Trade Secrets - Pattern Making 101 with Glen Rollason

This week's guest, Glen Rollason , describes pattern making as the architecture of fashion. It's the bones, the structure, the technical process that gives our clothes shape, moves them from the 2D to the 3D, and helps them fit. Pattern making is drafting, design, and highly skilled technical process - but it's also team work. No pattern, no coat! From the basics (what is it, where do you begin) to the artistry (fit, form, allure) through Raf Simons, bust darts and the crazy complexity of national sizing standards, we've got it all in this dynamic conversation about this essential fashion ingredient. Plus, why do we need to keep capacity on shore? How might small factories / design labs work in future? What's going on with apprenticeships, and what are we going to do about skilled people ageing out of the industry? Scissors at the ready! Thank you for listening to Wardrobe Crisis. Find links and further reading for this episode at thewardrobecrisis.com Read Clare's columns & support the show on Substack - wardrobecrisis.substack.com Tell us what you think. Find Clare on Instagram @mrspress Got recommendations? Hit us up! And please leave us a rating / review in Spotify/ Apple & help us share these podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Trade Secrets - Pattern Making 101 with Glen Rollason is an episode from WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press by Clare Press.

This episode is 50:51 long.

This episode was published on Sep 25, 2025.

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