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Tassels aren't very common in velour. You can find cheap velour Belgian loafers fairly easy. They can get expensive but many vendors on eBay and Etsy sell them for about $150.
Ah typo I meant slippers
The chest measurement for the post-wash above may have been misreported.
I used to laugh at "fit models" until the design process became more clear. Patternmaking is the most "magic" step from what I've seen in the process of design and development. Going from 2D sketch to pattern to a 3D garment to a fitting to revising patterns and the cycle... just such a brilliant blend of art and technical skills. Maybe it's my lack of knowledge in the domain that makes it seem magic, but I'm always blown away by the skill set that can take a napkin sketch and make the blueprints for a garment out of it.
It definitely is a lot of magic, and math. When I first made a jeans pattern solely based on my body measurements and the fit I wanted, I thought that the alterations just didn’t look realistic. But then, when I tried on the finished garment, my mind was
by how perfectly the jeans fit, with the exact cut that I wanted. It’s so much fun.
So true. My wife is a pattern maker and even though I’ve watched her work many times I still can’t fathom how she takes literally a few lines from the designer, then using just a set of french curves, a pencil and a knife is able to make that result in the perfect physical embodiment of the sketch. To understand how the final fabric will behave, how to create the right structure and movement is beyond me especially for some of the more avant garde designers she has worked with.
