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The fabric from my first suit was black faux suede, a little stiffer, no stretch but the same in appearance. I had the perfect fabric in my stash, soft black cotton velveteen with a small percentage of lycra (short dense pile surface and a smooth back, with some stretch) bought online from Tissus de Rève. So I pulled out Burda International 3/1996 and traced both models 919 (jacket) and 911 (matching pants). Now I feel happy if I am able to fit into size 40 without alterations. So that you know, I used to wear Burda size 38 tapered into a 36 at the waist back then.
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I used to call it my “Black Panther” suit and when I finally got to watch the “Black Panther” movie a couple of weeks ago, I couldn’t help but longing for my totally worn out and long ago donated to charity faux suede suit. One of the suits that I wore the most was a black faux suede pant suit, very minimal, classy and elegant. I still own my precious magazine collection and from time to time I feel like remaking some of the garments that made me really happy in my twenties. And I sewed A LOT of the patterns in these magazines. I collected most of the Burda International magazines until they stopped being released. Back then there was a Burda magazine called Burda International, issued every trimester and it contained all I could wish for: the latest fashions from international designers and PATTERNS for some of the garments. I had a taste for power dressing, coordinating suits, and wearing the same color from head to toe. I was in my twenties, and had started to go to aerobic and step classes regularly so I was very thin, athletic and obsessed with the great top models and their fashions. Still I was able to wear beautiful clothes and it was all because I could make them. EN: I was very enthusiastic about sewing back in the nineties in fact I consider it to be sort of my golden era because being able to sew my own clothes really empowered me in a time when my income was not enough to buy the clothes/shoes that I needed, much less the ones I wanted.