Access Couture Cardigan Jacket, Couture Sewing Techniques, and Making Designer Trims.

Couture Cardigan Jacket
Claire shares techniques that she has learned through years of teaching and through the examination of construction methods used in more than 300 Chanel garments. Some 75-plus couture pieces are from her personal collection. This class takes you from conception to completion of your own cardigan jacket styled on this enduring, versatile, and iconic design.

Couture Sewing Tailoring Techniques
Throughout these classes, Claire Shaeffer showcases couture garments from her collection and teaches principles used in their construction including methods used by designers like Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, Givenchy, and Yves Saint Laurent. She teaches techniques with the goal of helping you sew professional-looking, tailored pieces.

Making Designer Trims
By the end of the 1950s Coco Chanel had found her niche with the classic cardigan jacket. She introduced her iconic braided trim in 1956 and popularized the trimmed jacket by giving it a new look each year. In this series Claire Shaeffer showcases traditional Chanel trims as well as trims that were inspired by Chanel. In the second class in this series Claire teaches construction methods to create and apply these trims.