Hot off the sewing machine

Garment labels perhaps aren’t very important in the grand scheme of fashion, but they do show a designer’s forethought in the overall impression his or her label creates.

Certainly I am not one to keep them unless they are very special, but these labels delighted me. They are both constructed from fabric – or should I say deconstructed? With threads dangling, they have a lovely unfinished look, as though the garments they were attached to were rushed hot off the sewing machine (mid-protest) and straight to the boutique. Whatever the case, they are several steps up from the dull cardboard squares that usually suspend from new clothes.

I also love the classic red and white, a colour combination I am always drawn to. As tactile as these were, I couldn’t bear to toss them in the bin. I shall actually recycle them as bookmarks, and give them a new lease on life.