Other development applications allow designers to begin with an actual garment and make appropriate changes to achieve the desired design or construction modifications.

For many, if not most, applications, each ply in a bundle is marked with a sticker to indicate the actual garment to which the piece belongs.

You will in fact find any shade will look acceptable so experiment with different combinations before embarking on an actual garment.

"There is no substitute for seeing the actual garment and touching the fabric and seeing exactly how it was made," she said.

The actual garments are sold in plastic bags or tubes.

Others admit that their inspirations are often actual garments, which they photograph or buy in order to copy them back home.

It takes only a few notebook sketches of models in Romanian blouses, along with three examples of the actual garments, to get the idea.

The sewer cuts muslin pieces using the same method that they will use for the actual garment, according to a pattern.

The Viktor & Rolf show, also held Friday, provided what might qualify as an actual new garment.

It was the suit of coveralls that had hidden the actual garments of the criminal.