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Designer Fabrics

Season 9 Episode 901

A fashion designer is responsible for creating the specific look of individual garments, including a garment's shape, color, fabric, trimmings and other aspects of the whole. Fashion designers have changed our lives, our choices, and what we wear every day. Today we look at the fabrics, the fit, and the details of several designs and begin to understand why one may cost more than another.

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Guest Designer – Sai Sankoh
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Guest Designer  Julie Cohn
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Diane Von Frustenberg  The Classic Wrap Dress
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Accessory Scarves
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Bob Macki – Cher and Beading.  Famous Guest on Bead Work- Robert Haven
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Join a famous guest focusing on bead work- Robert Haven
Robert Danes  - NY Designer on Bias Dressing
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Robert Danes takes the ordinary and turns it into so much more.
Furs
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Learn the power of the little black dress.
CD Greene - "The Dressing of a Woman"
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Join guest Designer CD Greene in his NY studio.
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