Clothes move so quickly on the runway, it can be easy to miss the excellence of construction, finishing and fit that go into making samples for fashion’s leading houses. As a pattern-maker who closely ...

Here’s what a new generation of dedicated craftspeople—from Tony Shirtmakers’ Tony Parrotti to Tildenshop’s Tilden Yamamoto—have learned from operating brands entirely on their own.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. We're making our own clothes—and there's a way to get the ones you really want to wear. For aspiring ...