Word: sew
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...changing faster than the custody of Britney Spears’ children, the largest threat to designer-alums is that nothing in fashion is ever certain. “In this industry, uncertainty is everything,” says Kim. And getting over that fact is the first cut-and-sew these designers have to make in their careers...
...WANTED HER TO paint; her mom taught her to sew. So in 1976, after working for other clothing designers and noticing a gap in the market for time-challenged career moms like herself, Belgian-born Liz Claiborne combined her flair for both and started Liz Claiborne Inc. In the '70s and '80s, her work outfits and sportswear were a revolution--sleek, versatile, affordable and, above all, easy. Asked how she turned her original 35-piece collection into a $5 billion powerhouse--and the first FORTUNE 500 company founded by a woman--Claiborne said, "I listened to the customer...
...chickens you've raised yourself. So it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to learn that she made her own wedding dress. The embroidered Swiss organdy gown and matching hat she wore to her 1961 nuptials were the culmination of years of practice. "I learned to sew as a little girl," Stewart says. "My mother made our clothes--every year we had a new Easter coat--and taught me the basics of sewing at a young age." Stewart admits that she hasn't sewed her own clothes in years, but she still makes the occasional dust ruffle...
...long love of the craft has led her to her latest venture, a partnership between Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and the sewing machine company SVP Worldwide, which Stewart announced on April 3 in New York City. Stewart will endorse SVP's Singer, Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff lines of sewing machines--the first time she has endorsed a product without the Martha brand. Why is she flogging another company's goods? "I learned to sew on a Singer machine," she says, adding that she still has a 1901 Singer in working condition. And this was a rare moment when Stewart didn...
...just money that pushes us, however. Most surgeons love what they do and pushing the envelope, just for the sake of doing it better, faster or especially these days, smaller, has its own attraction. Surgeons who sew arteries went from repairing ones you could see across the room to ones you can barely see with the naked eye. Heart operations, in which they sawed your sternum in half and stopped your heart with ice-water, are now done with a neat little 3-in. cut under your rib while your warm ticker beats on merrily. We did our total hips...