Famed fashion designer Cynthia Rowley has been a sewing-enthusiast since childhood. She designs her award-winning fashion line; appears on hit shows, such as Project Runway, The View, and the Today show; maintains a client list that includes Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansson, and Anne Hathaway, and she still finds time to sew for herself and her family. In this article from Threads#163, we caught up with Cynthia to discuss her lifelong love of sewing and design.
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I enjoyed the fitting the torso series. I gives one something to think about.