(IS) Tailoring by Isabella Stefanelli

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A project by Carol Christian Poell's ex-head tailor... Isabella Stefanelli has also worked with Rick Owens and Maharishi so this "reworked vintage" venture is especially interesting.

(IS) Tailoring is a bright intervention of vintage clothing
through a sartorial based design.
As a starting point old clothes are chosen with great care from forgotten wardrobes and fleamarkets and are then completely overhauled by hand. The result is the world wide premiere ‘capsule collection’ of irreproducible jackets, trousers, shirts, ties and sweaters.
"...I want to make more suits, I want to tell stories and let people feel it.."
Isabella Stefanelli started learning her craft at a very young age in
the southern italian region of Puglia, as a tailor for her
father in his tailorshop.
She studied fashion in the medieval city of Urbino, central Italy and
then moved to Milan where she perfected her skills working
for theaters, private tailoring customers and worked for various fashion labels
including for Carol Christian Poell as Head Tailor.
In 2005 Isabella moved to London working as a men and women's clothes
Designer for Maharishi. a freelance Designer for Artful Dodger NY and
as Technical Consultant for Rick Owens.
Most recently, In February 2009, Isabella launched her first private
collection IS TAILORING in Rome hosted by Motelsalieri.
Speaking about herself, she says: "...I want to make more suits, I
want to tell stories and let people feel it.."
info and pics from isabellastefanelli.com
 

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more pics...

I would like to add that in the previous post, the last two pictures were called "mani_isa.jpg" and "mani_mamma.jpg" which in italian means "isa's hands" and "mother's hands" which I think is pretty sweet, if it is actually her and her mother working/sewing together.:heart:

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a few more..

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more..
I'm uploading them all here because they are kind of a pain to open on her site.
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more

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and the last of them

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A few caps from her portfolio PDF


work experience

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Private tailoring work



CCP "selection"


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Not sure what to conclude regarding the last one.. maybe it means she was in charge of the construction of the overlocked/taped seam garments? (even though it was continued after she left in '05)
 
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i'm hearing more and more about tailors in theatre depts
i wonder if they do a lot of heavy construction or it's mostly alterations based

. -she has a great eye for combining fabrics togethers and contrasting stitches. wonderful details, all the shapes and edges look sharp and clean. would to see them in person. i love these scarves
thanks for posting, juana
 

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