Again relevant: couplings

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Mink, fox, faux fur, leather, hand-knit - no matter what you sew, knit or glue to yourself this fashion accessory.

The main thing is that you have a coupling! So that you can not just warm your hands in it, but walk along the street, casually throw it next to your purse in the office or take a picture and post a picture on the Internet.

Laconic and austere, but extra-elegant from short-haired fur - mink, ermine, cat-bunned rabbit - ideal for a retro look. Fluffy fox, arctic fox or llama will fit perfectly into any youth style. For country - thick woolen yarn and embroidery on suede, for urban fashionistas - a “cross between a clutch and a scarf (like a scarf with hand pockets) and bright faux fur. For lovers of brands - with a logo made of contrasting fur. Yes, that's how designers return couplings to their former glory.

It is believed that couplings first appeared in Italy in the middle of the XVI century, and they immediately turned into aristocratic luxury - fur, velvet, embroidery with gold and stones. Ladies couplings loved and did not change them for centuries. Remember the fairy tale about the brave Gerda, in search of her Kai, who was captured by a little robber, who, having released Gerda to freedom, could not part with the soft and comfortable coupling of her girlfriend ...
And only in the middle of the last century, when designers became fans of the "fashion of the future", couplings were thrown out of fashion like many other "philistine" things. True, Grace Kelly, Jacqueline Kennedy, Princess Diana, like true style icons, from time to time continued to decorate their ensembles with them, while emphasizing the status of the coupling as an aristocratic accessory. Karl Lagerfeld also periodically added them to his collections, because the Chanel brand is thoroughly saturated with aristocracy.

The pattern of the fluffy cylinder is simple, you do not even have to draw it on paper, the rectangle of the simplest version of the coupling can be drawn directly on the wrong side of the fur, leather or fabric. Be sure to duplicate the clutch with a lining, then it will be nice to warm your hands in it, and the product will get a neat look. Do not forget to add 4-6 cm more to the top part hem than on the pad. And also sew a tape or braid of the required length into the seam to hang the sleeve around the neck.

FASHION DETAIL Actual models with embedded folds along the inner seam, thanks to them they are better held in the hand.
TIP From the wrong side to the lining you can sew an inner pocket with a zipper. Instead of a seam, you can grind the zipper, and if at the same time you make a double lining, then the clutch can also be used as a fur bag.

Hand couplings mounted on the handle of a pram are very convenient and popular. It is also not difficult to make a pattern for such a coupling, however, it is better to draw it on paper first. To build a pattern, measure the width of the handle of the stroller and its diameter. The protrusion in the middle (seedrawing) should be equal to the diameter of the handle + 1−1.5 cm of allowances, the width of the protrusion of about 3-4 cm. The optimal height of the pattern = 40−45 cm. The crosses mark the places for punching buttons or sewing on Velcro tape. You can do only 3 rows of buttons or move the two middle rows closer to each other - it depends on the width of the stroller.
Models from the collections of CELINE, ALEXANDER WANG, BSBG MAX AZRIA, TONY BURCH, SIMONE ROCHAS, BALENCIAGA, JANA SEGETTI, ZARA, CHANEL; STREET STYLE.
Photo: satwalkpix.com, PR.

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