
Fashioning the United Arab Emirates with Dr. Reem El Mutwalli, Part II
Dressed: The History of Fashion
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How to Make a Tunic Dress
Most of the tailors at the beginning were men, and they did not mix with the women their kind tell. They would borrow from the decorative print that is on the fabric to create the embroidery. What assisted them is the fact that most of these articles of clothing have a general basic shape. So they are not draped style of fur clothing that will require a body and require a pattern. It's a fairly straightforward mechanism of creating or cutting and shaping the garment.
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