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Loose on top and close at the bottom

Short answer: A loose top over a closer fitting bottom is the easiest silhouette to wear. It gives room where you nee...

Half tucked and when it works

Short answer: Half tucked works with a top that is too long to hang loose and too short to stay tucked. Push the fron...

When the top goes into the trousers

Short answer: The top goes in your trousers when it is long enough to stay there and when you want your waist to show...

How to take a garment in at the side

Short answer: Turn the garment inside out, measure how much has to go, halve the number and sew a new side seam on ea...

Sock thickness and shoe fit

Short answer: A thick sock takes up to five millimetres in the shoe, which is roughly half a size. That means the thi...

The same fabric and yet a different fit

Short answer: The fabric is only half the story. Cut, knit density and seam placement decide how a garment fits, even...

Clothes that are sewn askew

Short answer: If the side seam does not run straight down the side, the fabric was cut crooked. It does not correct i...

Sitting all day and where the seams sit

Short answer: Choose underwear with flat seams and no seam down the middle at the back. Sitting for many hours, that ...

Weight gain and clothes that have started to pull

Short answer: A garment that pulls leaves marks on the skin and gets neither nicer nor more comfortable from being wo...

Weight loss and clothes that have got too big

Short answer: If the weight change is ongoing, new clothes will also become too large before long. Wait to replace ev...

Early pregnancy and clothes that still fit

Short answer: Choose soft fabric with stretch and waistbands that do not squeeze. Most of your regular wardrobe can s...

An undershirt that does not show through your shirt

Short answer: Short answer: Choose a skin toned style with a v neck and a close fit. A white undershirt under a white...