09/08/2026
Making The Brigitte ended up being full of firsts, and here are a few design decisions that took it somewhere quite different from our usual pieces…
In my opinion, it’s hard to go wrong with a stripe. It’s one of those staples most of us already have in our own wardrobes, and I loved the idea of bringing the same to our Italian Greyhounds’ too.
We’ve never used a contrast binding before, but blue-and-white stripes called for this postbox red.
We already had one of our own sleeveless patterns as a starting point, but working with this lighter-weight, stretchy cotton jersey meant it wasn’t a case of simply changing the fabric. A bit of sampling and tweaking was needed to get the fit and shape we wanted.
I’d always liked the idea of trying a crop cut, and I know some Italian Greyhounds simply prefer less coverage down the back, so this felt like the perfect piece to try a shorter cut for summer.
We have just a few metres of this fabric, so The Brigitte will be a very small run.
Launching Friday 14 August.
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