Pattern cutters act as an essential bridge between the design and manufacturing processes, helping to translate creative vision into a garment that looks good on different sizes and shapes of body.

Mariapaola McGurk, who has been an artist for 20 years, expanded her body of work in the little known medium of paper cutting. Paper cutting artist Mariapaola McGurk poses for a photograph at her ...

The portrait cut, which produces a thin, flat stone, has enchanted a new generation of designers and clients. By Tanya Dukes The main attraction of any diamond is its eye-catching sparkle. Or is it?

I walk five miles to work, so the first thing I do when I get up is check I have enough good music to listen to on my journey. The walk is part of my morning routine and afterwards it feels like I’ve ...