La Mia Boutique Goes Futurama

Once in a while I stop at Around the World Fashion Magazines and Books in New York’s Garment District to peruse the foreign fashion magazines. Especially around Fashion Week time, there are a lot of lewks to be seen.

Spanish-language mags have dramatic covers

Love these lookbook complilations

Don’t walk past this storefront!

I sought out the August/September issue of La Mia Boutique, an Italian sewing magazine similar to Burda Style, because I had to check out the “Futurama” spread of patterns by Elena Savò as part of my “edgy” sewing wardrobe plan. Several of her looks for fall/winter 2018 are in the issue, including these:

I also love this denim ensemble by Sara Poiese:

I don’t have any of these projects in my plan now, of course, but I am going to go over the patterns in detail and see what’s doable for spring – at least the skirt and jacket combo and that “face” sheer jacket.

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