Metalworking and Fabric Design with Gucci

I've been a fan of combining metalwork and fabric since Robert Lee Morris collaborated with Donna Karan back in the late 1990s/early 2000s.   In fact their work together is so interesting, if your  business is in fashion crafts or metalworking and you haven't yet read Robert Lee Morris' book  The Power of Jewelry, you should.

Anyway, I was browsing through a recent fashion magazine and found some dress designs by Gucci combining silk fabric with forged metal pieces used in a belt-like (plaque) fashion.    Stunning - however very expensive.  But it's a idea worth developing for fashion crafters at  a less expensive level.