But nowhere is the unique quality of handwork more obvious than in our westernwear.  We draft all of our artwork directly onto the patterns, using a pencil, and all of the blanket-stitching and chain-stitching is done by hand, one stitch at a time, so that (unlike with modern computerized embroidery) each stitch follows the contour and direction of the stem, flower, or butterfly that we are embroidering.

It is time to look for something fresh. Something, dare I say, fun. The old formalwear is dead and gone. After decades of being stuck in an endless repeat, formalwear is back to what is was in the earlier 20th century and before: