! It is a matter of experience and a certain light touch to be able to make a jacket that looks as casual and yet perfectly fitted as the real thing. A few differences. All those buttons and all that braid can make a jacket look militaristic. One reason Chanel jackets look relaxed is that the braid is applied following the natural contour of the fabric. Since the fabrics are usually nubby, the braid does not look like it was applied to a piece of cardboard. If you can look carefully, the pockets are not mirror image perfect nor are they perfectly flat. Everything lies, relaxed, and has enough "give" in the application to allow the human body to wear the jacket, and not the jacket to wear the person. That's why some of the real jackets have survived generations of women who have worn then first as suits, then donned them over chiffon dresses, and then at last with jeans. All that being said, I can't explain how it's done. I just know it when I see it. Visit the shop Wednesday-Saturday from noon to 6 pm and stock up on woolens because...there will always be winter!
Look for the yellow signs for up to 50% off. Exquisite Fabrics, 107A East Davis Street, Culpeper, VA 22701. Tel. 540 727 0396 or 202 507 9775. |
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