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Seamline Noteswomenswear, stitch by stitch

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About Seamline Notes

Independent notes on contemporary womenswear: how blouses, dresses and knit tops are built, labelled and worn.

About this address

From 2013 until 2024 this address carried the website of Cooper & Ella, a New York womenswear label known for its blouses. That website is no longer published and the address later passed through other hands. Seamline Notes is written by new, independent writers. It is not the website of the Cooper & Ella fashion label, its founders or its shop, it is not affiliated with or endorsed by them, and it uses none of the label's logos, photographs, product names or texts.

What you will not find here

No shop, no cart, no prices, no size charts, no stockists and no customer service for garments bought elsewhere. Nothing is sold through this site and it earns no commission on clothing.

What is here

A handful of short notes on the garment types this address used to be known for: the blouse, the dress and the knit tank or tee. Each fact about fabric, labels or construction is taken from a linked public source such as a government agency or a university.

Why each note opens with an article on speaking

Clothes are chosen for occasions, and one occasion comes up in almost every working life: standing in front of people to say something. Each note follows its garment to that moment, so each one opens with a reprinted article of tips for speaking in public and then returns to the garment.