Couture Confessions

Simple bespoke couture plans give my clients a snapshot impression of their couture design. Here’s one for an Edwardian inspired blouse.

Couture Confession No. 2: Always make sure your couturiere makes more than one toile for your couture order. Find out why!

Couture Confession No. 5: Design with Your Couture Color Palette! Do you know what your couture color palette is? Read my couture confession to find out what they are and how best to use them when commissioning a couture outfit.

Swan down powder puffs for the boudoir from La Fee de Paris. Handmade in France. Swan down powder puffs were...

See a message of peace in a beautiful collage of blue hydrangeas and a sunset sky designed and produced by Olivia Torma © 2022.

Couture Confession No. 7: Interlinings are an essential companion of couture fabric. Read my tips on how to choose the right one for your couture garment commission.

Couture Confession No. 3: Test Your Ideas First Easily with a Half-Scale Toile. Find out why and ask you couturiere if they can!

Subscribe for Premium Couture Privileges to Follow Our Edwardian Inspired Blouse Project! See a gallery of our progress inside!

Couture Confession No. 8: What makes haute couture embroidery so beautiful and so exclusive? Read my couture confession and learn why this art form is highly regarded in haute couture.

Flowers speak the language of Love. Why not tell them you love them with a vintage style flower postcard portrait or giclée print?