Specifications:

Weight: Medium

GSM: 280

Composition: Wool, Cotton& Polyester (% unknown)

Width: 154cm / 60.6inch

Pattern repeat: 2cm / 0.78inch

Introduction:

With a nod to a certain French fashion designer, famous for her iconic two-piece collarless ladies’ suits,Gabrielle’s Haute – Mono Check Tweedticks all the classic style boxes. Read on for more inspiration and facts.

Colour:

Gabrielle’s Haute has a classic monochrome palette where fresh natural white contrasts beautifully with a deep true black. This is monochrome chic!

Properties:

Gabrielle’s Hauteis a beautifully soft and textured basket weave with a fancy tweed style, mediumweight, fabric. Woven from a clever blend of fibres to produce a fabric with a cotton feel that is both comfortable and practical.Typically stable width and lengthwise, plus gentle ease across the bias which provides an excellent soft and sumptuous drape that feels wonderful. The fabric has a slightly open weave, a characteristic of the fancy textured weaves, with a wonderful melange of fancy yarns creating depth and interest within this classic check.

Garment Suggestions:

Emphasise the ’50s/’60s style of this first-rate fabric by constructing neat, collarless couture style suits, shift and A-line dresses, double-breasted coat dresses, coats and jackets. If ’60s vintage style clothing isn’t for you then simply extend the hemlines and you immediately enter a different era in style, ’80s & ’90s styles can easily be achieved with a few simple tweaks. Add some gold buttons for a more modern style and add chunky black or ivory buttons for a truly vintage look.

For something a little different and very stylish makeStitchless TV’s Sculptural Bucket Coat, you will have a wonderful summer-weight coat, simply bind the seams with co-ordinating black or ivory bias binding.Gabrielle’s Haute will also make ideal coatigans and cardigan styles, just bind the seams for a flawless finish.

Why not make fabulous matching accessories such as bags, hats and cap. Wouldn’t a Baker boy cap with a coordinating covered button at the top look perfect with your sixties-inspired makes?

Other Uses:

If dressmaking isn’t for you then simple soft furnishings such as throws and cushions will be fabulous inGabrielle’s Haute, hand fray the edges for a professionalfinish.